A test of democracy: We need to clearly define where privacy rights end and the public’s right to information begins in order to have a truly effective FOI law. — 123rf WHEN Wathshlah Naidu talks ...

In September the Council of Ministers launched the review into how Jersey's FOI Law was working The publication of the "most comprehensive review" into the island's FOI Law has been welcomed by a ...

It is unfortunate that the first act of the Marcos administration with regard to Freedom of Information (FOI) was to impose more limitations on documents and government-held information that the ...

More than 10 years ago, the Penang government implemented the Freedom of Information (FOI) Enactment to enable the public to access information from government departments. Before the bill became law, ...

Public authorities, including government departments, are consistently failing to answer Freedom of Information requests within the legal time limit, new research by openDemocracy has revealed. We ...

The Albanese government’s new plan to weaken freedom of information laws and charge journalists to access hidden documents is a disaster for public interest journalism, but a godsend for incompetent ...

Ben Worthy received funding for his work on FOI from the ESRC. A Freedom of Information request lodged on a quiet news day by a journalist has revealed that more than 800 police officers in England ...

Investigative reporters Guy Basnett and Paul McNamara (formerly of Open World News, now Channel 4 News) reveal how journalists can use the Freedom of Information Act to find great stories Imagine ...

The British government’s handling of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests has been described as “unacceptable” and “inadequate” by the watchdog charged with its regulation, an openDemocracy analysis ...

Attorney-General Michelle Rowland will have a tough time convincing the public to support Labor’s plan to limit Australia’s freedom of information system. Few people would argue that the FOI system’s ...