Civil Aviation Safety Authority more secret than an agencies for surveillance, covert operations and counterterrorism

First 9 of 9 paragraphs shown Federal Member for Pearce Judi Moylan, Liberal Party, speaking on the Information Commissioner Bill 2009 and the cognate bill, the Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Bill 2009, said the Rudd Government was had closed the doors, and was more secret than the Coalition Government.
Coalition refused 20pc of FOI requests: During the previous, coalition government, in the financial year 2006-07, 80.6 per cent of freedom of information requests were granted in full;
ALP refused 30 pc: ‘...but under this government, in the financial year 2008- 09, that plummeted to 71 per cent.”
Curious statistics:
- Federal Police more open than CASA:
- The Australian Federal Police refused in full only 16.6 per cent of all freedom of information applications received; but
- Civil Aviation Safety Authority refused 34.69 per cent.
More secret than secret agencies: “I am perplexed as to how the agency charged, in the interests of public safety, with regulations for aircraft and air traffic management requires more secrecy than an agency which undertakes surveillance, covert operations and counterterrorism activities.
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