Albanese delivers less transparent, more dishonest government

A recent examination of freedom of information (FOI) requests called into question the Albanese government’s commitment to transparency.

The Centre for Public Integrity, an independent research institute, discovered that 24% of FOI requests were denied during Labor’s first term in office. In comparison, the proportion of applications denied fluctuated between 10% and 18% during the Coalition’s prior nine years in office.

Similarly, over half of FOI petitions were approved in full in 2021-22, but that number dropped to 25% in 2023-24.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.