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Jun 22, 2021 • 39 tweets • 20 min read
Before we get started today, here is the written submissions of the Respondent before the Tribunal regarding @jpwarren's #FOI#robodebt case (scroll to the bottom of the webpage). @WeFightForFair
Follow this thread for today's live tweets. 👇👇👇 gratafund.org.au/media_alert_ro…@jpwarren@WeFightForFair Leonie McGregor (LM) is the second witness, First Assistant Sec at PM&C. Wasn’t able to tweet Berger QCs examination, however, it focused on how NPPs are created and processes of Cabinet and the Expenditure Review Committee.
Jun 21, 2021 • 50 tweets • 8 min read
👇👇👇 Follow this thread for updates on @jpwarren's legal battle testing the secrecy around key #robodebt documents - being heard at the AAT now. Justin’s case forms the second in the Grata FOI Project and is being argued by Tom Brennan SC and @WeFightForFair#RightToKnow.
The issues at play are centred around whether or not Human Services unlawfully applied the #FOI ‘cabinet in confidence’, ‘deliberative process’ exemptions and the crucial public interest test.
May 29, 2020 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
#BREAKING In an historic 6-1 decision, the HCA found the @palaceletters should be released to the public following a 6 year legal battle fought by Professor Jenny Hocking for access to historical records about our political history & our #RightToKnow. #auspol#auslaw
Thread 👇 2. The Court decided the letters were Commonwealth records under the Archives Act, because they were the property of the Cth, namely the official establishment of the Governor-General & ordered that Archives reconsider Prof Hocking’s requests for access to the palace letters.