Labor fights for the right to shred documents if it loses office
by Karen Middleton Political editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6N99X)
Attorney general Mark Dreyfus is appealing an FOI court ruling that said the practice could be criminal and must stop
The federal government is fighting for the right to destroy documents when it loses office, after a judge warned the practice of shredding paperwork to keep it from incoming opponents is possibly criminal and must stop.
The attorney general Mark Dreyfus is appealing a federal court ruling in a freedom of information case that a minister must preserve a predecessor's documents if an FOI access application remains unresolved when the minister leaves office. It found this applies whether the job changes hands through an internal ministerial reshuffle or an election.
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