Reforms to FOI a disgrace: Hartigan

FEDERAL Attorney-General Philip Ruddock’s handling of freedom of information reforms is a "disgrace", according to News Limited chairman and chief executive John Hartigan.

"I’ll be blunt: he is kidding," Mr Hartigan said in the annual Andrew Olle Lecture in Sydney last night. "His decision to ask the Law Reform Commission to conduct a review on limited terms of reference is a disgrace.