What price FOIA?

Recent press reports from Australia and Ireland:

DAILY TELEGRAPH (SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA) 14th July 2003
FOI REQUESTS ARE TOO DEAR FOR MOST
Freedom of Information charges by Commonwealth departments have exploded by 168 per cent since the Government was elected seven years ago.


IRISH TIMES 12th July 2003
OMBUDSMAN SAYS FOI FEES A 'DISINCENTIVE'
There is little doubt that the scale of charges imposed for Irish Freedom of Information (FoI) requests will prove "a massive disincentive" to members of the public, according to the Irish Ombudsman and Information Commissioner, Ms Emily O'Reilly.