Nation's military forces to be listed as a terror group Iran's Revolutionary Guard will be formally listed as a terror organisation, after the group allegedly organised attacks on Jewish sites in Australia. AAP · Oct 8, 2025
Bots and bad actors cited in push for disclosure reform A claim foreign agents and AI bots are abusing disclosure laws to access federal government information hasn't been backed up by top officials. AAP · Oct 7, 2025
Labor’s proposed FoI clampdown ‘ripe’ for high court challenge, legal expert says Move to further restrict access to documents prepared for government ministers may go against the right to political free speech The Guardian - AU · Sep 28, 2025
Clive Palmer banks on Swiss strategy after court throws out $305bn mine compensation claim Queensland mining magnate had been ordered to pay $13m after tribunal dismissed claim of being a ‘foreign investor’ The Guardian - AU · Sep 28, 2025
Clive takes legal stoush with government to Switzerland Clive Palmer plans to fight an international tribunal's ruling he pay more than $13 million to the Commonwealth after it dismissed his "foreign investor" claim. AAP · Sep 28, 2025
Court says Clive not a foreign investor and must pay up Australian mining magnate Clive Palmer has been ordered to pay more than $13 million after an international tribunal dismissed claims he was a foreign investor. AAP · Sep 26, 2025
Analysis recommends no price on freedom of information Arguments for putting a charge on freedom of information applications to deter vexatious requests has been refuted by an independent analysis. AAP · Sep 25, 2025
Lehrmann's claim after anti-corruption raid on home Disgraced ex-political staffer Bruce Lehrmann is representing himself in a legal fight against the national anti-corruption watchdog after a raid on his house. AAP · Sep 24, 2025
Australia agrees record payout for victims of illegal Robodebt scheme Hundreds of thousands of Australians wrongly accused of owing welfare debts to share $475m compensation The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2025
Government settles Robodebt class action appeal for $475 million in compensation The federal government has reached a $475 million compensation settlement in an appeal case from the Robodebt class action. The Conversation · Sep 4, 2025
Yes, freedom of information laws need updating, but not like the government is proposing The issue of open government and Freedom of Information (FOI) is again in the news, after the federal government proposed major reforms to the system. The Conversation · Sep 4, 2025
Controversial freedom of information fee laws may fail A proposal to charge fees for freedom of information requests is expected to be blocked in federal parliament amid concerns over secrecy and accessibility. AAP · Sep 3, 2025
Ombudsman 'a promising step' to protect whistleblowers A proposed whistleblower ombudsman could provide more support for those who expose corruption, but human rights advocates want reforms to go further. AAP · Sep 3, 2025
Transparency tax: freedom of information fee pilloried A proposal to impose a fee on Australians seeking access to Commonwealth documents has landed like a lead balloon as it's criticised for blocking transparency. AAP · Sep 2, 2025
The Guardian - AU · Sep 1, 2025 Australia could be a ‘dumping ground’ for goods made for us with forced labour, anti-slavery tsar warns Exclusive: Chris Evans says ‘blind spots’ in modern slavery laws means few prosecutions occur and some companies are ‘taking the mickey’ in their approach to reporting
The Guardian - AU · Aug 20, 2025 Here is what needs to be done to address Australia’s childcare abuse crisis - and politicians can’t say they didn’t know Review after review has made recommendations to government that have never been implemented. It’s time to take childcare safety out of the too-hard basket and commit to real reform
The Guardian - AU · Aug 15, 2025 Afternoon Update: states agree to close childcare ‘loophole’; Israeli minister calls protesters ‘useful idiots’; and New Caledonia’s vanishing heart Michelle Rowland announced the ‘long overdue reform’ after a meeting of state and territory attorneys general on Friday
The Guardian - AU · Aug 15, 2025 About 30 withdraw from Bendigo writers festival over speaker code – as it happened This blog is now closed
The Guardian - AU · Aug 15, 2025 States and territories agree to ‘long overdue’ reforms to working with children checks by year’s end, attorney general says Michelle Rowland says ‘consistency’ across jurisdictions will ensure workers banned in one state or territory are ‘banned in all’, but rules out national scheme
AAP · Aug 14, 2025 Tougher national working with kids scheme by year's end Australia will fast-track the rollout of reforms for working with children checks after the existing system was slammed by the prime minister as "hopeless".
The Guardian - AU · Aug 13, 2025 Famous influencers to wage ‘ground war’ on Australian government over social media ban, documents reveal Julie Inman Grant said the laws would provoke a ‘lobbying surge’ brought on by concerns the ban would affect advertising revenue
The Guardian - AU · Jul 29, 2025 Children to be banned from having YouTube accounts as Albanese government backflips on exemption Labor reverses earlier decision to exempt Google-owned platform from national social media youth ban in move communications minister says will make ‘positive difference’
The Guardian - AU · Jul 29, 2025 As Australia’s teen social media ban looms, here’s how the platforms are lobbying for an exemption Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat are running ads and events saying their services are safe for children – with the possibility of a legal challenge
AAP · Jul 29, 2025 'Aggrieved' sextortionist of 49 teens wants out of jail A man who tricked 49 teens into sending him explicit images or videos is fighting for parole because he wants to be reintegrated into the community.
The Guardian - AU · Jul 26, 2025 Political parties hold vast amounts of data about Australians. Experts say it’s a growing risk Ransomware attack puts focus on privacy risks for political parties, which are exempt from many data protection obligations