Corruption at Home Affairs - Michael Pezzullo and the Liberal Party
Dear Department of Home Affairs,
I note the draft investigation findings of innumerable contraventions of the APS Code of Conduct (in s.13 of the Public Service Act 1999) recently put, for procedrual fairness reasons, to stood down Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs, and crooked Liberal Party grub, Michael Pezzullo.
Under the FOI Act, I seek a copy of every email contained in the whole of Michael Pezzullo’s Home Affairs’ issued email account containing the phrase ‘liberal.org.au’.
Documents failing within the scope of my request can be quickly identified and retrieved by searching the entirety of Mr Pezzullo’s email client (including sent and archived emails) using the search term ‘liberal.org.au’.
I'm happy to set out the wide public interest in the documents at issue by reference to particular acts engaged in by Mr Pezzullo as well as Ms Stephanie Foster's dealings with her crooked Liberal Party colleagues (eg. Phil Gaetjens and John Lloyd).
Yours faithfully,
Lynne
OFFICIAL: Sensitive
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In reply please quote:
FOI Request: FA 23/11/01408
File Number: FA23/11/01408
Dear Lynne,
Acknowledgement of Freedom of Information Access request
This letter acknowledges that on 26 November 2023 the Department of Home
Affairs (the Department) received your request to access documents held
by the Department under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI
Act). This letter also provides important information about your request.
Scope of request
You have requested access to the following:
I note the draft investigation findings of innumerable contraventions of
the APS Code of Conduct (in s.13 of the Public Service Act 1999) recently
put, for procedrual fairness reasons, to stood down Secretary of the
Department of Home Affairs, and crooked Liberal Party grub, Michael
Pezzullo.
Under the FOI Act, I seek a copy of every email contained in the whole of
Michael Pezzullo’s Home Affairs’ issued email account containing the
phrase ‘liberal.org.au’.
Documents failing within the scope of my request can be quickly identified
and retrieved by searching the entirety of Mr Pezzullo’s email client
(including sent and archived emails) using the search term
‘liberal.org.au’.
I'm happy to set out the wide public interest in the documents at issue by
reference to particular acts engaged in by Mr Pezzullo as well as Ms
Stephanie Foster's dealings with her crooked Liberal Party colleagues (eg.
Phil Gaetjens and John Lloyd).
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Thanks for the acknowledgment Geoff.
I note that subsequent to the making of my request it has been publicly confirmed, as a consequence of an independent investigation into Michael Pezzullo’s corruption, that Michael Pezzullo is a corrupt Liberal Party piece of shit. That of course necessarily heightens the wide public interest in the documents the subject of my request not least because they’re likely to disclose further misconduct engaged in by corrupt Liberal Party piece of shit, Michael Pezzullo.
Pursuant to paragraphs 6.153 and 6.154 of the Guidelines made by the Information Commissioner under s.93A of the FOI Act, I’m willing to consent to the redaction of the personal information of any person contained within a document that falls within the scope of my request except where that person is, or was at the relevant time, a public servant or statutory officer.
In that regard, I note that paragraph 6.154 of the Guidelines states:
“When considering whether it would be unreasonable to disclose the names of public servants, there is no basis under the FOI Act for agencies to start from the position that the classification level of a departmental officer determines whether his or her name would be unreasonable to disclose.”
Yet, according to your email, that’s exactly what the Department of Home Affairs does. Noting the obligation imposed on Departmental officers by operation paragraph 9A(b) of the FOI Act, the person responsible for devising and implementing the Department’s policy with respect to the disclosure of staff names in response to FOI requests has necessarily contravened ss13(1), 13(4) and 13(11) of the Public Service Act 1999.
As previously mentioned, I’m very happy to provide additional information in support of the wide public interest in the documents the subject of my request (for example, in response to a charges notice or access refusal decision) by setting out the details of acts of corruption engaged in by identified former and current senior Departmental officers.
Kind regards
Lynne
OFFICIAL
Dear Lynne,
FOI request FA 23/11/01408
I refer to your FOI request received on 26 November 2023, seeking access
to the following:
I note the draft investigation findings of innumerable contraventions of
the APS Code of Conduct (in s.13 of the Public Service Act 1999) recently
put, for procedrual fairness reasons, to stood down Secretary of the
Department of Home Affairs, and crooked Liberal Party grub, Michael
Pezzullo.
Under the FOI Act, I seek a copy of every email contained in the whole of
Michael Pezzullo’s Home Affairs’ issued email account containing the
phrase ‘liberal.org.au’.
Documents failing within the scope of my request can be quickly identified
and retrieved by searching the entirety of Mr Pezzullo’s email client
(including sent and archived emails) using the search term
‘liberal.org.au’.
I'm happy to set out the wide public interest in the documents at issue by
reference to particular acts engaged in by Mr Pezzullo as well as Ms
Stephanie Foster's dealings with her crooked Liberal Party colleagues (eg.
Phil Gaetjens and John Lloyd).
The Department has made a decision on this request. Please find attached
the decision record and documents released under the FOI Act.
This request has now been closed.
Electronically signed
Lucksika
Position number 60016902
Freedom of Information
Privacy, FOI and Records Management Branch | Legal Group
Department of Home Affairs
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