PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 15 FEBRUARY 1988
The Government will amend the Australian Bicentennial
Authority Act early in the Autumn Sittings of Parliament to
ensure that the Australian Bicentennial Authority ( ABA) is
subject to the Freedom of Information ( FOI), Ombudsman and
Archives Acts.
Recent Opposition allegations that the Government is
attempting to hide something by exempting the ABA from the
coverage of the FOI Act are completely without foundation.
The simple fact is that a regulation was passed last
December which arose from an Attorney-General's Department
opinion that an earlier regulation subjecting the ABA to the
FOI Act was invalid.
The Government has decided to put the entire matter beyond
doubt once and for all, by amending the ABA Act specifically
to bring the ABA under the FOI, Ombudsman and Archives Acts.
This course has the full support of the Authority which has
not sought exemption from these Acts. It has responded and
will continue to respond to requests as though the FOI Act
applied. 004416
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Hawke, Robert
Period of Service: 11/03/1983 - 20/12/1991
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