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Kline v Official Secretary to the Governor General
Administrative law − Freedom of information − Request for access to documents − Section 6A(1) of Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) provided that documents held by Official Secretary to the Governor-General were excluded from disclosure unless they related to "matters of an administrative nature" − Whether documents relating to nomination of person to Order of Australia were excluded from disclosure by operation of s 6A(1).
Words and phrases − "matters of an administrative nature".
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) – ss 5, 6, 6A.
