Does Australia Prefer Secrecy to Transparency?

Does Australia Prefer Secrecy to Transparency?
In other cases, courts have ordered that already published journalism be removed from Australian news sites, even though
the information in them could be found elsewhere — undermining public trust in both journalism and the justice system.
(Watching) Review: A New Zealand Novel Full of Taciturn Men and Wooden Dolls (Books) ______ I just finished reading "Wonder," by R.J. Palacio, about a 10-year-old boy born with several genetic abnormalities who dreams of being "ordinary." It’s meant to be a children’s book (I read it after my son finished it),
but adults could also benefit from what the book has to teach, about kindness, humor and the awkwardness of family and friendship.
______ Don’t miss this blockbuster scoop from our Washington team, which opens with an argument in the West Wing — "a confrontation," they write,
that "marks the first time Mr. Trump is known to have tried to fire the special counsel." ______ Cape Town’s water supply is running dangerously close to empty.
But realness and value are products of shared and equal faith, no matter if in things unseen." ______ This week, in addition to
all things espionage, we have news, science, sports, Netflix, a new Australia Diary and some serious Margot Robbie coverage.
As Gaven Morris, the news director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, put it: "Consistently, we’ve seen overreach where governments seek to suppress information because it is embarrassing, not because there is a genuine security risk." But there are actually several other areas of public life in Australia
that make journalism more difficult, or that reveal the degree to which this country tolerates a lack of transparency.
Sometimes it takes a bit of luck — a pair of filing cabinets filled with government documents showing up at a
used furniture store in Canberra, for example — just to see what kinds of things end up getting classified.