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Australia
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: Canberra
Land
Area : 76,86,850 sq km
Head
of Government : Prime Minister John Winston Howard
(since 11 March 1996)
Population
: 20,090,437 (July 2005 est.)
Major
Languages : English, Native Languages
Major
Religion(s) : Catholic 26.4%, Anglican 20.5%, other
Christian 20.5%, Buddhist 1.9%, Muslim 1.5%, other 1.2%,
unspecified 12.7%, none 15.3% (2001 Census)
Date
of Joining : 1931
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Articles in CHRI Newsletter:
- Confronting
Distrust: the Case of Redfern, CHRI Newsletter, Volume
11, Number 3, Autumn 2004.
- Australia's
Mandatory Detention of Asylum Seekers - An unlike model
for Europe, Margaret Reynolds, National President,
United Nations Association of Australia, CHRI Newsletter,
Volume 9, Number 3, Winter 2002.
- Australia:
Asylum Under Threat, Margaret Reynolds, Chair, International
Advisory Commission, CHRI, CHRI Newsletter, Volume 9,
Number 1, February 2002.
Articles
from RTI Updates:
- The Victorian
Ombudsman has flagged his intention to release a discussion
paper in February: link doesn't lead to article.
- The petition was initiated by Michael
Mckinnon, Freedom of Information Editor, The
Australian, against Treasurer Peter Costello.
- Labor
to review Freedom of Information Act, Media Release,
Nicola Roxon MP, Shadow Attorney-General, Shadow Minister
Assisting the Leader on the Status of Women, 16 March
2004.
- Review
by Shadow Attorney-General of the Australian Freedom of
Information Act 1982, Submitted by the Commonwealth
Human Rights Initiative, March 2004.
- An article in The Australian by Michael
McKinnon and Natalie O'Brien on the practical problems
being confronted by users of Australia's FOI law. Click
here
to access.
Reports
from RTI Updates:
- Click here
to view the ALRC Background Paper. (11/02/2004)
- Click here
to view the ALRC Discussion Paper: Protecting Classified
and Security Sensitive Information. (11/02/2004)
Articles
from Police Research Papers and Publications:
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