Edited by the Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology

Kathy Bowrey

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This paper explores the humanitarian promise contained in advocacy for broader access rights to knowledge, and, the notion that access is a precondition to the public good of invention

This paper explores the humanitarian promise contained in advocacy for broader access rights to knowledge, and, the notion that access is a precondition to the public good of invention

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12 March 2010

The Australian Law Reform Commission report into Commonwealth secrecy laws, Secrecy Laws and Open Government in Australia (ALRC Report 112) is the result of a 15 -month inquiry which identified 506 secrecy provisions in 176 pieces of Commonwealth legislation, including 358 criminal secrecy offences.

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06 February 2010

On 20 January 2009, the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) received Terms of Reference from the Attorney-General of Australia to review the operation and provisions of the Royal Commissions Act 1902