
If not delivered return to PO Box 7788 Canberra BC ACT 2610
21 April 2015
Mr Ben Fairless
Via email:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Our reference: LEX 13290
Dear Mr Fairless,
Your Freedom of Information Request – Request Received
1. I refer to your correspondence to the department, dated 19 April 2015, seeking access to the
following:
‘Can I please have a copy of:
- all complaints/feedback/correspondence in relation to the decision to deny "conscientious
objectors" of Vaccination access to Government money
- Any response provided by the department in relation to those
complaints/feedback/correspondence
- Any internal discussion in relation to the complaints/feedback/correspondence’
2. Your request is taken to have been received as a FOI request on 19 April 2015 and the 30 day
statutory period for processing your request commenced from the day after that date. You
should therefore expect a decision from us by 19 May 2015. The period of 30 days may be
extended if we need to consult third parties or for other reasons. We will advise you if this
happens.
3. The department will advise you if a charge is payable to process your request and the amount of
any such charge as soon as practicable. No charge is payable for providing a person with their
own personal information.
Your Address
4. The FOI Act requires that you provide us with an address to which we can send notices. The
request was provided via the electronic address specified above. We will send all notices,
correspondence and documents to this address. Please advise us as soon as possible if you
require correspondence to be sent to another address or if your address changes. If you do not
advise us of changes to your address, all notices, correspondence and documents will continue to
be sent to the address specified above.
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Disclosure Log
5. Please note that information released under the FOI Act may be published in a disclosure log on
the department’s website. Section 11C of the FOI Act requires this publication, however it is
subject to certain exceptions, including where publication of personal, business, professional or
commercial information would be unreasonable.
Exclusion of junior departmental officers details
6. The department is working towards ensuring that all employees have a choice about whether
they provide their full name and direct contact details in response to public enquiries. Where
such details are included in the scope of a request, this may add to processing time and
applicable charges as it may be necessary to consider whether the details are exempt under the
FOI Act. On this basis, and unless you tell us otherwise, all staff names, direct contact details and
personal log-on identifiers are out of the scope of your request and they will be redacted under
section 22 of the FOI Act.
7. If you have any enquiries concerning this matter, please contact me at
xxx.xxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx.
Yours sincerely,
FOI Delegate
FOI and Information Release Branch
Legal Services Division
Department of Human Services
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