Information in relation to the deaths of 16 ponies following a Northern polo event in 2018 has been released after intervention by the state's Ombudsman.
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The ponies died some point after leaving Devonport in trailers and arriving to Victoria on the Spirit of Tasmania.
A RTI application from a mainland journalist, with wide-ranging questions on the incident, made to the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and the Environment was initially refused as it said it would involve sifting through 300 files and thousands of pages of documents.
It was also determined the release of the information could breach future court proceedings.
The journalist was then asked to revise the scope of her enquiry which Tasmanian Ombudsman Richard Connock described in a report on the matter as "unusual".
With Mr Connock's assistance, a decision was made to release 116 pages of information to his office.
In his report, Mr Connock said it took four requests and 11 weeks for that information to be given to him.
Once the information was received, he decided to make 10 pages public which involved emails between a lawyer representing the owner of the ponies Andrew Williams and DPIPWE as well as information sent to the RSPCA by the department
The department made that information public on Wednesday.
Mr Connock was critical of the handling of the RTI application by the department and questioned how the department could have made "a fair, equitable and robust decision on the application" without reviewing the entirety of the information asked for in the original request.
Labor on Wednesday tabled a bill to change Right to Information laws, which it said would ensure governments, ministers and delegates were more accountable for their decisions.
The bill would repeal 10 parts of the act.
Labor justice spokeswoman Ella Haddad said the bill would clear up confusion as to whether the Tasmanian Ombudsman could review decisions handed down by ministers or department delegates.
"This uncertainty has been compounded by a recent decision in the Supreme Court which held that decisions made by ministers and their delegates can't be reviewed by the Ombudsman," Ms Haddad said.
Tabled amendments would write the Ombudsman into the act and a provision that an application for review must be made within 20 working days of the applicant having received a decision.
