Personal information release

UD made this Freedom of Information request to Services Australia

This request has been closed to new correspondence from the public body. Contact us if you think it ought be re-opened.

The request was refused by Services Australia.

Dear Department of Human Services,

I write to request under the Freedom of Information Act the following documents:

[1] Emails from Centrelink staff to Fairfax Media journalists which contain the personal information of Andie Fox with the personal information redacted and any preceding emails or emails in reply;
[2] The document containing the approval under section 208 of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 to release information about Andie Fox to the media.
[3] Internal emails within the Department discussing the release of personal information about Andie Fox to the media;

Yours faithfully,

UD

Ben Fairless left an annotation ()

Hi UD,

This request would normally be hidden because it's a request for information, but that could be avoided if you excluded the actual personal information of the individual in question.

Dear Department of Human Services,

For clarification I do not want to request any personal information of a Centrelink client.

Yours faithfully,

UD

James Henstridge left an annotation ()

A news article related to the subject of this request:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

It sounds like more information was released than was actually cleared by legal.

FOI.LEGAL.TEAM,

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Dear UD,

 

Please see attached correspondence in relation to your Freedom of
Information request.

 

Kind regards,

 

FOI Legal Team

FOI and Litigation Branch | Legal Services Division
Department of Human Services
Email: [1][email address]

[2]cid:image001.png@01D286D9.F238A730

This email and any attachments may contain information subject to legal
professional privilege or information that is otherwise sensitive or
confidential. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you are
prohibited from using or disseminating this communication. If you have
received this communication in error please notify the sender immediately
and permanently delete this email.

 

 

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FOI.LEGAL.TEAM,

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Dear UD,

 

Please see attached correspondence in relation to your Freedom of
Information request.

 

Kind regards,

 

FOI Legal Team

FOI and Litigation Branch | Legal Services Division
Department of Human Services
Email: [1][email address]

[2]cid:image001.png@01D286D9.F238A730

This email and any attachments may contain information subject to legal
professional privilege or information that is otherwise sensitive or
confidential. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you are
prohibited from using or disseminating this communication. If you have
received this communication in error please notify the sender immediately
and permanently delete this email.

 

 

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