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20 October 2021
Private and Confidential
Ms Matilda Bawden
By email only: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Ms Bawden
Your Freedom of Information request1
Thank you for contacting us with a Freedom of Information (FOI) request in your email of 9 October
2021. We are writing to confirm the information you are seeking access to and to explain more about
our processes.
Scope of your request
We understand that you are seeking access to:
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‘any & all Green Papers & White Papers provided to &/or accessed by AHPRA, including
drafts, to detail grounds for caution or call for the need for lockdowns &/or other State-wide
restrictions on individuals, businesses &/or corporations, due to alleged State of Emergency
on grounds of "Pandemic"’;
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‘evidence of all scientific reports and studies used in any such Green and White papers’;
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‘any and all other key scientific reports that seek to justify AHPRA's illegal and improper
tortious interference in the professional autonomy and business practices of Health
Practitioners deemed to be "anti-vaxxers" & acting against the best interests of Australians
who will risk adverse events or death against their informed consent.’
If this is incorrect, please contact us so we can better understand the information you are seeking.
Charges
In some cases, charges may apply for the search and retrieval of documents, however this is not
common.
2 We will contact you in advance if there will be a cost.
Consultation with third parties
Where documents contain information about third parties, the FOI Act requires us to consult them in
1 This letter is an acknowledgement for the purposes of section 15(5)(a) of the
Freedom of Information Act 1982
(Cth)
2 Charges are set under the
Freedom of Information (Fees and Charges) Regulations 1982 (FOI Regulations)
and are for search and retrieval of documents, decision making and provision of access (for example, copying
and postage).
Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency | National Boards
GPO Box 9958 Melbourne VIC 3001 Ahpra.gov.au 1300 419 495
Ahpra and the National Boards regulate these registered health professions: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practice, Chinese
medicine, chiropractic, dental, medical, medical radiation practice, midwifery, nursing, occupational therapy, optometry, osteopathy,
paramedicine, pharmacy, physiotherapy, podiatry and psychology.
certain circumstances before making a decision. Consultation may be necessary where information:
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was sent to or was received from an Australian or foreign government or agency
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concerns a person’s or an organisation's business or commercial affairs, or
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is personal information about a person (including a deceased person).
If we are required to consult, the FOI processing timeframe will be extended by a further 30 days. We
will let you know as soon as possible if third party consultation will be necessary.
Contact
If you have any questions, please contact us at
xxx@xxxxx.xxx.xx.
Yours sincerely
FOI Team
National Information Release Unit
Reference Number:
FOI33445
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