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Albanese’s department among those blocking 80% of FoI requests, scathing report finds

auditor general considered some of more than 43,000 applications received by the Albanese government in 2024-25, finding the departments did not have appropriate policies and procedures to meet transparency obligations and were

‘A watchdog without resources is not a watchdog’: Labor accused of letting key accountability body languish

Australian National Audit Office](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/03/defence-failed-to-properly-investigate-bribery-allegations-against-australian-navy-contractor-officials-audit-finds) (ANAO) in this week’s budget. Parliament’s Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit has previously warned the Albanese government that the auditor general’s financial position

Labor is making a mockery of its promise of transparent government

auditor general’s report](http://theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/20/australian-government-rejecting-freedom-information-requests-foi-albanese) on management of public records requests by government departments. Buried in the footnotes was data on Treasury bureaucrats making a mockery of freedom of information rules. In January