Labor’s proposed FoI clampdown ‘ripe’ for high court challenge, legal expert says

Move to further restrict access to documents prepared for government ministers may go against the right to political free speechGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA proposed move by the federal government to keep more official documents secret could fall foul of the constitution, a legal expert says.According to Luke Beck, a Monash university professor of constitutional law, the Labor government’s disproportionate restriction of access to documents prepared for government ministers may contradict an implied freedom of political communication. Continue reading...

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