FOI Act complaints received by the OAIC in July 2022
Verity Pane made this Freedom of Information request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
Attn Office of the Australian Information Commissioner,
I request copy of all Freedom of Information Act complaints received by the OAIC in July 2022. Let's see if you pull this 100% exemption rubbish on me.
Personal information of private individuals (excluding Commonwealth public servants and contractors) is irrelevant.
Verity Pane
Our reference: FOIREQ22/00225
Dear Verity Pane
Freedom of Information amendment request
I refer to your request for 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 12 August 2022.
Scope of your request
In your email you seek to amend the following:
“I request copy of all Freedom of Information Act complaints received by
the OAIC in July 2022. Let's see if you pull this 100% exemption rubbish
on me.
Personal information of private individuals (excluding Commonwealth public
servants and contractors) is irrelevant.”
We will not identify you as the FOI applicant during any consultation
process. However, documents that are within the scope of your request that
we may need to consult third parties about may contain your personal
information.
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 12 August 2022, we must process your
request by 12 September 2022.
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][IMG] Toby Shanks | Paralegal
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Office of the Australian
Information Commissioner
GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001 |
[2]oaic.gov.au
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Dear Verity Pane,
Please find attached decision in relation to FOIREQ22/00225. The schedule
and documents will be provided to you tomorrow, 13 September 2022.
Regards,
Emily
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Dear Verity Pane,
As per our previous email, please find attached the schedule and documents
in relation to FOIREQ22/00225.
Kind Regards,
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From: OAIC - Legal
Sent: Monday, 12 September 2022 6:40 PM
To: Verity Pane <[9][FOI #9265 email]>
Cc: OAIC - Legal <[10][email address]>
Subject: FOIREQ22/00225
Dear Verity Pane,
Please find attached decision in relation to FOIREQ22/00225. The schedule
and documents will be provided to you tomorrow, 13 September 2022.
Regards,
Emily
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Attn Office of the Australian Information Commissioner,
Slapping s 47E(d) exemptions on everything simply because a complaint is open is an abuse of the exemption. The OAIC take years to deal with FOI complaints so this is not a black box you can hide things in.
It was not intended to be used indiscriminately as a blanket barrier to access to a class of documents, especially given the benefits that transparency in procedure provides to the public interest.
Pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews, as an internal review of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner's decision in my FOI request 'FOI Act complaints received by the OAIC in July 2022'.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/f...
Verity Pane
OAIC reference: FOIREQ22/00290
Dear Verity Pane,
I refer to your email of 14 September 2022.
We acknowledge receipt of your application for internal review of the
OAIC’s FOI decision FOIREQ22/00225 dated 12 September 2022.
Section 54C of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) requires this
office to make a fresh decision within 30 days after the day we received
your application.
Because we received your application on 14 September 2022, we must make a
fresh decision by 14 October 2022.
Your application will be allocated to a review officer with no previous
involvement with the earlier decision.
If you have any questions, please contact me at the details provided
below.
Kind regards
[1][IMG] Toby Shanks | Paralegal
Legal Services
Office of the Australian
Information Commissioner
GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001 |
[2]oaic.gov.au
1300 363 992 |
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FOIREQ22/00290
Dear Verity Pane,
Please find attached our IR decision in the above matter.
Kind regards,
Llewellyn
[1]O A I C logo Llewellyn Horgan | Graduate
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001 | oaic.gov.au
+61 2 9942 4234 | [2][email address]
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Attn Office of the Australian Information Commissioner,
I seek copy of all Freedom of Information Act complaints received by the OAIC in September 2022.
Personal information of private individuals (excluding Commonwealth public servants and contractors) is irrelevant.
In the event of a practical refusal consultation I do not agree to vary or withdraw my foi.
Verity Pane
Our reference: FOIREQ22/00354
Dear Verity 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).
You FOI request was received by the Office of the Australian Information
Commissioner (OAIC) on 30 October 2022. This means that a decision on your
FOI request is currently due on 29 November 2022.
Scope of your request
In your email you seek access to the following:
“I seek copy of all Freedom of Information Act complaints received by the
OAIC in September 2022.
Personal information of private individuals (excluding Commonwealth public
servants and contractors) is irrelevant.
In the event of a practical refusal consultation I do not agree to vary or
withdraw my foi.”
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.
We will not identify you as the FOI applicant during and consultation
process. However, documents that are within the scope of your request that
we may need to consult third parties about may contain your personal
information.
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.
The current decision due date for your request is 29 November 2022. We
will advise you if this timeframe is otherwise extended.
Disclosure Log
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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.
Kind regards
Molly
[1]O A I C logo Molly Cooke | Lawyer
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FOIREQ22/00354
Dear Verity Pane,
Please find attached decision, documents, and schedule in the above
matter.
Kind regards,
Llewellyn
[1]O A I C logo Llewellyn Horgan | Lawyer
Legal Services
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001 | oaic.gov.au
+61 2 9942 4234 | [2][email address]
Notice:
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professional privilege. If you are not the intended recipient any use,
disclosure or copying of this email is unauthorised. If you received this
email in error, please notify the sender by contacting the department's
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time) and delete all copies of this transmission together with any
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Attn Office of the Australian Information Commissioner,
I seek copy of all Freedom of Information Act complaints received by the OAIC in October 2022.
Personal information of private individuals (excluding Commonwealth public servants and contractors) is irrelevant.
In the event of a practical refusal consultation I do not agree to vary or withdraw my foi.
Verity Pane
Our reference: FOIREQ22/00420
Dear Verity 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 4 December 2022.
Scope of your request
In your email you seek access to the following:
“I seek copy of all Freedom of Information Act complaints received by the
OAIC in October 2022.
Personal information of private individuals (excluding Commonwealth public
servants and contractors) is irrelevant.
In the event of a practical refusal consultation I do not agree to vary or
withdraw my foi.”
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.
We will not identify you as the FOI applicant during and consultation
process. However, documents that are within the scope of your request that
we may need to consult third parties about may contain your personal
information.
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 4 December 2022, we must process your
request by 3 January 2023.
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]O A I C logo Alessia Mercuri | Lawyer
Legal Services
Office of the Australian
Information Commissioner
GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001 |
[2]oaic.gov.au
(02) 9246 0488 |
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Our Reference: FOIREQ22/00420
Dear Ms Verity Pane,
Please find attached a decision of today’s date, document schedule and
documents for release, in relation to the above FOI matter.
Kind Regards,
[1]O A I C logo Alessia Mercuri | Lawyer
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Office of the Australian
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