Documents referring or relating to FOI 24561
Verity Pane made this Freedom of Information request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
This request has been closed to new correspondence from the public body. Contact us if you think it ought be re-opened.
Dear Office of the Australian Information Commissioner,
Under FOI I request all documents, including text messages and other types of records recognised by the Act as ‘documents’, that the OAIC holds (as defined by the Act) that relate to DVA FOI 24561, especially any relating to DVA’s unlawful issuing of a charges levy after the FOI received a deemed refusal and basing the withdrawal (despite it being explicitly opposed) on the same ultra vires backdated charges levy.
Yours faithfully,
Verity Pane
Our reference: FOIREQ18/00174
Dear Ms Pane
Freedom of Information request
I refer to your request for access to documents made under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (Cth) (the FOI Act) and received by the Office of the
Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) on 1 November 2018.
Scope of your request
In your email you seek access to the following:
Under FOI I request all documents, including text messages and other types
of records recognised by the Act as ‘documents’, that the OAIC holds (as
defined by the Act) that relate to DVA FOI 24561, especially any relating
to DVA’s unlawful issuing of a charges levy after the FOI received a
deemed refusal and basing the withdrawal (despite it being explicitly
opposed) on the same ultra vires backdated charges levy.
In order to process your request as efficiently as possible, I will
exclude duplicates and early parts of email streams that are captured in
later email streams from the scope of this request, unless you advise me
otherwise.
Timeframes for dealing with your request
Section 15 of the FOI Act requires this office to process your request no
later than 30 days after the day we receive it. However, section 15(6) of
the FOI Act allows us a further 30 days in situations where we need to
consult with third parties about certain information, such as business
documents or documents affecting their personal privacy.
As we received your request on 1 November 2018, we must process your
request by Monday, 3 December 2018.
Disclosure Log
Documents released under the FOI Act may be published online on our
disclosure log, unless they contain personal or business information that
would be unreasonable to publish.
If you would like to discuss this matter please contact me on my contact
details set out below.
Regards
[1]cid:image001.jpg@01D4453F.0FED8EB0 Megan McKenna | FOI Officer
Legal Services
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001 | [2]oaic.gov.au
+61 2 8231 4292 | [3][email address]
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Dear Ms Pane
I refer to your request for access to documents, made under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (Cth) (the FOI Act) and received by the Office of the
Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) on 1 November 2018.
You have sought access to:
Under FOI I request all documents, including text messages and other types
of records recognised by the Act as ‘documents’, that the OAIC holds (as
defined by the Act) that relate to DVA FOI 24561, especially any relating
to DVA’s unlawful issuing of a charges levy after the FOI received a
deemed refusal and basing the withdrawal (despite it being explicitly
opposed) on the same ultra vires backdated charges levy.
Could you please confirm by 22 November 2018 whether you are seeking to
include in scope, correspondence you have received and sent and your
contact details.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
Regards
[1]cid:image001.jpg@01D4453F.0FED8EB0 Megan McKenna | FOI Officer
Legal Services
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001 | [2]oaic.gov.au
+61 2 8231 4292 | [3][email address]
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Dear Megan McKenna,
I *exclude* from scope any emails sent by me, unless they are part of a chain of the OAIC’s communications (no need to pad any release with irrelevant material already held). My email address is to be redacted.
Yours sincerely,
Verity Pane
Dear Ms Pane
Please find attached the decision and documents in relation to your FOI
request, FOIREQ18/00174.
Regards
[1]cid:image001.jpg@01D4453F.0FED8EB0 Megan McKenna | FOI Officer
Legal Services
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001 | [2]oaic.gov.au
+61 2 8231 4292 | [3][email address]
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