Yes,Albanese has no secret ministries. But the facts show that Labor is presiding over flawed decisions to hide too much from citizens.
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.
This is a suppression of human rights,yet other states are not hiding behind the cabinet-in-confidence decisions.
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.
The government’s attempts at secrecy are reaching unprecedented and absurd heights in this whistleblower case.
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.
Secret trials are the hallmark of authoritarian regimes yet Witness J was tried in complete secrecy in Canberra.
Raids on journalists provoked public alarm and a parliamentary inquiry – all to little effect.
Agencies from the National Archives to the Auditor-General are struggling to track government communications in the time of WhatsApp and Wickr.
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.
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.