FOI Documents Reveal OAIC Echoes EFA’s Critique of the Government’s Age Assurance Technology Trial
Newly released documents seen by EFA and obtained by Cam Wilson (a journalist for Crikey and friend of EFA) —read the full Crikey article here — under the Freedom of Information Act reveal that internal assessments by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) align substantially with the early warnings and independent observations made by […]
Freedom of Information Amendment Bill 2026 Withdrawn
Written by John Pane, EFA Chair. Following some very spirited debate today in the Senate, EFA is quite happy to announce that the Freedom of Information Amendment Bill has been withdrawn. In respect of Senator Gallagher’s (LAB) comments in the Senate today that “….the intention of the bill was to modernise the FOI process, reduce […]
Albanese Government Poised to Restrict Australia’s Freedom of Information Regime
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA — Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) warns that the Albanese government is set to weaken our government’s transparency framework and its accountability by using its numbers to bulldoze the Freedom of Information Amendment Bill 2025 (FOIA Bill) through Parliament without amendment when it resumes this week, despite overwhelming and well-reasoned opposition to the Bill. […]
EFA Inc Membership Engagement Survey 2025
By EFA Chair, John Pane. It’s been some time since we’ve done this. And it’s about time! As you know, as part of our advocacy work EFA has been chipping away at awareness-building activities (think media interviews and newsletters) and on the ground policy work to push for digital rights policies that matter most to you […]
What OpenClaw, OpenAI, and a Node.js Hack Tell Us About the Future of AI Agents
By Warren McHugh, EFA Board Member. AI is being sold as a friendly assistant that quietly makes life easier: it writes emails, fixes code, books meetings, drafts legal notes, summarises research. The new wave of “AI agents” goes further than just suggesting things, they’re designed to act on your behalf. The OpenClaw story shows how […]