Freedom of Information Act 1982
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The Freedom of Information Act 1982 is an Australian law that gives the public a legal right to access documents and information held by the federal government, subject to certain exemptions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Freedom of Information Act 1982 canonical | 3 |
| Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12880697 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Freedom of Information Act 1982 Context triple: [Commonwealth agencies, subjectTo, Freedom of Information Act 1982]
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A.
Official Information Act 1982
The Official Information Act 1982 is a New Zealand law that promotes government transparency by granting the public a legal right to access most information held by public sector agencies, subject to limited exemptions.
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B.
Freedom of Information Act 2000
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 is a UK law that grants the public a general right of access to information held by public authorities, subject to certain exemptions.
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C.
Public Records Act 1958
The Public Records Act 1958 is a key UK law that sets out how government records are created, managed, preserved, and made available to the public, forming the foundation of the modern public archives system.
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D.
Freedom of Information Act
The Freedom of Information Act is a U.S. law that grants the public the right to access records from federal government agencies, promoting transparency and accountability.
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E.
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 is a Scottish law that grants the public a legal right to access information held by Scottish public authorities, promoting transparency and accountability in government.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Freedom of Information Act 1982 Target entity description: The Freedom of Information Act 1982 is an Australian law that gives the public a legal right to access documents and information held by the federal government, subject to certain exemptions.
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A.
Official Information Act 1982
The Official Information Act 1982 is a New Zealand law that promotes government transparency by granting the public a legal right to access most information held by public sector agencies, subject to limited exemptions.
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B.
Freedom of Information Act 2000
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 is a UK law that grants the public a general right of access to information held by public authorities, subject to certain exemptions.
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C.
Public Records Act 1958
The Public Records Act 1958 is a key UK law that sets out how government records are created, managed, preserved, and made available to the public, forming the foundation of the modern public archives system.
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D.
Freedom of Information Act
The Freedom of Information Act is a U.S. law that grants the public the right to access records from federal government agencies, promoting transparency and accountability.
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E.
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 is a Scottish law that grants the public a legal right to access information held by Scottish public authorities, promoting transparency and accountability in government.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian federal statute
ⓘ
freedom of information law ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Attorney-General's Department (Australia)
ⓘ
linked to:
Attorney-General’s Department (Australia)
|
| amendedBy | Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Act 2010 ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
documents in the possession of Australian Government agencies
ⓘ
documents in the possession of ministers ⓘ |
| basedOnPrinciple | maximum disclosure of government information unless there is a contrary public interest ⓘ |
| citation |
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth)
ⓘ
linked to:
Freedom of Information Act 1982
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| commencementDate | 1982-12-19 ⓘ |
| contains |
exemptions for Cabinet documents
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exemptions for documents affecting commercial interests ⓘ exemptions for documents affecting enforcement of the law ⓘ exemptions for documents affecting personal privacy ⓘ exemptions for national security documents ⓘ public interest conditional exemptions ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| enactedBy | Parliament of Australia ⓘ |
| encourages | proactive disclosure of government information ⓘ |
| excludes |
some intelligence agencies
ⓘ
some security and law enforcement bodies in respect of specified documents ⓘ |
| geographicalScope | Commonwealth level of government in Australia ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalDomain |
administrative law
ⓘ
information law ⓘ |
| legalRight | right of access to government documents, subject to exemptions ⓘ |
| legislativeType | Commonwealth Act ⓘ |
| longTitle | An Act to give to members of the public rights of access to official documents of the Government of the Commonwealth and of its agencies ⓘ |
| notToBeConfusedWith | state and territory freedom of information legislation in Australia ⓘ |
| overseenBy | Office of the Australian Information Commissioner ⓘ |
| provides |
a right to request access to documents
ⓘ
a right to request amendment or annotation of personal information in government documents ⓘ a right to seek external review by the Information Commissioner ⓘ a right to seek internal review of FOI decisions ⓘ a right to seek review by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal ⓘ |
| purpose |
to promote transparency and accountability in Australian Government decision-making
ⓘ
to provide a legal right of access to documents held by Australian Government ministers and agencies ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010
ⓘ
Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) ⓘ
linked to:
Privacy Act 1988
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| requires |
agencies to maintain a disclosure log of documents released in response to FOI requests
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agencies to publish certain information under an Information Publication Scheme ⓘ |
| royalAssentDate | 1982-12-09 ⓘ |
| scope |
applies to Australian Government departments and agencies
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applies to Australian Government ministers ⓘ applies to certain government-owned or controlled bodies ⓘ |
| shortTitle | Freedom of Information Act 1982 ⓘ |
| yearOfEnactment | 1982 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Freedom of Information Act 1982 Description of subject: The Freedom of Information Act 1982 is an Australian law that gives the public a legal right to access documents and information held by the federal government, subject to certain exemptions.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Freedom of Information Act 1982