澳大利亚《信息自由法》评析

政府信息和文件一直被视为是政府机关的财产而由所掌握信息的机构来决定是否对其进行公开。随着社会的发展和进步，知情权的概念逐渐形成共识，并被国际社会看作是一项基本人权得以保障，在新闻媒体和公众的推动下，澳大利亚开始重视保护公众知情权，并相应地制定了有关信息自由的法律以公开政府信息，保证公民知情权的实现。

The Analysis on the Australian Freedom of Information Act

Government information and documents have been deemed to be the property of government agencies and institutions to decide whether or not to publicize the information. With the development and progress of society, the right to know concept gradually formed a consensus as a basic human right to be protected. Under the impetus of the media and the public, Australia began to pay attention to protecting the public right to know, and accordingly developed a Freedom of Information Act on disclosure of government information to ensure the realization of the citizens right to know.