Oceanic Victor, South Australia
Dear Department of the Environment FoI Officers,
I wish to receive a digital copy of all written submissions received by the department in response the the EPBC Act referral for Oceanic Victor Pty Ltd/Tourism and Recreation/waters off Encounter Bay, 600m SE Victor Harbour/South Australia/Oceanic Victor Viewing Platform Proposal, SA Ref#2015/7592.
I am making this request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982.
Yours faithfully,
Karen Elliot
Hi Karen
 Thank you for your request to the Department of the Environment and Energy
 (the Department).
Your request seeks:
 all written submissions received by the department in response the the
 EPBC Act referral for Oceanic Victor Pty Ltd/Tourism and Recreation/waters
 off Encounter Bay, 600m SE Victor Harbour/South Australia/Oceanic Victor
 Viewing Platform Proposal, SA Ref#2015/7592
 The Department is processing an identical FOI request on the righttoknow
 website, the progress of which can be found here
 [1]https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/e...
 The statutory deadline for the decision linked above is 3 days earlier
 than that for your request. In other words, you will be able to find the
 Department’s decision in respect of your request at the link above,
 potentially before a decision is made on your request.
 As the decision on your request will soon be publicly available at the
 link above, could you please advise whether you agree to withdraw your
 request? You will still be able to access the decision.
Regards
 FOI Contact Officer | Climate Change, Science and Corporate Legal Section
 |General Counsel Branch
Department of the Environment and Energy
a: GPO Box 787 CANBERRA ACT 2600
t: (02) 6274 2098
e: [2][Department of the Environment and Energy request email]
Hi Karen
 Would you please advise whether you agree to withdraw your FOI request to
 which the below email refers? Noting that the decision on an identical
 request will be made publicly available through the rightoknow website
 potentially before a decision is made on your request.
Many thanks
 Silvie Eckhardt
 FOI Officer & Paralegal | Climate Change, Science and Corporate Legal
 Section |General Counsel Branch
 Department of the Environment and Energy
 a: GPO Box 787 CANBERRA ACT 2600
 t: (02) 6274 2603 
 e: [1][Department of the Environment and Energy request email]
 From: FOI Contact Officer
 Sent: Wednesday, 11 January 2017 4:35 PM
 To: '[FOI #2942 email]'
 <[FOI #2942 email]>
 Cc: FOI Contact Officer <[email address]>
 Subject: Freedom of Information request - Oceanic Victor, South Australia
 - Seeking agreement to withdraw request [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Hi Karen
 Thank you for your request to the Department of the Environment and Energy
 (the Department).
Your request seeks:
 all written submissions received by the department in response the the
 EPBC Act referral for Oceanic Victor Pty Ltd/Tourism and Recreation/waters
 off Encounter Bay, 600m SE Victor Harbour/South Australia/Oceanic Victor
 Viewing Platform Proposal, SA Ref#2015/7592
 The Department is processing an identical FOI request on the righttoknow
 website, the progress of which can be found here
 [2]https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/e...
 The statutory deadline for the decision linked above is 3 days earlier
 than that for your request. In other words, you will be able to find the
 Department’s decision in respect of your request at the link above,
 potentially before a decision is made on your request.
 As the decision on your request will soon be publicly available at the
 link above, could you please advise whether you agree to withdraw your
 request? You will still be able to access the decision.
Regards
 FOI Contact Officer | Climate Change, Science and Corporate Legal Section
 |General Counsel Branch
Department of the Environment and Energy
a: GPO Box 787 CANBERRA ACT 2600
t: (02) 6274 2098
e: [3][Department of the Environment and Energy request email]
Dear FOI Contact Officer,
withdrawn. you better cough up to the other guy and so i can see it
Yours sincerely,
karen elliot
Dan Monceaux left an annotation ()
Dear Karen,
I would advise you to consider maintaining a neutral tone when writing to government departments. I have had nothing but positive experiences to date when making requests of the Federal Environment Department. Each request I have lodged with them previously has been fulfilled promptly and with no fees payable.