How can the Australian Government be held accountable with our current Freedom of Information laws?

06/09/2021 52 min Temporada 1 Episodio 218
How can the Australian Government be held accountable with our current Freedom of Information laws?

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On this episode of The Grapevine, Kulja and Dylan get on the line with Executive Director of Grata Fund, Isabelle Reinecke, to discuss the Coalition Government unlawfully blocking FOI requests and its impact on democracy in Australia.Then, contributing editor of Inside Story, Peter Mares, discusses his piece ‘A Line in the water’, reflecting on the anniversary of the Tampa incident in 2001. Mares talks about the Australian Government’s treatment of asylum seekers, how the 9/11 attacks influenced immigration detention policy and the Afghanistan war.And Adam Grubb, permaculture editor and author of the ‘The Weed Forager’s Handbook’, calls in to talk about his new book ‘Let’s Eat Weeds!’ a kids guide to foraging.

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