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‘Attack on transparency’: CLP changing FOI laws to block Labor minister’s emails from public

‘Attack on transparency’: CLP changing FOI laws to block Labor minister’s emails from public

Attorney-General Marie-Clare Boothby has moved to change Freedom of Information laws to block correspondence between ministers and their staff ever being made public, which will effectively end a legal challenge seeking a former Territory Labor minister’s correspondence, in a move Ms Boothby claims is somehow “strengthening integrity”, while a national integrity expert says it removes a “cornerstone of accountability”.

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