ATTACHMENT A
FOI 170103 Schedule of Documents
No
Description
Decision
1
Submission from member of the public on referral
Release in part Section 47F - personal information of member of the public making the submission
2
Comment from Government agency on referral
Release in part
Section 22 - personal information of government officers
3
Submission from member of the public on referral
Release in part Section 22 - personal information of government officers
Section 47F - personal information of member of the public making the submission
4
Submission from member of the public on referral
Release in part Section 47F - personal information of member of the public making the submission
5
Comment from Government agency on referral
Release in part Section 22 - personal information of government officers
6
Comment from Georgina Veitch on referral
Release in part Section 22 - personal information of government officers
Section 47F - personal information of member of the public making the submission
7
Addendum to Document 1 submission from member of the
Release in part public on referral
Section 47F - personal information of member of the public making the submission
8
Submission from member of the public on referral
Release in part Section 22 - personal information of government officers
Section 47F - personal information of member of the public making the submission
GPO Box 787 Canberra ACT 2601 • Telephone 02 6274 1111 • Facsimile 02 6274 1666
www.environment.gov.au
No
Description
Decision
9
Submission from member of the public on referral
Release in part Section 22 - personal information of government officers
Section 47F - personal information of member of the public making the submission
10 Submission from member of the public on referral
Release in part Section 22 - personal information of government officers
Section 47F - personal information of member of the public making the submission
11 Submission from member of the public seeking extension
Release in part
on comment period
Section 22 - personal information of government officers
Section 47F - personal information of member of the public making the submission
12 Submission from member of the public seeking extension
Release in part
on comment period
Section 22 - personal information of government officers
Section 47F - personal information of member of the public making the submission
13 Submission from member of the public seeking extension
Release in part
on comment period
Section 22 - personal information of government officers
Section 47F - personal information of member of the public making the submission
14 Submission from member of the public on referral
Release in part Section 22 - personal information of government officers
Section 47F - personal information of member of the public making the submission
15 Submission from member of the public on referral
Release in part Section 22 - personal information of government officers
Section 47F - personal information of member of the public making the submission
16 Submission from member of the public seeking extension
Release in part
on comment period
Section 22 - personal information of government officers
Section 47F - personal information of member of the public making the submission
2
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ACHMENT B
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Document Outline
- FOI 170103 - decision on access
- FOI 170103 - decision on access
- Section 47F(1) of the FOI Act provides that where the disclosure of document would result in an unreasonable disclosure of personal information about any person (including a deceased person), that document is conditionally exempt. The conditionally ex...
- Unreasonable disclosure of information
- Documents 1, 3, 4 and 6 to 16 contain the names, email addresses, phone numbers and addresses of the members of the public who made the submissions. I am satisfied that this information is “personal information” for the purposes of the FOI Act.
- To determine whether the disclosure of this personal information was unreasonable, I gave regard to the following criteria under 47F(2) of the FOI Act:
- (a) the extent to which the information is well known;
- (b) whether the person to whom the information relates is known to be (or to have been) associated with the matters dealt with in the document;
- (c) the availability of the information from publicly accessible sources;
- (d) any other matters that the Authority considers relevant.
- Against these criteria, I consider that:
- (a) the information is not well known;
- (b) the persons are not known to be associated with the matters dealt with in the document; and
- Contrary to the public interest
- I did not consider any of the irrelevant factors set out in section 11B(4) of the FOI Act.
- Section 11B(3) sets out the public interest factors that favour access to information:
- (a) promote the objects of this Act (including all the matters set out in sections 3 and 3A);
- Against these factors, I consider that access to the names, email addresses, phone numbers and addresses of the members of the public who made the submissions contained within Documents 1, 3, 4 and 6 to 16:
- (a) would promote the objects of the FOI Act in respect of providing access to information held by the Government (promoting section 3(1)(b)) and that the information is a national resource (section 3(3)). However, I do not consider that this specif...
- (b) would not inform debate on a matter of public importance;
- (c) would not promote effective oversight of public expenditure; and
- (d) would not allow a person, being the applicant, further access to his or her own personal information.
- Paragraph 6.22 of the FOI Guidelines provides a non-exhaustive list of public interest factors against access. Of these factors, I consider that access to the names, email addresses, phone numbers and addresses of the members of the public who made th...
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