![]() ![]() Joe Biden’s top Indo-Pacific adviser has reiterated the US president’s “deepest regrets” over a cancelled visit to Australia. New South Wales is the first state to be considering “breach of trust” fines for companies that leak sensitive government tax information in wake of PwC scandal ĭefence company Australian Naval Infrastructure has been questioned during a Senate estimates committee about contracts it holds with consulting firm PwC which may have given it access to confidential defence information ĭefence minister Richard Marles has accused opposition leader Peter Dutton of “making stuff up” over claims the government is turning off the gas supply. ![]() Two teenagers have been assisting police with inquiries in connection with the Sydney fire as authorities have been able to locate 13 of 15 people rough sleeping in the building Ī 15-year-old has been charged with multiple offences after allegedly shooting at Perth classroom Ī review of the Modern Slavery Act has found Australia needs stronger anti-slavery laws Here is a wrap of the day’s biggest stories:Īuthorities have praised Sydney residents for a quick evacuation as fire the fire raged That’s where we’ll leave the blog for today. 10.05 BST What we learned today – Friday 26 May In effect the court found that the time taken by the information commissioner is not legally unreasonable on account of the commissioner’s lack of resources. The parliament needs to pay attention to this judgment. While I’m naturally disappointed with the outcome, ultimately the court found that it is for the commonwealth parliament to fix the problem, not the court. Any legislative decision no doubt needs to balance competing budgetary demands, which are for the parliament to consider. ![]() It is ultimately for the commonwealth parliament to legislate so as to appropriate monies to the Office of the Australian information commissioner in order to enable the discharge of the commissioner’s statutory functions. In one of the reviews at the heart of the case, he said the delay was “very significant indeed” but he was “not satisfied that there has been unreasonable delay” according to law: Justice Michael Wheelahan found that a claim of unreasonable delays “must take account of the resources that are available to the commissioner and the competing demands on those resources”. The then senator for South Australia had argued his right to access government documents had been “frustrated by delays” by the information commissioner in deciding on his applications that challenged department’s FOI decisions. The federal court action was initiated in 2021 by Patrick. The former independent senator Rex Patrick has lost his legal challenge against what he argued were unreasonable delays in the freedom of information (FOI) system.īut the federal court judgment, published today, also says the “picture that is painted by the evidence is that the Australian information commissioner has limited resources” to perform the volume of matters before her. ![]()
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