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A recent examination of freedom of information (FOI) requests called into question the Albanese government’s commitment to transparency.
The Centre for Public Integrity, an independent research institute, discovered that 24% of FOI requests were denied during Labor’s first term in office. In comparison, the proportion of applications denied fluctuated between 10% and 18% during the Coalition’s prior nine years in office.
Similarly, over half of FOI petitions were approved in full in 2021-22, but that number dropped to 25% in 2023-24.
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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness.
Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.