2022-23 vexatious FOI applicants
Dear Office of the Australian Information Commissioner,
I request access to the following documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982:
1. Applications from agencies under s 89K of the FOI Act seeking to have persons declared vexatious applicants, for the period from 1 January 2022 to the date of this request.
I do not wish to have applicant names excluded from the scope of this request.
Yours faithfully,
CR
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Our reference: FOIREQ24/00042
Dear CR,
Freedom of Information request
I refer to your request for access to documents made under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act).
You FOI request was received by the Office of the Australian Information
Commissioner (OAIC) on 17 January 2024. This means that a decision on your
FOI request is currently due on 16 February 2024.
Scope of your request
Your FOI request was made in the following terms:
Applications from agencies under s 89K of the FOI Act seeking to have
persons declared vexatious applicants, for the period from 1 January 2022
to the date of this request.
I do not wish to have applicant names excluded from the scope of this
request.
In order to process your request as efficiently as possible, I will
exclude duplicates and early parts of email streams that are captured in
later email streams from the scope of this request, unless you advise me
otherwise.
We will not identify you as the FOI applicant during any consultation
process, unless we seek your permission. However, documents that are
within the scope of your request that we may need to consult third parties
about may contain your personal information.
Timeframes for dealing with your request
Section 15 of the FOI Act requires the OAIC to process your request no
later than 30 days after the day we receive it. However, section 15(6) of
the FOI Act allows us a further 30 days in situations where we need to
consult with third parties about certain information, such as business
documents or documents affecting their personal privacy.
The current decision due date for your request is 16 February 2024. We
will advise you if this timeframe is otherwise extended.
Disclosure Log
Documents released under the FOI Act may be published online on our
disclosure log, unless they contain personal or business information that
would be unreasonable to publish.
If you would like to discuss your FOI request, please contact me on my
contact details set out below.
Yours sincerely
Ines Celic
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Dear CR
We hope you are well.
Please see the attached document regarding your request.
In reply to the above consultation notice, we must receive a response from
you by 16 February 2024. Please carefully review all of the information
enclosed in the document before confirming acceptance or declining any
suggested amendments.
Please contact our office should you have any questions or concerns.
Kind regards,
[1][IMG] Jacob Long (he/him)
Paralegal
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
Brisbane | GPO Box 5288 Sydney NSW 2001
P (02) 9246 0470 E [2][OAIC request email]
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Dear Jacob,
Thank you for your email.
I wish to informally revise my request as follows:
Applications from agencies under s 89K of the FOI Act seeking to have persons declared vexatious applicants, for the period from 1 January 2022 to the date of this request, excluding any attachments. Personal information relating to the applicants is excluded from the scope of this request (except for applicants names).
I accept your proposed revision, however, I have made a slight adjustment to ensure that the names of the applicants remain included in the scope of my request.
Before formally submitting this revised scope and concluding the consultation process, I kindly request your confirmation that my proposed revision resolves the practical refusal reason.
Yours sincerely,
CR
Good morning,
I can confirm that your proposed revised scope removes the practical refusal reason. Please confirm the scope and we will recommence processing your request.
Regards,
Emily
Emily Elliott
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Dear Emily,
Thanks for the confirmation.
I hereby formally revise my request as follows:
1. Applications from agencies under s 89K of the FOI Act seeking to have persons declared vexatious applicants, for the period from 1 January 2022 to the date of this request, excluding any attachments. Personal information relating to the applicants is excluded from the scope of this request (except for the applicant's names).
Kind regards,
CR
Our reference: FOIREQ24/00042
Dear CR
I refer to your freedom of information request (FOI request) received by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (the OAIC) on 17 January 2024.
Request for an extension of time
At this stage, the due date of your FOI request is 16 January 2024.
The OAIC is currently managing a significant number of complex FOI requests and I am writing to you to seek your agreement to an extension of time under s 15AA of the FOI Act by a further 14 days. This extension will provide additional time to undertake consultation with other agencies. Accordingly, if agreed, this will extend the time for the OAIC to process your request by 14 days until 1 March 2024.
Please note that we will continue to process your request as efficiently as possible. We will endeavour to make a decision on your request earlier than this extended date, if we are in a position to do so.
We ask that you please reply to this email, confirming your agreement to this extension of time request, by no later than Wednesday 14 February 2024.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact [OAIC request email].
Kind regards
Emily
Emily Elliott
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Good afternoon,
Please find attached decision and schedule in relation to your FOI
request. Documents will be released on Monday 19 February 2024.
Regards,
Emily
[1][IMG] Emily Elliott
Senior Lawyer
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
Sydney | GPO Box 5288 Sydney NSW 2001
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Good afternoon,
My apologies for the delay in the release of these documents. The
redactions were not applying correctly to one page and it has taken some
time to resolve this issues. The documents will be released tomorrow
Tuesday 20 February 2024.
Regards,
[1][IMG] Emily Elliott (she/her)
Senior Lawyer
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From: OAIC - FOI
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2024 3:34 PM
To: 'CR' <[FOI #11030 email]>
Subject: FOIREQ24/00042
Good afternoon,
Please find attached decision and schedule in relation to your FOI
request. Documents will be released on Monday 19 February 2024.
Regards,
Emily
[4][IMG] Emily Elliott
Senior Lawyer
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
Sydney | GPO Box 5288 Sydney NSW 2001
E [5][OAIC request email]
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Good afternoon,
Please find attached documents relevant to your request. Again, I
apologise for the short delay in providing these documents.
Regards,
[1][IMG] Emily Elliott
Senior Lawyer
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From: OAIC - FOI <[email address]>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2024 5:18 PM
To: CR <[FOI #11030 email]>
Cc: OAIC - FOI <[email address]>
Subject: RE: FOIREQ24/00042
Good afternoon,
My apologies for the delay in the release of these documents. The
redactions were not applying correctly to one page and it has taken some
time to resolve this issues. The documents will be released tomorrow
Tuesday 20 February 2024.
Regards,
[4][IMG] Emily Elliott (she/her)
Senior Lawyer
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
Sydney | GPO Box 5288 Sydney NSW 2001
P +61 2 9246 0465 E [5][email address]
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across Australia and their continuing connection to land,
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From: OAIC - FOI
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2024 3:34 PM
To: 'CR' <[7][FOI #11030 email]>
Subject: FOIREQ24/00042
Good afternoon,
Please find attached decision and schedule in relation to your FOI
request. Documents will be released on Monday 19 February 2024.
Regards,
Emily
[8][IMG] Emily Elliott
Senior Lawyer
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
Sydney | GPO Box 5288 Sydney NSW 2001
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[10]Subscribe to Information Matters
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