Vanguard
1 March 2011
The exclusion of two key areas of our lives the economy and defence - from the oversight functions that the Freedom of Information Bill is meant to provide, weakens the effects of the bill before it becomes law.
It seems that the House of Representatives in passing the law was more concerned with excluding the people from knowing more about the two most important aspects of their lives, areas where the biggest decisions are made, with far reaching consequences for them. What is freedom when it comes bound in chains? How did the House of Representatives makes a law based on fear? What really is this fear?
It is understandable to exclude defence, some aspects of it, and cases under investigation from the scrutiny that the law could enhance. What are "national economic interests"? What makes "national economic interests" so important as to receive this special treatment? If "national economic interests" are as important as we believe they are, should that not be the more reason why they should be in the public domain?
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