GPO Box 9887
Melbourne VIC 3001
18 August 2021
Mr Phillip Sweeney
By email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Reference number: IA-1459
Notice of Decision – Freedom of Information request
Dear Mr Sweeney
I refer to your request submitted to the Fair Work Ombudsman (
FWO) on 13 August 2021 under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (
FOI Act) seeking a copy of the WMA Declaration of Helsinki in the
possession of the Fair Work Ombudsman.
While the FOI Act provides that a right of access to documents held by an agency, material maintained for
reference purposes that is otherwise publicly available is excluded from the definition of a document by
section 4 of the Act.
Current and previous versions of the Helsinki Declaration are available from the World Medical
Association
’s website.
Contact details
For further information, please email
xxx@xxx.xxx.xx.
Yours sincerely
Nicola Forbes
Director Information Governance
Fair Work Ombudsman
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www.fairwork.gov.au | Fair Work Infoline: 13 13 94 | ABN: 43 884 188 232
Attachment A - Schedule of Documents
Document
Pages
Date
Description
Decision
Applicable Provision (s)
Number
1
001-007
18.03.2021 to 26.03.2021
Email thread: Correspondence Fair work enquiry response from employer
Release in part
s.22
2
008-009
02.03.2021 to 31.03.2021
Email thread: Correspondence WRL Family Law Financial Statement
Release in part
s.22, s.47E(d)
3
010-011
02.03.2021 to 31.03.2021
Email thread: Correspondence WRL Schedule of Assets and Liabilities
Release in part
s.22, s.47E(d)
4
012-013
31.03.21
Email thread: WRL Schedule of Assets and Liabilities
Release in part
s.22
5
014-015
31.03.21
Email thread: WRL Schedule of Assets and Liabilities
Release in part
s.22, s.47E(d)
6
016-018
31.03.2021
Email thread: Correspondence Financial Controller and attachments
Release in part
s.22
7
019-027
30.03.2021 to 20.04.2021
Email thread: Correspondence Annual Leave and rectification of contravention
Release in part
s.22, s.47E(d)
8
028-029
29.03.2021 to 20.04.2021
File Note: Summary of telephone calls FWO and Employer
Exempt
s.22, s.47E(d)
9
030.-031
24.02.2021
Email thread: WRL Payroll report
Release in part
s.22
10
032-037
Not dated
Financial Statements and payroll information
Release in part
s.22, s.47G
11
038-040
No dated
WRL Summary
Exempt
s.47G
Attachment B
INFORMATION ON RIGHTS OF REVIEW & COMPLAINTS
Rights of review
If you are dissatisfied with this decision, you can apply for internal review by this agency (Option 1 below) or
external review by the Australian Information Commissioner (IC Review) (Option 2 below).
You do not have to apply for internal review before seeking IC review. However, the Information Commissioner
has expressed the view that it is preferable for a person to seek internal review by the agency before applying for
IC Review. If you choose Option 1 (internal review), you can also apply for IC review of the internal review decision
within 60 days after receiving notice of our review decision.
Option 1 – Internal review
You can seek internal review of the decision. An application for internal review must be made in writing within 30
days after the date you were notified of the decision, or within such further period as the Fair Work Ombudsman
allows. The internal review will be conducted by a senior officer who had no involvement in the initial decision.
There is no particular form required to make a request for internal review. However, it would help the reviewer if
you said, in writing, why you think the decision should be reviewed. An application for an internal review of the
decision should be sent to:
Em
ail: xxx@xxx.xxx.xx
FOI Manager
GPO Box 9887
MELBOURNE VIC 3001
Option 2 – Review by the Australian Information Commissioner
Alternatively, you can apply in writing to the Australian Information Commissioner for IC review of the decision.
An application for IC Review must be made within 30 days after the day you were given notice of this decision and
the decision relates to an access grant decision (s 54M(2)(a))1 or 60 days where the decision relates to an ‘access
refusal decision’ (s 54L(s)(a)):2
In making your application, you need to provide an address for notices to be sent (this can be an email address)
and a copy of this decision. It would also help the Australian Information Commissioner if you set out the reasons
for seeking IC review in your application.
To apply for IC review, please refer to the relevant information issued by the Office of the Australian Information
Commissioner. You can file your application online or download a review form from the OAIC’s website via
www.oaic.gov.au.
Complaints
You can complain to the Australian Information Commissioner about action taken by the Fair Work Ombudsman in
relation to your freedom of information request. Your complaint must be in writing and it is the Information
Commissioner’s preference that an online complaint form is completed. Alternatively, you can send a letter to the
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, GPO Box 5218, Sydney NSW 2001 or send an email to
xxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.
1 An
“access grant decision” is defined in s 53B of the FOI Act to mean a decision to grant access to a document
where there is a requirement to consult with a third party under ss 26A, 27 or 27A.
2 An
“access refusal decision” is defined in s 53A of the FOI Act and Part 10 of the FOI Guidelines at
https://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-information/foi-guidelines/part-10-review-by-the-information-
commissioner/
