In reply please quote:
FOi Request: MO 18 001
Mr Ben Fairless
BY EMAIL: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Mr Fairless
I refer to my correspondence to you of 2 November 2016 regarding your request access to
documents held by the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (the Minister) under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOi Act).
I also refer to a decision of the Information Commissioner of 14 November 2017, which relates to my
decision on your request. As you will be aware, the Information Commissioner has reviewed my
decision, and directed that it be remade.
In accordance with the Information Commissioner's direction, further searches have been
undertaken for documents which fall within the scope of your FOi request. This letter outlines the
steps that have been taken to conduct further searches for the documents which you have
requested, and my decision on your request following these searches.
1
Scope of Request
You have requested access to the following documents held by the Minister:
'a
copy of all inbound and outbound chats in the 7
days prior to this request that was
sent
or received from the minister using any of the below applications:
WhatsApp
Facebook Messneger [sic]
Signal
Telegram
Grindr
Scruff
Tinder
Email Accounts without a
.gov.au email address.'
2
Authority to make decision
I am authorised under section 23 of the FOi Act to make decisions to in respect of requests
to access or annotate documents.
6 Chan Street Belconnen ACT 2617
PO Box 25 BELCONNEN ACT 2616 .. Telephone: 02 6264 1111 .. Fax: 02 6225 6970 .. www.homeaffairs.gov.au