Correspondence related to the ABC Four Corners episode "The Manus Solution"
Dear Department of Immigration and Border Protection,
I would like all communications regarding the ABC Four Corners episode "The Manus Solution", which aired April 28th, 2014.
The Right to Know email address is valid for the purposes of s.15(2)(c) of the FOI Act.
Yours faithfully,
Robin de Garis
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Our references: FA 14/05/00383; ADF2014/15589
Dear Robin,
Please find attached the acknowledgement of receipt for your recent FOI
Request.
Yours sincerely,
Isheeka Goswami
Privacy Administrative Officer
FOI and Privacy Policy
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
Telephone: (02) 6198 7525
Email: [1][email address]
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Our references: FA 14/05/00383; ADF2014/15589
Dear Robin de Garis,
I refer to your request for access to documents as follows:
I would like all communications regarding the ABC Four Corners episode
"The Manus Solution", which aired April 28th, 2014.
I am writing to inform you that I have been appointed as the authorised
decision maker in this matter.
The current due date for your request is Friday 30 May 2014. As I will not
be able to finalise your FOI request by that date, I am seeking your
agreement (under s.15AA of the FOI Act) to extend the timeframe for the
processing of your request by 30 days. This would extend the due date for
your request to 29 June 2014.
It would assist the Department in managing its FOI caseload if you could
provide a response to this request by close of business, Friday 23 May
2014.
Please do not hesitate to contact me should you wish to discuss.
Yours sincerely
Marianne Nolte-Crimp
FOI and Privacy Policy Section
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
E-mail: [1][email address]
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Dear Marianne,
You have my agreement to extend the timeframe of this request by 30 days.
Yours sincerely,
Robin de Garis
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Our references: FA 14/05/00383; ADF2014/15589
Dear Robin de Garis,
I refer to your email of 25 May 2014 and thank you for granting an
extension of time of 30 days for me to process your FOI request for:
… all communications regarding the ABC Four Corners episode "The Manus
Solution", which aired April 28th, 2014.
The due date for this request is now 29 June 2014.
I wish to advise that I have received a number of documents from the
relevant business area relating to your request and have begun my
assessment of them.
I will keep you updated on the progress of this request.
Regards,
Marianne
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Marianne Nolte-Crimp
FOI and Privacy Policy Section
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
E-mail: [1][email address]
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Dear Robin de Garis,
I refer to your FOI request for the following:
… all communications regarding the ABC Four Corners episode "The Manus
Solution", which aired April 28th, 2014.
I wish to advise that I have read through the correspondence/documents
provided by the relevant business areas relating to this request.
I note that as there were multiple business areas involved in this matter,
there is a significant amount of duplication of emails in various email
chains.
Would you be prepared to remove duplicate emails from the scope of your
request?
The next stage in the FOI process is to assess the documents for charges.
If you were to remove duplicates from the scope of your request, the
charges would be reduced.
Please let me know by COB Friday 30 May 2014, how you wish to proceed.
Regards,
Marianne
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Marianne Nolte-Crimp
FOI and Privacy Policy Section
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
E-mail: [1][email address]
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Dear Marianne,
Yes, please remove duplicate emails from the scope of my request.
Yours sincerely,
Robin de Garis
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Our References: FA14/05/00383; ASDF2014/15589
Dear Robin de Garis,
Thank you for your email of 30 May 2014 advising that you wish to remove
duplicate emails from the scope of your request.
The scope of your request is accordingly now as follows:
I would like all communications regarding the ABC Four Corners episode
"The Manus Solution", which aired April 28th, 2014. I do not wish to
receive duplicates of email correspondence.
On a different note, is there a post nominal that you would prefer me to
address you by (Mr, Mrs, Dr, etc.).
Regards,
Marianne
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Marianne Nolte-Crimp
FOI and Privacy Policy Section
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
E-mail: [1][email address]
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[Subject only] Charges notification under s.29 of the FOI Act –FA 14/05/00383 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
[Subject only] Deemed withdrawal of your FOI request – FA 14/05/00383 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]