According to a Guardian report today, the high court has just ruled that the commonwealth was wrong to withhold the so-called “palace letters” from researcher/historian Jenny Hocking. [About time in my humble opinion.]
Makes me wonder now what Archives Act 'categories of exempt information' might still be applied to limit access to the material.
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The Palace Letters and the public right to access records - Monday 15 June 5pm - 6.15pm
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Please join us for a special webinar Friday 15 June 2020 from 5pm to 6:15pm. Our expert panel will review the recent High Court case. They will look closely at public access regimes across the Commonwealth and States and how well they meet the needs of researchers.
Professor Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney
Professor Bridget Griffen-Foley, Centre for Media History, Macquarie University
Adrian Cunningham, previously Director, Strategic Relations and Personal Records, NAA, and Director, Digital Archives Program, Queensland State Archives
The Panel will be moderated by Dr Mike Jones, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences and ASA Councillor. David Fricker, Director-General, National Archives of Australia will join the webinar as a guest speaker.
Details on how to join the webinar will be provided on the day of the event by an email to all registrants. Please note the time of the webinar is based on Sydney, NSW time (Australian Eastern Standard Time).
You might be interested in the public lecture given by Jenny Hocking last year for ANU Archives and Friends of the Noel Butlin Archives Centre http://archives.anu.edu.au/events/2019-professor-jenny-hocking-arch... and http://archives.anu.edu.au/news
Surprised there hasn't been more chat about this on Archives Live. Anyhow, looking forward to ASA President Julia Mant's announcement that there soon will be panel discussion on the topic including Professor Anne Twomey and Adrian Cunningham. Beaut initiative.