Australia Jane Worrall, Supervised Research Project UTAS Law School 2009, "Democracy and FOI: Not Just 'Part of the Wallpaper'? Analysing stakeholder’s conceptions of democracy in their interpreting, reforming, accessing and administrating FOI objects in Australia. Download "Trans - Tasman Freedom of Information: Acomparative study of the freedoml of information systems of the Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand" ANU Law Honours Thesis June 2008 by Jane Woodward: download (888KB)
"Report on the Operation of the South Australian Freedom of Information Act 1991" by Nerissa Schwarz, Parliamentary Intern, prepared for Nick Xenophon MLC November 2007: download (2.4MB)
"Denying the Public's Right to Know" October 2006, by Michal Alhadeff, ANU Intern prepared for Kelvin Thompson, Shadow Minister for Accountability: download (864KB)
New Zealand Cabinet Office Notice (09) 5 Publishing Cabinet material on the web - approval process and publication requirements download (74KB)
Canada The 2002 Canadian Access to Information Review Task Force is an invaluable research source. It commissioned 29 separate pieces of FOI research. | Theses "Journalists' Use of Freedom of Information in Australia", Taylor Bildstein thesis, Masters in Journalism and Media Studies, University of Tasmania October 2004: download (700KB)
"Freedom of Information and Records Management - A Learning Curve for Botswana" by Peter Sebina (PhD): Abstract and Table of contents (148KB) Main Thesis (12.9MB)
Audio Interview conducted by Vanessa Watson, law and journalism student, University of Technology Sydney with Rick Snell on Australian FOI. May 2006. Approximately 23 mins: download (mp3) (19.7MB) Interview conducted by Adrian Middeldorp 3rd year B.Media student (University of Adelaide) on the program 'MediaRites' on Radio Adelaide 101.5 FM. Broadcast date: 13 May 2008 3:05pm (approx). Approximately 9 mins: download (mp3) (11MB) |