Freedom of information and privacy in Australia / Kieran Smark.

Sydney : LexisNexis, 2023.

3rd edition

202448

Privacy, Right of -- Australia.

Freedom of information -- Australia.

Disclosure of information -- Law and legislation -- Australia.

1. Overview, interrelationships and contexts

2. Key elements of the legislation

3. Access and amendment under FOI laws

4. Access and amendment under information privacy and public records laws

5. Exemption provisions: introductory issues

6. Exemptions that protect third party interests

7. Access exemption provisions protecting the internal processes and the business affairs of agencies

8. Access exemption provisions protecting governmental and public interests

9. Freedom of information oversight and review

10. Review under information privacy and public records laws

11. Publication requirements

12. Overview and future directions.

Authored by: Kieran Smark SC. Provides a comprehensive analysis of the three main statutory regimes which regulate access to public sector information in Australia and offers critical perspectives on their operation, having regard to underlying objectives and the broader context in which they operate. It highlights the law reform issues. - Publisher's platform.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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