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Red book 12: The Australian FOI turns up Immigration's brief

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The Australian has a version of the incoming government brief from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, released on Tuesday under the Freedom of Information Act.The document doesn't appear on the Department's website so far as I can see. The Australian is enjoying the exclusivity of the release, with these five articles referring to information in the brief in the last day or so:
PR trumps policy

Firms most worried ab out wages: ACCI

'System in crisis' as influx continues

X-ray age-check tool inaccurate

Sponsored skilled migrants face visa wait.

(Turns out The Canberra Times also has the brief through an FOI application: "Briefing warns of action over visa delays - pressure on immigration" on 6 January (no link available.))

The Australian has also reports on the Department of Environment's FOI refusal to parts of its brief on Japanese whaling, because disclosure would damage international relations because of the effect on "engagement with other countries and activities under the auspices of the International Whaling Commission". As the paper points out, WikiLeaks "disclosures this week have shown that senior Labor ministers had been opposed to legal action against Japan, and... suggest the decision to take Japan to the International Court of Justice was motivated by an intention to relieve political and popular pressure on the government."

Full post as published by Open and Shut on January 06, 2011 (boomark / email).