New leader,same old secrecy. Didn’t Albanese promise to shine a light?

New leader,same old secrecy. Didn’t Albanese promise to shine a light?

Yes,Albanese has no secret ministries. But the facts show that Labor is presiding over flawed decisions to hide too much from citizens.

  • byDavid Crowe

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It can be a battle to get information from the Albanese government
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It can be a battle to get information from the Albanese government

Like most governments,this one arrived in office promising more accountability and transparency. Also like others,in practice it has a penchant for control and secrecy.

  • byMichelle Grattan
Cabinet secrecy denies Sydney’s lockdown suburbs the truth

Cabinet secrecy denies Sydney’s lockdown suburbs the truth

This is a suppression of human rights,yet other states are not hiding behind the cabinet-in-confidence decisions.

  • byAndy Marks
God save our history:it’s time King Charles called off royal censors

God save our history:it’s time King Charles called off royal censors

The royals refuse access to their archives,often on the slim pretext that the details are ‘personal’. I was repeatedly denied access while researching my Queen Victoria biography.

  • byJulia Baird
With truth on trial,the Attorney-General’s High Court bid for secrecy is dangerous

With truth on trial,the Attorney-General’s High Court bid for secrecy is dangerous

The government’s attempts at secrecy are reaching unprecedented and absurd heights in this whistleblower case.

  • byKieran Pender
Senators tell AAT it can’t keep secret the names of its slow workers

Senators tell AAT it can’t keep secret the names of its slow workers

The Administrative Appeal Tribunal has refused to answer Senate questions about which of its members have only finalised a handful of cases in a year.

  • byKatina Curtis
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Australia takes China to task for secret trials,but one could be happening here right now
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Australia takes China to task for secret trials,but one could be happening here right now

Secret trials are the hallmark of authoritarian regimes yet Witness J was tried in complete secrecy in Canberra.

  • byKieran Pender
For we are one and ... safe:how Australia surrenders its liberty by tiptoeing around press freedom

For we are one and ... safe:how Australia surrenders its liberty by tiptoeing around press freedom

Raids on journalists provoked public alarm and a parliamentary inquiry – all to little effect.

  • byJonathan Holmes
From pen and paper to Wickr:the battle to save government decisions

From pen and paper to Wickr:the battle to save government decisions

Agencies from the National Archives to the Auditor-General are struggling to track government communications in the time of WhatsApp and Wickr.

  • byShane Wright
Half-angels fighting half-devils:the secret world of Le Canberra

Half-angels fighting half-devils:the secret world of Le Canberra

Australia is under cyber attack from China,but not long ago Australia was bugging Beijing’s embassy in Canberra. The US has joined them in a tricky three-step.

  • byTony Wright
Journalist not entitled to protect murder investigation source,court rules

Journalist not entitled to protect murder investigation source,court rules

A court has found a journalist is not entitled to protect a confidential source who provided information linked to a murder investigation and terrorism raids.

  • byTammy Mills