LEX 47367 and LEX 47367
Verity Pane made this Freedom of Information request to Department of Veterans' Affairs
Attn Department of Veterans' Affairs,
I apply under the FOI Act for the LEX records, TRIM entries, and Jabber and Microsoft Team chat records about LEX 47367 and LEX 47367.
I do not consent to access or notices being given by any method other than directly in unencrypted PDF files.
I do not consent to any s 22 redactions.
I do not consent to any extensions of time.
Verity Pane
Dear Verity
The Department of Veterans’ Affairs (the department) has received your
request for internal review of the Department’s decision LEX 47367 under
the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act). Your internal review
request reads as follows:
I apply under the FOI Act for the LEX records, TRIM entries, and Jabber
and Microsoft Team chat records about LEX 47367 and LEX 47367.
I do not consent to access or notices being given by any method other than
directly in unencrypted PDF files.
I do not consent to any s 22 redactions.
I do not consent to any extensions of time.
Your request for internal review was received by the department on 10 June
2022 and the 30 day statutory period for processing your request commenced
from the day after that date.
Where possible, your request for internal review will be handled by an FOI
officer authorised decision-maker who was not involved in the original
decision.
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Attn INFORMATION.ACCESS,
Your correspondence of 20 June stated:
"Where possible, your request for internal review will be handled by an FOI
officer authorised decision-maker who was not involved in the original
decision."
Section 54C(2) of the FOI Act is unambiguous - an internal review "must" be carried out by a delegate other than the original delegate. Not "where possible".
Why does DVA knowingly flaunt the FOI Act?
Verity Pane
Attn INFORMATION.ACCESS,
To point out the obvious, why are you treating my s 15(2) FOI of 10 June as if it was a s 54B internal review?
Verity Pane
Dear Applicant and FOI Contact Officer,
Please see attached decision regarding the Department of Veterans’ Affairs
application for an extension of time to process FOI request FOI 50244.
Kind regards,
[1][IMG] Eoin McMahon | Review Adviser
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Freedom of Information
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Verity Pane left an annotation ()
It is what happens - the OAIC turns a knowingly blind eye to this type of abuse that has no purpose other than to delay or discourage access.
There are plenty of examples here from DVA where they have first sought a s 15AA EOT, then made a s 15AB EOT to the OAIC who just approves it with a wink, for DVA to then stall further with bogus request consultation and third party claims, followed by a access refusal decision they knew they would make from receipt of the FOI.
It is intentional gaming by DVA, knowingly endorsed by the OAIC
Dear Mr Pane,
Please find attached correspondence of even date.
Regards
Chantal (Position Number 62212962)
Information Access Officer
Information Access Unit
Department of Veterans’ Affairs
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Julie left an annotation ()
Well it wasn't a third party consultation claim (yet) but a practical refusal consultation to cause further delay.
You have to admire the chutzpah of DVA to do this after getting a s 15AB extension, given the new Freedom of Information Commissioner Leo Hardiman PSM QC chastised DVA this week of knowingly attempting to delay or discourage access to information, even incurring a net financial cost to the Commonwealth to do so.
Unfortunately not much you can do but make an foi complaint to the OAIC about this egregious conduct.
Attn INFORMATION.ACCESS,
I do not agree to vary my foi as your request refusal grounds are ridiculously exaggerated by orders of magnitude.
Verity Pane
Attn MCMAHON,Eoin,
Why are you approving s 15AB extension of time for DVA to only make practical refusal or third party claims?
Section 15AB is for giving agencies extra time to prepare documents for access. Using them to act as a way to create multiple barriers and delays to access is just dishonest.
Verity Pane
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Julie left an annotation ()
The OAIC have approved an extension of time for DVA even though DVA have already flagged that the extension of time will be used to delay a third party consultation claim to add an additional 30 days to this extension of time granted by the OAIC.
I would complain about this if I were you Verity as DVA repeatedly uses this tactic to game prolonged delays by not undertaking concurrent processing that is reasonable to do.
This practice is directly contrary to the overarching objects of the FOI Act that support such concurrent processing given TPC is time spent mostly waiting for response.
The OAIC shouldn't have approved this section 15AB request given DVA stated it planned to later claim a TPC eot once the s 15AB eot expires.
Julie