Freedom of information and privacy in Australia / Kieran Smark.

Chatswood, N.S.W. : LexisNexis, 2024.

3rd edition

201877

Privacy, Right of -- Australia.

Freedom of information -- Australia.

Disclosure of information Law and legislation Australia.

Public records -- Law and legislation -- Australia.

Government information -- 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

Freedom of Information and Privacy in Australia 3rd edition provides a comprehensive analysis of the main statutory regimes that regulate access to public sector information in Australia. It offers critical perspectives on their operation, having regard to underlying objectives and the broader context in which they operate. Features: Considers developments in freedom of information and privacy laws since 2015 ; Notes the restored role of the Commonwealth OAIC and the new Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner ; Summarises the wide-ranging changes to the Privacy Act proposed by the Attorney-General's Privacy Act Review Report. - Publisher's website.

Previous edition: 2015.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

2 (2015)

High use area

9780409358667

lxxiv, 807 pages ; 25 cm