Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

Part of the Attorney-General portfolio and a Federal authority, also called OAIC

The OAIC is the independent national regulator for privacy and freedom of information. They promote and uphold your rights to access government-held information and have your personal information protected.

⚠️ Don’t use this page to request an external (Information Commissioner) review. These should be made directly to the OAIC.

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Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Verity Pane on .
Dear Ms Pane   Please find attached the decision and documents in relation to your FOI request, FOIREQ18/00155.   Regards     [1]cid:imag...
Documents referring or relating to FOI 24561
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Verity Pane on .
Dear Ms Pane   Please find attached the decision and documents in relation to your FOI request, FOIREQ18/00174.   Regards   [1]cid:image001...
Documents relating or referring to DVA FOI 23544
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Verity Pane on .
Dear Ms Pane   I refer to your Freedom of Information request made on 1 November 2018.   Please see attached my decision and related documents....
Documents relating to the Work, Health and Safety Act 2011 and the identification of public sector employees
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Verity Pane on .
Dear Ms Pane   I refer to your Freedom of Information request made on 8 November 2018.   Please find attached decision and documents.   Reg...
Australian Financial Conduct Authority & the FIO Act
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Phillip Sweeney on .
Dear Mr Sweeney,   Please find attached correspondence in relation to your FOI request.   Regards,   Amanda Nowland   [1]O A I C logo  ...
OAIC MR18/00724 & MR18/00692 & s 70 Referral - Australian Digital Health Agency
Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Verity Pane on .
Thank you Megan, although it is disappointing to note that the Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) was not directly relevant to the OAIC’s quest...
Gift Register
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Verity Pane on .
Dear Ms Pane   Thank you for your email of 26 November 2018.   With reference to your query, I have completed a search of the OAIC’s records a...
Emails and other records of communications between Carl English of the OAIC and DVA
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Verity Pane on .
Dear Ms Pane,   Please see attached correspondence in relation to your FOI request.   Regards, Amanda   [1]O A I C logo   Amanda Nowland...
Hiding the names of APS employees terminated for gross misconduct - why the difference in standards?
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Verity Pane on .
Dear Ms Pane   Please find attached the decision and documents in relation to your FOI request, FOIREQ18/00156.   Regards   [1]cid:image001...
s 36(4) requests
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Mr Knowles (Account suspended). Annotated by Mr Knowles (Account suspended) on .
Unsurprisingly, the OAIC was totally opaque and unaccountable.
RESOLVE Case Reports for CP18/02632 & MR18/00607
Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Verity Pane on .
I am not aware I gave consent for a change of address for notices, and given Right to Know is where the request was made, the address for notices wo...
Request for Information - Requirements for exercises of delegation under FOI Act
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Kieran (Account suspended). Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Hi Everyone, Ben here, one of the volunteers that look after the site. Just a reminder that the purpose of annotations are to help people with reques...
Digital Information Systems Used for Accounting and Corporate Records Management
Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Marcus (Account suspended) on .
Thank you for your response to my administrative access request (AAR). As I explicitly made my request as an AAR, I believe para 1.46 of the Infor...
Documents relating to notification of privacy breach by Commonwealth Bank (CBA) to OAIC and OAIC’s advice to CBA that it did not intend to inquire further about breach
Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Verity Pane on .
I acknowledge your decision of today, which made slight reduction of the a few of the previous many redactions. As stated in the scope of this FOI...
Analysis underlying the Commissioner's 'Concluding statement — Centrelink release of personal information'
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Ned Caractacus. Annotated by Julie on .
Dear Ned, As this FOI had documents excluded in the FOI decision, it should be marked “Partially Successful” rather than “Successful”. “Successful”...
Review and Update of ARPANSA Information Publication Scheme
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Sun Shine on .
Dear FOI applicant   Thank you for your comments in relation to the Information Publication Scheme (IPS) survey. I have passed your comments on to t...
Improvement Notice Issued by CEO of ARPANSA
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Sun Shine on .
Our reference: MR18/00435   Dear Anonymous Thank you for your response. This matter is now considered withdrawn under s 54R of the Freedom of Info...
Complaints regarding sharing of personal information with third parties on public WIFI service
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Sam Duncan on .
Our reference: FOIREQ18/00032 Dear Mr Duncan Please find attached the decision of today’s date. Kind regards Shelley Napper | Review and Invest...
IC reviews
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Nil on .
Dear FOI applicant   I refer to your request for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (the FOI Act), received by th...
FOI Agency Reference Numbers for Documents in REQFOI17/00064
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Verity Pane. Annotated by Verity Pane on .
I’ve marked this partial for two reasons: 1) Firstly, this information should have been provided a month ago with the original FOI decision, but was u...
Extension of Time Applications - s 15AB - Complex or Voluminous
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Verity Pane. Annotated by Verity Pane on .
The subsequent FOI the OAIC forced me to put in, after unethically and unlawfully redacting relevant information for which no consent was given to reda...
Precise salaries paid to the OAIC’s SES officers for FY14/15, FY15/16 and FY16/17
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Name withheld on .
Dear Anonymous The delegate’s FOI decision and the requested document are attached to this email. Regards Enquiries Officer Office of the Aust...
Follow up - Use of s 44 powers - Agencies
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Verity Pane on .
Dear Ms Pane   A decision on your FOI request is attached, as are the documents you requested.   Regards     Raewyn Harlock | Assistant...
Documents Where s 44 Privacy Act Powers Exercised
Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Verity Pane on .
On 1 June 2017, under FOIREQ17/00036, I made a valid FOI Request (administrative access sought in the first instance, but to be treated as an FOI Ap...
Use of Privacy Act s44 and s45 powers
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Verity Pane on .
Dear Ms Pane, I am writing to provide you with my decision on your Internal Review application for your FOI request relating to the Information Commis...

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