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; OWEN, Rhonda
Subject:
RE: New FOI request 2033 - Right to Know - Seeking Decision Maker [SEC=OFFICIAL]
Date:
Wednesday, 21 October 2020 10:20:08 AM
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Hi s 22
 I think this may sit with you?
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From: s 22
Sent: Wednesday, 21 October 2020 9:52 AM
To: s 22
Cc: FOI <xxx@xxxxxx.xxx.xx>; s 22
Subject: New FOI request 2033 - Right to Know - Seeking Decision Maker [SEC=OFFICIAL]
Good morning s 22
We have received the following request from Right to Know, who are seeking:
“I recognise that my request may have implied that a document may already exist, but I was
actually asking for a summary that did not, unless it did exist.
HEALTH UNDER THE 
ACT 1982 (CTH)
As a consequence of this mix-up, I am now clarifying my request to access all, or as many of the
following as possible:
1. Any internal documents regarding co-morbidities pertinent to COVID-19 death/s.
2. Any internal documents regarding contributing factors pertinent to COVID-19 death/s.
INFORMATION 
3. Any internal documents regarding aggregated statistics pertinent to contributing factors
AND/OR co-morbidities related to COVID-19 deaths.
4. Any internal documents regarding aggregated statistics pertinent to COVID-19 deaths.
5. Any internal documents regarding statistical analysis of COVID-19 deaths.
THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RELEASED 
BY THE DEPARTMENT OF 
6. Any internal documents regarding the analysis of COVID-19 deaths. “
FREEDOM OF 
We sent the applicant a decision advising that the department did not hold any documents
relevant to his request.  He has now put in a new request seeking a summary report of the
documents.
I have been advised that your area may be able to assist.  Please let me know?
Thank you
s 22
FOI Officer – FOI & Legislation Support Section
Legal & Assurance Division |  Corporate Operations Group
Legal Advice & Legislation Branch
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Australian Government Department of Health
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GPO Box 9848, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
 
The Department of Health acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Australia and their continued
connection to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to all Elders past and present. 
 
If you receive this email in error, please delete it and contact the sender immediately.
 
-----Original Message-----
From: J M <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>
Sent: Tuesday, 13 October 2020 9:48 PM
To: FOI <xxx@xxxxxx.xxx.xx>
Subject: TRIM: Re: Freedom of Information Request 1958 - Notice of Decision [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]
 
 
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THE 
Dear FOI,
 
(CTH)
Thank you for your reply. Unfortunately, I am dissatisfied with the outcome of my request.
UNDER 
Furthermore, the links provided were not an alternative source of the information requested.
RELEASED 1982 
 
ACT 
I am choosing to clarify the nature of my request as the following sentence from your reply
BEEN HEALTH 
implies incorrectly that I am requesting a specific document for release:
OF 
 
HAS 
"the department does not hold THE DOCUMEMT referred to in your request."
 
Referring back to my original request:
INFORMATION 
 
DOCUMENT 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
"I am requesting a SUMMARY REPORT of all.."
 
THIS  THE 
I recognise that my request may have implied that a document may already exist, but I was
BY 
actually asking for a summary that did not, unless it did exist.
FREEDOM 
 
As a consequence of this mix-up, I am now clarifying my request to access all, or as many of the
following as possible:
 
1. Any internal documents regarding co-morbidities pertinent to COVID-19 death/s.
2. Any internal documents regarding contributing factors pertinent to COVID-19 death/s.
3. Any internal documents regarding aggregated statistics pertinent to contributing factors
AND/OR co-morbidities related to COVID-19 deaths.
4. Any internal documents regarding aggregated statistics pertinent to COVID-19 deaths.
5. Any internal documents regarding statistical analysis of COVID-19 deaths.
6. Any internal documents regarding the analysis of COVID-19 deaths.
 
If any or all of the above are not available to this department, I would respectfully ask that you
transfer this request to the most relevant department.
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Again, I would like to reiterate the importance of this request to the public. Citizens are dying -
and the analytics currently available to the public regarding deaths are not sufficient enough for
an individual to personally assess their own risk of death due to contraction and subsequent
infection of the COVID-19 virus.
 
It is imperative that every Australian citizen know as much as possible about the lifestyles of the
individuals who have died as a result of the virus for them to be able to modulate and amend
their own lifestyles in a way that can statistically reduce their chances of death - none of this is
possible without knowing what other diseases/health problems/contributing factors were
attributed to the unfortunate deaths of the citizens which have already died from the virus.
 
I find it hard to believe the Health Department do not have documents relating to the
contributing factors in COVID-19 deaths - this would imply that The Health Department are
incompetent in regards to warning the public, which they are obligated to protect, as to which
demographic of citizens are most vulnerable to dying as a result of contraction.
 
With this in mind, i feel it is necessary to release ANY and ALL publicly available information
THE 
related to Covid-19 deaths so the public may aggregate and analyse the co-morbidity data
themselves, but I am understanding that this request may out of the scope of a FOI request to
(CTH)
this department.
UNDER 
 
RELEASED 1982 
Yours sincerely,
 
BEEN HEALTH 
ACT 
J M
OF 
 
HAS 
-----Original Message-----
 
Dear J M
INFORMATION 
 
OF 
 
DOCUMENT 
DEPARTMENT 
 
THE 
Please find attached correspondence in relation to your FOI request to the
THIS 
  Department of
BY 
Health.
FREEDOM 
 
 
 
Kind regards
 
FOI Officer
 
 
 
FOI Unit – FOI and Legislation Support Section
 
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Legal and Assurance Division |  Corporate Operations Group
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Legal Advice and Legislation Branch
 
Australian Government Department of Health
 
T: 02 6289 1666 | E: [2][Health request email] 
 
GPO Box 9848, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
 
 
 
The Department of Health acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of  Australia and their
continued connection to land, sea and community. We  pay our respects to all Elders past and
present. 
 
 
 
If you receive this email in error, please delete it and contact the  sender immediately.
THE 
 
 
(CTH)
 
UNDER 
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Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
BEEN HEALTH 
ACT 
 
OF 
This request has been made by an individual using Right to Know. This message and any reply
HAS 
that you make will be published on the internet. More information on how Right to Know works
can be found at:
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/help/officers
INFORMATION 
 
OF 
If you find this service useful as an FOI officer, please ask your web manager to link to us from
DOCUMENT 
DEPARTMENT 
your organisation's FOI page.
THE 
 
THIS 
BY 
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