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Cam Wilson (Image: Private Media)

As the reigning world record holder for the most freedom of information requests written and filed in a single session, you might assume that I have an elite understanding of the system.

I do not. The truly virtuosic users of FOI and other record-seeking powers are people like Rex “Transparency Warrior” Patrick, journalist William Summers, advocate Justin Warren and historian Jenny Hocking — just to name a few.

Then there are the nameless or unknown citizens who quietly and diligently figure out ways, often teaching themselves using tools like Right To Know , to get the government to tell them what they want to know.

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