Department of Defence

Part of the Defence portfolio and a Federal authority, also called Defence

The Defence mission is to defend Australia and its national interests. It is accountable to the Commonwealth Parliament, on behalf of the Australian people, for the efficiency and effectiveness with which it carries out the Government's defence policy.

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FOI Training Costs in FY16/17
Response by Department of Defence to Verity Pane on .

Partially successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Ms Pane, Please find attached the Statement of Reasons and documents relating to FOI 444/17/18.  A schedule of documen...
Code of Conduct Complaint Statistics
Response by Department of Defence to Verity Pane on .

Long overdue.

Link: [1]File-List UNCLASSIFIED Dear Verity Pane,   I have just realised that your name was misspelt in my decision on the release of document...
Summary of Charges for Access under FOI
Follow up sent to Department of Defence by Verity Pane on .

Partially successful.

Thank you. I have no further questions. Yours sincerely, Verity Pane
FOI delegate statistical information
Follow up sent to Department of Defence by Verity Pane on .

Partially successful.

Thank you for your decision, which really what Defence should have some in the first place, instead of fraudulently pretending it was not a valid FO...
Charges Estimates Issued in FY17/18 YTD and whether that caused the FOI to be abandoned
Follow up sent to Department of Defence by Verity Pane on .

Withdrawn by the requester.

Whoops, restated this application that you are already fraudulently stalling. Yours faithfully, Verity Pane
FOI Processing/Management Policy & Procedural Documents
Follow up sent to Department of Defence by Verity Pane on .

Long overdue.

I can’t say thank for your decision, the reasons for which given were ridiculously opaque. “Upon internal review, I sought a sample of the documen...
Australia's gift of C-130 Hercules aircraft to Indonesia
Response by Department of Defence to Asher Hirsch on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Mr Hirsch Thank you for email relating to further searches. Please be advised that Defence’s established process is to...
NWCC Form lodgement statistics
Response by Department of Defence to Fiona Brandis-Dalton on .

Partially successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Please find attached the Statement of Reasons relating to FOI 326/17/18.  Rights of Review Under the provisions of...
Documents Relating to Tafenoquine Neurotoxicity Testing on Monkeys by the Australian Army Malaria Institute
Response by Department of Defence to Stuart McCarthy on .

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon, Please find attached the Statement of Reasons relating to FOI 329/17/18. Rights of Review Under the provisions of...
Joint Inquiry into the facts surrounding the management of Mr Jesse Bird’s case
Follow up sent to Department of Defence by Verity Pane on .

Refused.

Defence continues to show it is a bad faith actor that systemically abuses the aims and objectives of the Freedom of Information Act, and the irony...
Supporting Documentation for Selected CMS (DTC/DPC) transactions
Response by Department of Defence to Verity Pane on .

Partially successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Ms Pane, 1.    Please find attached the Statement of Reasons and documents relating to FOI 138/17/18. FOI Disclosure...
APP 12 Access Processing Statistics
Request to Department of Defence by Verity Pane. Annotated by Verity Pane on .

Partially successful.

I’ve marked this FOI partially successful given it would seem an abuse to infer this FOI was handled correctly, given the appalling behaviour of Jo Gra...
Technical Manual for 15kVA VW powered Generator Set
Response by Department of Defence to Macman on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Please find attached documents in relation to old 15KVA generator sets. These documents are being released to you admini...
2016-17 Most Expensive Event
Response by Department of Defence to Jackson Gothe-Snape on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Please find attached the documents and Statement of Reasons relating to FOI 071/17/18.  FOI Disclosure Log In acco...
Accounting Financial Information Management System
Response by Department of Defence to Verity Pane on .

Partially successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Thank you Verity.
Record of Consultations Undertaken with CFO Group for assessing production of requested financial transactional information
Follow up sent to Department of Defence by Verity Pane on .

Partially successful.

Thank you for your decision, and your decision to waive the charges initially sought, which is consistent with the s 93A Guidelines issued by the Au...
Top 10 Highest Transactional Value Expenditures in CMS for SES(E) level card holders, for FY 2016/2017
Follow up sent to Department of Defence by Verity Pane on .

Partially successful.

Thank you for your decision today, and all your documents did come through the first time (including the SOR). No further action required, you may n...
Military gifts to Indonesia
Response by Department of Defence to Asher Hirsch on .

Partially successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Please find attached the Statement of Reasons and document relating to FOI 059/17/18. FOI Disclosure Log In accord...
Private use of social media advice provided to employees
Response by Department of Defence to James Smith on .

Partially successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Please find attached the documents and Statement of Reasons relating to FOI 084/17/18.  FOI Disclosure Log In acco...
2016-17 Most Expensive Trip
Response by Department of Defence to Jackson Gothe-Snape on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Mr Gothe-Snape, As before, your revised request below is too large to process. It is likely to attract a practical refus...
All files relating to the so-called ABC arrests and trials from 1977-1978
Response by Department of Defence to Phil Chamberlain on .

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED Hi Phil, Thanks for getting back to me. As the records you are seeking are in the open access period, they will be held at the National...
Schedule of Special Purpose Flights
Request to Department of Defence by alan cole. Annotated by Verity Pane on .

Refused.

From no documents identified in the original decision of Nicola Viney to 37 documents identified in the Internal Review highlights the common abuse by...
Exected change in recruitment policy on granting exemption of "Australian Citizenship" requirement for permanent residents in light of new immigration rules
Response by Department of Defence to Harpreet Singh Gill on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Good morning Thank you for your email dated 13 June 2017. The Department of Defence has prepared the following response in relation to y...
Privacy training in the Defence Department
Request to Department of Defence by Verity Pane. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .

Successful.

I agree with the applicant; the response from the agency was very informative. Also, it was prompt, and managed administratively without the machinery...
Privacy Complaint Statistics
Follow up sent to Department of Defence by Verity Pane on .

Partially successful.

Thank you for your response (although I am unsure why a copy of the Unacceptable Behaviour Defence Instruction was included, given it has no relevan...

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