Footnotes

Chapter 2 - Proposed reforms to freedom of information laws

[1]        Explanatory Memorandum, FOI Bill, p. 1.

[2]        FOI Bill, Schedule 1, section 3.

[3]        Explanatory Memorandum, FOI  Bill, p. 5.

[4]        FOI Bill, Schedule 2, paragraph 8(2)(g).

[5]        FOI Bill, Schedule 2, subsection 8C(1).

[6]        Explanatory Memorandum, FOI Bill, p. 6.

[7]        Explanatory Memorandum, FOI Bill, p. 7.

[8]        FOI Bill, Schedule 2, section 8E.

[9]        FOI Bill, Schedule 2, section 8F.

[10]      FOI Bill, Schedule 2, section 8B.

[11]      FOI Bill, Schedule 2, paragraph 8D(2)(a).

[12]      FOI Bill, Schedule 2, paragraph 8D(2)(b).

[13]      FOI Bill, Schedule 2, section 8D(3).

[14]      Explanatory Memorandum, FOI Bill, p. 6.

[15]      FOI Bill, Schedule 2, subsection 8(1).

[16]      FOI Bill, Schedule 3, subsections 11C(4) and (5).

[17]      Explanatory Memorandum, FOI Bill, p. 15.

[18]      Including proposed section 51DA; paragraphs 54L(2)(a) and 54M(2)(a)

[19]      Explanatory Memorandum, FOI Bill, p. 27.

[20]      Explanatory Memorandum, FOI Bill, p. 34.

[21]      FOI Bill section 55R(5).

[22]      FOI Bill, section 55U.

[23]      FOI Bill, sections 55V and 55W respectively.

[24]      FOI Bill, section 55Y.

[25]      Explanatory Memorandum, FOI Bill, p. 32.

[26]      FOI Bill, section 57A.

[27]      Explanatory Memorandum, FOI Bill, p. 40.

[28]      FOI Bill, section 74

[29]      Explanatory Memorandum, FOI Bill, p. 46.

[30]      Professor John McMillan, Commonwealth Ombudsman, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 2.

[31]      ALRC and ARC, Open government: a review of the federal Freedom of Information Act 1982, ALRC Report 77, 1995, paragraph 7.18.

[32]      Explanatory Memorandum, FOI Bill, p. 44.

[33]      FOI Bill, section 89M.

[34]      Explanatory Memorandum, FOI Bill,  p. 56.

[35]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[36]      Explanatory Memorandum, FOI Bill, p. 52.

[37]      Explanatory Memorandum, IC Bill, p. 1.

[38]      IC Bill, clause 14.

[39]      Explanatory Memorandum, IC Bills p. 2.

Chapter 3 - Committee's consideration of terms of reference

[1]        Professor John McMillan, Commonwealth Ombudsman, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 1.

[2]        Mr Peter Timmins, private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 15.

[3]        Dr Johan Lidberg, Academic Chair of Journalism, Murdoch University, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 7.

[4]        Mr Michael McKinnon, Australia's Right to Know, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 4.

[5]        Mr Jack Herman, Executive Secretary, Australian Press Council, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 20.

[6]        Professor Rosalind Croucher, President, Australian Law Reform Commission, Proof Committee Hansard. 15 February 2010, p. 23.

[7]        See for example Name Withheld, Submission 1; Ms Karen Kline, Submission 5; Mr Andrew Murray, Submission 4; and Associate Professor Anne Twomey, Submission 2.

[8]        Mr Andrew Murray, Submission 4, p. 1.

[9]        Dr Johan Lidberg, Academic Chair of Journalism, Murdoch University, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 9.

[10]      Dr Johan Lidberg, Academic Chair of Journalism, Murdoch University, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 8.

[11]      Professor John McMillan, Commonwealth Ombudsman, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 1.

[12]      Professor John McMillan, Commonwealth Ombudsman, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 1.

[13]      Mr Jack Herman, Executive Secretary, Australian Press Council, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 22.

[14]      Professor Rosalind Croucher, President, ALRC, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 23.

[15]      Associate Professor Moira Paterson, private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 2.

[16]      Associate Professor Moira Paterson, private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 2.

[17]      Associate Professor Moira Paterson, private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 2.

[18]      Dr Johan Lidberg, Academic Chair of Journalism, Murdoch University, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p 8.

[19]      Professor John McMillan, Commonwealth Ombudsman, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 3.

[20]      Ms Elizabeth Simpson, PIAC, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010 p. 31.

[21]      Ms Elizabeth Simpson, PIAC, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, pp 33-34.

[22]      Associate Professor Moira Paterson, private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 2.

[23]      ALRC, Submission 9, p. 2.

[24]      ALRC and ARC, Open government: a review of the federal Freedom of Information Act 1982, ALRC Report 77, 1995.

[25]      Associate Professor Moira Paterson, private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 2.

[26]      Associate Professor Moira Paterson, private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 4.

[27]      Associate Professor Moira Paterson, private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 4.

[28]      Mr Peter Timmins, private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 51 February 2010, p. 15.

[29]      Professor John McMillan, Commonwealth Ombudsman, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 2.

[30]      Professor John McMillan, Commonwealth Ombudsman, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 2.

[31]      Telstra, Submission 10, p. 3.

[32]      Associate Professor Moira Paterson, private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 5.

[33]      Telstra, Submission 10, p. 3.

[34]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 12, p. 4.

[35]      Mr Mark Robinson, Law Council of Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 15.

[36]      Ms Helen Versey, Victorian Privacy Commissioner, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 29.

[37]      Ms Helen Versey, Victorian Privacy Commissioner, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 29.

[38]      Ms Helen Versey, Victorian Privacy Commissioner, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 29.

[39]      Ms Elizabeth Simpson, PIAC, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 30.

[40]      Mr Michael McKinnon, Australia's Right to Know, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 4.

[41]      Mr Michael McKinnon, Australia's Right to Know, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 7.

[42]      Mr Michael McKinnon, Australia's Right to Know, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 7.

[43]      Mr Peter Timmins, private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 16.

[44]      Associate Professor Moira Paterson, private capacity, Submission 20, p. 4.

[45]      Associate Professor Moira Paterson, private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 5.

[46]      Associate Professor Moira Paterson, private capacity Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 1.

[47]      Associate Professor Moira Paterson, Submission 20, p. 4 & p. 5.

[48]      Dr Johan Lidberg, Academic Chair of Journalism, Murdoch University, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 7.

[49]      Dr Johan Lidberg, Academic Chair of Journalism, Murdoch University, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 8

[50]      Mr Michael McKinnon, Australia's Right to Know, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 4.

[51]      Ms Elizabeth Simpson, PIAC, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 32.

[52]      Mr Peter Timmins, private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 15.

[53]      Queensland Information Commissioner, Submission 3, pp 3-4.

[54]      Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Freedom of Information, 1979, pp 158-9.

[55]      ALRC and ARC, Open government: a review of the federal Freedom of Information Act 1982, ALRC Report 77, 1995, para 11.8, Recommendation 73.

[56]      Queensland Information Commissioner, Submission 3, p. 4.

[57]      PIAC, Submission 24, p. 16.

[58]      Dr Johan Lidberg, private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 12.

[59]      Mr Jack Herman, Executive Secretary, Australian Press Council, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 20.

[60]      Mr Peter Timmins, private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 18.

[61]      Ms Elizabeth Simpson, PIAC, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 33.

[62]      Mr Jack Herman, Executive Secretary, Australian Press Council, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 22.

[63]      Mr Peter Timmins, private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 16.

[64]      Mr Peter Timmins, private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 17.

[65]      Ms Elizabeth Simpson, PIAC, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 32.

[66]      McDonald v Director-General of Social Security (1984) 1 FCR 354.

[67]      The Hon Justice Garry Downes AM, Government Agencies as Respondents in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, Paper delivered to the Australian Government Solicitor Government Law Group, 3 February 2005, at http://www.aat.gov.au/SpeechesPapersAndResearch/speeches/downes/governmentagencies.htm

[68]      The Hon Justice Garry Downes AM, Government Agencies as Respondents in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, Paper delivered to the Australian Government Solicitor Government Law Group, 3 February 2005, at http://www.aat.gov.au/SpeechesPapersAndResearch/speeches/downes/governmentagencies.htm

[69]      Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Summary of main changes between the exposure draft and introduced FOI reform Bills, November 2009, available at: http://www.dpmc.gov.au/consultation/foi_reform/index.cfm, p.7,  tabled by Law Council of Australia, 5 February 2010.

[70]      Mr Mark Robinson, Law Council of Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 19.

[71]      Mr Mark Robinson, Law Council of Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 19.

[72]      Mr Mark Robinson, Law Council of Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 19.

[73]      Associate Professor Moira Paterson, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 3.

[74]      Mr Michael McKinnon, Australia's Right to Know, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 4.

[75]      Mr Michael McKinnon, Australia's Right to Know, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 5.

[76]      Associate Professor Moira Paterson, private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 3.

[77]      Professor Spencer Zifcak, Vice President, Liberty Victoria, Proof Committee Hansard 15 February 2010, p. 36.

[78]      Ms Philippa Lynch, First Assistant Secretary, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 13.

[79]      Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Answer to question on notice, 2 March 2010, pp 1‑2.

[80]      Ms Philippa Lynch, First Assistant Secretary, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 13.

[81]      Professor Rosalind Croucher, President, ALRC¸ Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 25.

[82]      Mr Mark Robinson, Law Council of Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 22.

[83]      Associate Professor Moira Paterson, private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 4.

[84]      Mr Peter Timmins, private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 17.

[85]      Mr Mark Robinson, Law Council of Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 16.

[86]      See for example Administrative Review Council, Internal Review of Agency Decision-Making, Report No 44, November 2000; and Better Decisions: review of Commonwealth Merits Review Tribunals 1995, Report No 39, September 1995.

[87]      Professor John McMillan, Commonwealth Ombudsman, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 2.

[88]      Professor John McMillan, Commonwealth Ombudsman, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 2.

[89]      Associate Professor Moira Paterson, private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 2.

[90]      Dr Johan Lidberg, Academic Chair of Journalism, Murdoch University, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 10.

[91]      Mr Michael McKinnon, Australia's Right to Know, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 10.

[92]      NSW Privacy Commissioner, Submission 6, p. 2.

[93]      Ms Helen Versey, Victorian Privacy Commissioner, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 26.

[94]      Ms Helen Versey, Victorian Privacy Commissioner, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 27; Victorian Privacy Commissioner, Submission 15.

[95]      Ms Helen Versey, Victorian Privacy Commissioner, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 27.

[96]      NSW Privacy Commissioner, Submission 6, p. 3.

[97]      Ms Elizabeth Simpson, PIAC, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 31.

[98]      Professor Rosalind Croucher, President, ALRC, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 24.

[99]      Information Commissioner Bill 2009, clause 14.

[100]    Dr Johan Lidberg, Academic Chair of Journalism, Murdoch University, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 7.

[101]    Dr Johan Lidberg, Academic Chair of Journalism, Murdoch University, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 9.

[102]    Ms Helen Versey, Victorian Privacy Commissioner, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 28.

[103]    Professor Spencer Zifcak, Vice President, Liberty Victoria, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 38.

[104]    Dr Johan Lidberg, Academic Chair of Journalism, Murdoch University, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 9.

[105]    Mr Peter Timmins, private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 18.

[106]    Commonwealth Ombudsman, Submission 8, p. 8.

[107]    Administrative Review Council, Submission 28, p. 2.

[108]    Dr Johan Lidberg, Academic Chair of Journalism, Murdoch University, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 8.

[109]    Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Annual Report 2008–09, p. 145

[110]    Ms Glenys Beauchamp, Deputy Secretary, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 February 2010, p. 13.

[111]    Commonwealth Ombudsman, Submission 8, p. 7.

[112]    Dr Johan Lidberg, Academic Chair of Journalism, Murdoch University, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 February 2010, p. 8.

Coalition Senators' Dissenting Report

[1] Government information – Restoring trust and integrity, Election 2007 Policy Document, October 2007.

[2] Freedom of Information Act 1982, Annual Report 2008-09, p. 5.

[3] Freedom of Information Act 1982, Annual Report 2008-09, p. 2.

[4] Freedom of Information Act 1982, Annual Report 2008-09, p. 19.

[5] Freedom of Information Act 1982, Annual Report 2008-09, p. 2 and p. 19.

[6] Steketee, Mike. “Labours in the ministry of truth”, The Australian, 30 January 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2010: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/labours-in-the-ministry-of-truth/story-e6frg6zo-1225824638788

[7] Summary of main changes between the exposure draft and introduce FOI reform Bills, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, November 2009, p. 7.

[8] Hansard, Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Reference: Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Bill 2009, 15 February 2010, p. 2.

[9] Hansard, Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Reference: Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Bill 2009, 5 February 2010, p. 13.

[10] Ibid. p. 19.

[11] Hansard, Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Reference: Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Bill 2009, 15 February 2010, p. 21.

[12] Ibid, p. 36.

[13] Freedom of Information Bill 1981 Explanatory Memorandum Circulated by the Honourable Ian Viner M.P., n.d., p. 51.

[14] Parliamentary Paper 272/1979

[15] Ibid. p. 17.

[16] Hansard, Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Reference: Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Bill 2009, 5 February 2010, p. 20.

[17] Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Bill 2009, Explanatory Memorandum, 2008-09,
p. 2.

[18] Byrne, Anthony. “Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Bill 2009”, Second Reading Speech, 26 November 2009.

[19] Hansard, Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Reference: Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Bill 2009, 15 February 2010, p. 18.

[20] Disney, Julian. “Australian Press Council submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Public Administration on its Inquiry into the Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Bill 2009 and Information Commissioner Bill 2009”, Australian Press Council.

[21] Privacy Advisory Committee, “Comments on Information Commissioner Bill 2009”, Submission to the Senate Finance and Public Administration References Legislation Committee, Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Bill 2009.

[22] Hansard, Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Reference: Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Bill 2009, 5 February 2010, p. 12.

[23] Privacy Advisory Committee, “Comments on Information Commissioner Bill 2009”, Submission to the Senate Finance and Public Administration References Legislation Committee, Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Bill 2009.

[24] McMillan, John. “Submission by the Commonwealth Ombudsman”, Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Bill 2009 and Information Commissioner Bill 2009, January 2010.

[25] Ibid.

[26] Waters, Nigel. “Commonwealth FOI amendments shouldn’t miss the opportunity for real reform”, Submission on the Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Bill 2009 and Information Commissioner Bill 2009 to the Senate and Finance Public Administration Committee, Cyberspace Law & Policy Centre, January 2010, p. 5.

[27] Ibid. p. 6.