The Independent Audit into the State of Free Speech in Australia, conducted last year on behalf of the coalition of media organisations, Australia's Right to Know, included a lot of stories about excessive delay in dealing with freedom of information applications. Greg Chamberlin of the Courier Mail took the prize: an application in 1993 for information from the Queensland Treasury for documents relating to Jupiter's Casino resulted in a determination in June 2005.( Report 6.10)
But how about this report from the US Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press that a court in Washington state has just ordered disclosure of documents sought in an application 30-yes 30-years ago?
Thanks to Charles Davis US FOI Advocate for the heads up.
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