The Labor government’s changes to limit access to freedom of information (FoI) requests appear to be dead in the water, with the opposition leader, Sussan Ley , saying the Coalition will vote against the “friendless” proposal.

After the Greens and key crossbenchers also voiced their outrage, there currently appears to be no pathway for the government to pass the reforms through the Senate. But the attorney general, Michelle Rowland, says she remains committed to the contentious reform, criticising the Coalition for once again reshuffling its frontbench and naming yet another new shadow legal spokesperson.

In an op-ed published in the Canberra Times on Monday, Ley wrote “the opposition will stand firmly against these changes”.

The shadow attorney general, Julian Leeser, had previou

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