Point Bolingbroke and Ardrossan whale stranding and necropsy reports from 2013 and 2014

Dan Monceaux made this Freedom of Information request to South Australian Museum

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Dear South Australian Museum FoI Officer,

I am writing to request access to reports held by the SA Museum, under the Freedom of Information Act 1991. I wish to receive digital copies of cetacean stranding event and necropsy reports associated with the following two incidents: the stranding of a southern right whale carcass at Point Bolingbroke, Eyre Peninsula (August 2013) and the stranding of a pod of female sperm whales near Ardrossan, Yorke Peninsula (December 2014).

Yours sincerely,

Dan Monceaux

Zilio, Fran (SAM), South Australian Museum

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Dear Mr Monceaux

 

Please find attached your Freedom of Information Letter of Acknowledgement
and Internal Review Application Information and Form.

 

If you have any enquiries then please contact me; my details are below.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Francesca Zilio  
Manager, Information Services
South Australian Museum
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Dear Ms Zilio,

Thanks for your reply to my request made under the Freedom of Information Act 1991 and the attachments you included.

My understanding is that I now need to pay a fee in order to start the application process, however I note that you have provided me with a form specific to lodging an Internal Review.

My understanding is that an FoI request first requires a fee paid, then leads to a determination. Then, should I not be satisfied with the decision, I can request an internal review.

Could you please provide me with an invoice and payment instructions should you now require a fee paid to initiate the FoI process?

Many thanks,

Dan Monceaux

Zilio, Fran (SAM), South Australian Museum

Dear Mr Monceaux

Thank you for your email relating to the payment of a fee in order to
process your Freedom of Information request (001/2016). As agency we can
make the decision to waive the fee which I have applied to your request.
You will be receiving a determination in the very near future which
formally will state that the fee has been waived.

We like to provide people with the internal review process at all stages
to ensure people are aware of their rights.

Your sincerely

Francesca Zilio
Manager, Information Services
South Australian Museum
North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000
P: +61 (8) 8207 7611 F: +61 (8) 8207 7222
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This is the first time I've been offered a fee waiver at time of lodgement by a South Australian department or agency.

I also note that this appears to be the first FoI request that the South Australian Museum has received this year (judging by the allocated request number).

Zilio, Fran (SAM), South Australian Museum

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Dear Mr Monceaux

 

I refer to your Freedom of Information Request 001/2016. Please find
attached the following documents:

 

·         Freedom of Information Determination letter

·         Schedule of Documents

·         Rights to review and appeal information and form

·         Report on the Ardrossan Sperm Whales

·         Report on the Southern Right Whale Point Bolingbroke.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Francesca Zilio

 

 

Francesca Zilio  
Manager, Information Services
South Australian Museum
North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000
P: +61 (8) 8207 7611 F: +61 (8) 8207 7222  
[1][email address]
[2]www.samuseum.sa.gov.au
 
 
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From: Zilio, Fran (SAM)
Sent: Tuesday, 20 September 2016 8:35 AM
To: '[FOI #2245 email]'
<[FOI #2245 email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information Request-stranded whales-001/2016

 

Dear Mr Monceaux

 

Please find attached your Freedom of Information Letter of Acknowledgement
and Internal Review Application Information and Form.

 

If you have any enquiries then please contact me; my details are below.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Francesca Zilio  
Manager, Information Services
South Australian Museum
North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000
P: +61 (8) 8207 7611 F: +61 (8) 8207 7222  
[3][email address]
[4]www.samuseum.sa.gov.au
 
 
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Dear Ms Zilio,

I wanted to write and express my gratitude for your timely and generous fulfillment of my recent Freedom of Information request. Your service on this occasion will serve as a shining example to other departments and agencies.

Yours sincerely,

Dan Monceaux

Zilio, Fran (SAM), South Australian Museum

 

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