UpdatedAzaria HowellPolitical Reporter·Newstalk ZB·4 Jun, 2026 11:27 PM4 mins to readJustice Minister Paul Goldsmith said there had been a "significant increase" in the number of Official Information Act requests in recent years.Government agencies are being urged to proactively release more information and use artificial intelligence to respond to information requests, as new modelling shows the cost of information requests is set to balloon in the coming years.
Agencies spent $183.6 million responding to almost 159,000 requests in the 2024/25 financial year
