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16 December 2025 | Construction Update - December 2025

Welcome to the fourth issue of the Construction Update, our annual review of the issues facing an industry responding to economic pressures and operational challenges.
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16 December 2025 | Ex tempore decision in Services Australia v Anatoly Kern

In this proceeding the Services Australia contended that the disclosure of positional email inboxes should be conditionally exempt under section 47E(d) of the FOI Act.
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12 December 2025 | Sparke Helmore has been ranked in the Chambers Asia-Pacific 2026 Guide

We are pleased to announce that Sparke Helmore has been ranked in four categories in the Chambers Asia-Pacific 2026 Guide. The celebration continues with seven partners being recognised in their respective categories.
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11 December 2025 | 12 Days of (Christmas) FOI

Our Information Law team has put together the FOI version of the 12 Days of Christmas.
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8 December 2025 | FOI Secondees – letters 'home' for Christmas

Read an FOI story from four of our secondees.
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4 December 2025 | Information as to existence of certain documents – s 25 of the FOI Act

Section 25 of the FOI Act provides that in certain circumstances an agency can make a decision to neither confirm nor deny the existence of documents within the scope of an access request.
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3 December 2025 | Case note: Aveo Group Limited and Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (Freedom of information)

This recent decision of FOI Commissioner finds against a third-party's contentions that certain business information subject to an FOI request addressed to the ACCC should be conditionally-exempt under s 47G(1)(a) of the FOI Act.
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26 November 2025 | Sparke Helmore's 2025 FOI wrap up webinar

Thank you to all the FOI practitioners and lawyers who joined Chantal Tipene and Molly Campbell for the Full Disclosure – 2025 FOI wrap up webinar on 5 November 2025.
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25 November 2025 | Recent practical refusals before the Information Commissioner

We've recently seen a series of decisions from the Information Commissioner which relate to the practical refusal provisions under ss 24AA and 24AB of the Freedom of Information Act 1982.
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24 November 2025 | Key takeaways from FOI Commissioner Alice Linacre's keynote at the Australian Government Solicitor FOI and Privacy Law Conference

On 22 August 2025, Alice Linacre PSM was appointed as the new Freedom of Information Commissioner in the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, succeeding Toni Pirani. Commissioner Linacre's five-year appointment commenced on 29 September 2025.
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