Alison Sandy Presents Freedom Of Information
7News Freedom of Information Editor Alison Sandy
Alison Sandy is an award-winning journalist who has been lodging Freedom of Information applications since starting her career 20 years ago.
She joined the Seven Network in 2014 to become the nation’s first female FOI Editor.
Alison is a fierce advocate of the media’s role in holding governments and its representatives to account. She has successfully fought and won several appeals for access to documents under FOI laws and uncovered details that have contributed to positive changes in legislation.
Last year, she was a finalist for two Walkley awards following [[her contribution to exclusive stories on "Child ]](https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/35597902/exclusive-dozens-of-australian-child-brides-forced-into-illegal-marriages/|Child)Brides" and the extent of children being forced to marry much older men, and a year-long FOI investigation into the extent of sexual assaults across the nation’s 39 universities and state and federal police. For the latter, Alison won a United Nation Association of Australia Award for Promotion of Gender Equality: Empowerment of Women and Girls.
It was the largest FOI investigation to have occurred in the nation’s history and formed part of a key submission into the Australian Human Rights Commission’s own investigation into the issue.
Her previous roles include Right to Information Editor at The Courier-Mail in Brisbane and Adelaide’s Sunday Mail political reporter and she is a 2018 mentor for Women in Media.
Email Alison: asandy@seven.com.au
