They have to respond by law; even if it takes 18 months and dragging then through the AAT - and the response will be fuel for ridicule if it (predictably) refuses in the grounds of being too hard
> the response will be fuel for ridicule if it (predictably) refuses in the grounds of being too hard
If ridicule worked, this madness would have already stopped at the point where the Australian PM implied the laws of mathematics are secondary to the laws of Australia.
I suspect the power asymmetry of the gov't being able to decide which of its own data is subject to FOI means he can have it both ways.