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Give power back to citizens to fight government agencies, inquiry urged

Large government agencies have too much power and too little accountability, a federal inquiry has heard, with calls to change laws that would help tip the balance of power back into the hands of ordinary citizens when they have a gripe with an agency.

Give power back to citizens to fight government agencies, inquiry urged
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Give power back to citizens to fight government agencies, inquiry urged

On Thursday some groups appearing before a parliamentary inquiry into Model Litigant Obligations likened the behaviour of large government agencies such as the Australian Taxation Office to the big banks.

Read the full article at the Sydney Morning Herald.

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