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• Title:Review of secrecy laws : issues paper / Australian Law Reform Commission.
  
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• Corporate Author/Creator:Australian Law Reform Commission.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Australia. Law Reform Commission.
  
• Published/Created:Sydney : Australian Law Reform Commission, 2008.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KUD211.8 .A97 2008 (LC)
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Secrecy--Law and legislation--Australia.
  Executive privilege (Government information)--Australia.
  Disclosure of information--Law and legislation--Australia.
  
• Description:262 pages ; 25 cm.
  
• Series:Issues paper (Australian Law Reform Commission) ; 34.
  
• Summary:On 5 August 2008, the Attorney-General of Australia, the Hon Robert McClelland MP, asked the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) to conduct an Inquiry into options for ensuring a consistent approach across government to the protection of Commonwealth information, balanced against the need to maintain an open and accountable government through providing appropriate access to information.
  
• Notes:"December 2008".
  "You are invited to provide a submission or comment on this Issues Paper"--Title page.
  Commission reference: IP 34.
  Includes bibliographical references.
  
• ISBN:9780980415346
  0980415349
  
• Contents:Introduction to the inquiry
  Overview of secrecy provisions in commonwealth legislation
  Secrecy provision elements
  Exceptions and defences
  Penalties
  Practical framework for protecting commonwealth information
  Comparisons and interactions with other laws.