Archive of posts in the 'Freedom of Information' category
Australia has suspended again the transfer of suspected insurgents to some Afghan prisons in Tarin Kowt, Oruzgan, following allegations of...
Afghan detainees captured by the Australian Defence Force and held at a US military prison near Bagram complained to Australian...
Submission to statutory review of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 and the Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010. PIAC’s submission to the statutory...
The Federal Government should make it simpler to use Freedom of Information laws, but “disproportionate use” should be “curbed”, a...
Despite repeated denials by the Department of Defence, new evidence is emerging that points to Australia’s involvement in the illegal...
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) recently conducted an inquiry, using FOI laws, to determine how the ADF treats prisoners...
In 2011, the Australian Greens Leader, Senator Bob Brown, joined the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) in calling for a...
Activist law group, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) is calling for an inquiry to assess what the Australian Defence...
The Defence Department has admitted how badly it handled the issue of Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq after the abuse...
Recently uncovered documents have linked an Australian soldier with the abuse of prisoners in Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib jail. The...
