Tammy Tyrrell (Tasmania, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

A point of order, though, I have never used the transparency warrior once. As the Centre for Public Integrity states, the FOI bill would make it harder for journalists, whistleblowers and the public to hold government to account. We're facing a cost-of-living crisis with rising inflation and income tax being too high. If the government wants to help regular working people and be a more transparent government than the last, why are you making people pay to access information they have a right to? How does this help the regular working Australian and the health of our democracy?