LEX 63775
Document created in accordance with section 17 of the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (Cth)
FOI reference number:
LEX 63775
Request details:
‘...
asked DVA to provide the number of received
requests for opt out of Veterans’ MATES since its start in 2004
to 30 November 2023, which DVA provided (1,183 opt outs
received by DVA) in decision LEX 62634.
I would like to request the same “document created in
accordance with section 17 of the FOI Act” as in LEX 62634,
but with an added column to that report listing the number of
opt outs that were done (actioned/processed/etc) so people
can compare the number of opt outs received to those opted
out for each time period.
Given the number of Right to Know requests about this MATES
program by a number of different individuals, with a number
of media outlets having reported on this program and this
issue of opt outs, there is clearly a public interest in this
information so please make sure it is provided in the same
manner as was done for LEX 62634…’
Date of decision:
18 January 2024
Received requests for opt out of Veterans’ MATES (current 30 November 2023)
Date
Number of opt out requests
Number of opt out requests completed
2005
1
1
2006
20
20
2007
41
41
2008
33
33
2009
71
71
1
2010
11
11
2011
41
41
2012
32
32
2013
45
45
2014
30
30
2015
76
76
2016
0
0
2017
106
106
2018
71
71
2019
39
39
2020
35
35
2012
37
37
2022
37
37
2023
461 (to Nov 2023)
428
Jan 2023
0
0
Feb 2023
0
0
Mar 2023
0
0
Apr 2023
0
0
May 2023
0
0
June 2023
6
0
July 2023
13
0
Aug 2023
157
0
Sept 2023
85
166
Oct 2023
124
150
Nov 2023
76
112
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