The government agrees Australia’s secrecy laws need to change. Now comes the hard part – taking action
- Written by Peter Greste, Professor of Journalism and Communications, Macquarie University
Earlier this year, the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor (INSLM), Jake Blight, compared the sheer volume of Australia’s secrecy laws to works of literature.
“You’d be looking at about 3,000-plus pages. That’s about the same as the complete works of William Shakespeare, War and Peace, and the three volumes of...
