From:
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To:
s 22
Cc:
FOI; s 22
; OWEN, Rhonda; s 22
Subject:
RE: New FOI request 2033 - Right to Know - Seeking Decision Maker [SEC=OFFICIAL]
Date:
Wednesday, 21 October 2020 11:31:44 AM
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Thanks s 22
From: s 22
Sent: Wednesday, 21 October 2020 11:30 AM
To: s 22
Cc: FOI ; s 22
; OWEN, Rhonda ; s 22
Subject: RE: New FOI request 2033 - Right to Know - Seeking Decision Maker [SEC=OFFICIAL]
Thanks – have been working with s 22
on this
From: s 22
Sent: Wednesday, 21 October 2020 10:20 AM
To: s 22
Cc: FOI <xxx@xxxxxx.xxx.xx>; s 22
; OWEN, Rhonda <xxxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxx.xxx.xx>
Subject: RE: New FOI request 2033 - Right to Know - Seeking Decision Maker [SEC=OFFICIAL]
Hi s 22
,
I think this may sit with you?
s 22
ACT 1982 (CTH)
From:
HEALTH UNDER THE
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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
INFORMATION
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.
THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RELEASED
As a consequence of this mix-up, I am now clarifying my request to access all, or as many of the
BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
following as possible:
FREEDOM OF
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. “
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
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FOI Officer – FOI & Legislation Support Section
Legal & Assurance Division | Corporate Operations Group
Legal Advice & Legislation Branch
Australian Government Department of Health
s 22
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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click links or open attachments if you recognise the sender and know the content is safe.
Dear FOI,
Thank you for your reply. Unfortunately, I am dissatisfied with the outcome of my request.
Furthermore, the links provided were not an alternative source of the information requested.
THE
I am choosing to clarify the nature of my request as the following sentence from your reply
implies incorrectly that I am requesting a specific document for release:
UNDER (CTH)
"the department does not hold THE DOCUMEMT referred to in your request."
Referring back to my original request:
RELEASED 1982
"I am requesting a SUMMARY REPORT of all.."
ACT
I recognise that my request may have implied that a document may already exist, but I was
BEEN HEALTH
actually asking for a summary that did not, unless it did exist.
OF
As a consequence of this mix-up, I am now clarifying my request to access all, or as many of the
HAS
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
DOCUMENT
DEPARTMENT
OF
AND/OR co-morbidities related to COVID-19 deaths.
4. Any internal documents regarding aggregated statistics pertinent to COVID-19 deaths.
THIS THE
5. Any internal documents regarding statistical analysis of COVID-19 deaths.
BY
6. Any internal documents regarding the analysis of COVID-19 deaths.
FREEDOM
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.
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
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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
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
this department.
Yours sincerely,
J M
-----Original Message-----
Dear J M
Please find attached correspondence in relation to your FOI request to the Department of
Health.
Kind regards
FOI Officer
FOI Unit – FOI and Legislation Support Section
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Legal and Assurance Division | Corporate Operations Group
Legal Advice and Legislation Branch
Australian Government Department of Health
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T: 02 6289 1666 | E: [2][Health request email]
GPO Box 9848, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
(CTH)
The Department of Health acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Australia and their
UNDER
continued connection to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to all Elders past and
RELEASED 1982
present.
If you receive this email in error, please delete it and contact the sender immediately.
BEEN HEALTH
ACT
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This request has been made by an individual using Right to Know. This message and any reply
that you make will be published on the internet. More information on how Right to Know works
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can be found at:
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https://www.righttoknow.org.au/help/officers
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