The Federal Court has quietly changed its rules and made it significantly harder for journalists to access key court documents.
has quietly updated its internal rules, restricting who can access certain court documents – including journalists – until the case has appeared in court.
Until now, journalists have been able to access unrestricted documents like the originating application, the, or concise statements, which provide some limited detail about the case. Now those documents will be restricted until the case first appears in court. “These amendments are minor and procedural only, they do not have any significant effect on human rights or freedoms,” they wrote.Michael Douglas, a senior lecturer at the University of Western Australia’s law school, said that, on balance, he was not against this change.
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