Comment: The right to information - what it is, and why we need it


THE right to information underlies the notion of democracy, because it makes it possible for all people to make informed decisions about what government does, how government works and whether government is working for you.

That’s all well and good, but it can sometimes be hard to see the benefits in every day life, yet there is hardly an aspect of life that isn’t touched by data and information. And if data and information are important, so is the right to information.

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