Correspondence between the Department and Right to Know
Dear Department of Industry, Innovation and Science,
I would like to see all documents that contain correspondence between the Department and Right to Know in relation to censorship of officer details in FOI requests.
As a starting point, to locate such documents, please note that censorship requests were made by Erin Higuchi from the Legal, Audit and Assurance branch.
However, if similar requests were made by other officers from the Department, please include documents that encompass such correspondence too.
I trust Right to Know will not object to the release of these documents given the organisation's purpose.
Yours faithfully,
Harry Witherspoon
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2020 07:21:39 +0000
Subject: CM: Freedom of Information request - Correspondence between the Department and Right to Know
From: Witherspoon <[FOI #6896 email]>
To: Freedom of Information <[Department of Industry, Science, Energy & Resources request email]>
Dear Department of Industry, Innovation and Science,
I would like to see all documents that contain correspondence between the Department and Right to Know in relation to censorship of officer details in FOI requests.
As a starting point, to locate such documents, please note that censorship requests were made by Erin Higuchi from the Legal, Audit and Assurance branch.
However, if similar requests were made by other officers from the Department, please include documents that encompass such correspondence too.
I trust Right to Know will not object to the release of these documents given the organisation's purpose.
Yours faithfully,
Harry Witherspoon
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Dear Freedom of Information,
Please maintain all names of APS employees.
Yours sincerely,
Harry Witherspoon
Dear Harry
Please find attached correspondence in relation to your FOI request of 15
November 2020.
Should you have any queries regarding this matter, please contact the FOI
team.
Regards
FOI Team
Legal, Audit and Assurance | Corporate & Digital
GPO Box 2013, Canberra ACT 2601 | [1][Department of Industry, Science, Energy & Resources request email]
Dear Department of Industry, Science, Energy & Resources,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Department of Industry, Science, Energy & Resources's handling of my FOI request 'Correspondence between the Department and Right to Know'.
I sought "[ALL] documents that [CONTAIN] correspondence between the Department and Right to Know in relation to censorship of officer details in FOI requests".
I note that requests were also made in relation to other officers/requests on multiple occasions, for example:
- https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/t...
- https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/d...
- https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/e...
- https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/s...
- https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/r...
- https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/e...
- https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/c...
Further, in the documents released, Erin states "another request for take down" and "I will also be sending through another request shortly".
I also note that the documents you have released contain a follow-up query by Ben Fairless where he made allegations that "people are being abused due to their position". Subsequent correspondence with Ben will comprise the entire email chain and thus should also be released since they "contain correspondence between the Department and Right to Know in relation to censorship of officer details in FOI requests".
Finally, the entirety of the content in all correspondence is relevant to the request as I requested documents that contain a particular subject matter (rather than the subject matter itself) - "correspondence between the Department and Right to Know in relation to censorship of officer details in FOI requests" is only specified as a means to locate the documents requested.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/c...
Yours faithfully,
Harry Witherspoon
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2021 02:08:17 +0000
Subject: CM: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Correspondence between the Department and Right to Know
From: Witherspoon <[FOI #6896 email]>
To: Freedom of Information <[Department of Industry, Science, Energy & Resources request email]>
Dear Department of Industry, Science, Energy & Resources,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Department of Industry, Science, Energy & Resources's handling of my FOI request 'Correspondence between the Department and Right to Know'.
I sought "[ALL] documents that [CONTAIN] correspondence between the Department and Right to Know in relation to censorship of officer details in FOI requests".
I note that requests were also made in relation to other officers/requests on multiple occasions, for example:
- https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/t...
- https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/d...
- https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/e...
- https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/s...
- https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/r...
- https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/e...
- https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/c...
Further, in the documents released, Erin states "another request for take down" and "I will also be sending through another request shortly".
I also note that the documents you have released contain a follow-up query by Ben Fairless where he made allegations that "people are being abused due to their position". Subsequent correspondence with Ben will comprise the entire email chain and thus should also be released since they "contain correspondence between the Department and Right to Know in relation to censorship of officer details in FOI requests".
Finally, the entirety of the content in all correspondence is relevant to the request as I requested documents that contain a particular subject matter (rather than the subject matter itself) - "correspondence between the Department and Right to Know in relation to censorship of officer details in FOI requests" is only specified as a means to locate the documents requested.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/c...
Yours faithfully,
Harry Witherspoon
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Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #6896 email]
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 can be found at:
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/help/offi...
If you find this service useful as an FOI officer, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's FOI page.
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Dear Harry
Please find attached correspondence in relation to your internal review
request of 13 January 2021.
Should you have any queries regarding this matter, please contact the FOI
team.
Regards
FOI Team
Legal, Audit and Assurance | Corporate & Digital
GPO Box 2013, Canberra ACT 2601
Ben Fairless left an annotation ()
Today, Right to Know received a request to consult with the Department in relation to this request.
Our general stance is to not object to the release of anything except for direct contact details of our volunteers (including mobile numbers). We have communicated this to the Department.
That said, the Department is responsible for making any decisions around the release of documents.
Regards,
Ben - Right to Know Volunteer