Private use of social media advice provided to employees

James Smith made this Right to Information request to Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines as part of a batch sent to 204 authorities

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

Dear Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines,

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act.

I request documents related to the ten most recent instances where an employee has sought information, advice, guidance, or opinion on their social media use in a private capacity.

I limit the scope of documents to:
- the original request from the employee
- the agency/department's response
- any follow-up questions and response
- only those sent to a relevant HR / conduct / social media (or similar) team (rather than managers across all areas of the organisation)
- where the original request was created in the last 2 years

Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours faithfully,

James Smith

ORELLANA Jose, Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines

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Good afternoon Mr Smith,

Please find attached correspondence for your consideration.

kind Regards,

Jose Orellana
Senior Right to Information Officer
Right to Information Services | Corporate
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P 07 3330 5134    F 07 3033 0930 
Level 3, 400 George St, Brisbane QLD 4000
GPO Box 2454, Brisbane QLD 4001
E [email address]

Servicing the Departments of Agriculture and Fisheries | Tourism, Major Events, Small Business and the Commonwealth Games | Natural Resources and Mines | Energy and Water Supply | Environment and Heritage Protection | National Parks, Sport and Racing

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ORELLANA Jose, Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines

1 Attachment

Good afternoon Mr Smith,

Please find attached correspondence for your consideration.

kind Regards,

Jose Orellana
Senior Right to Information Officer
Right to Information Services | Corporate
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
P 07 3330 5134    F 07 3033 0930 
Level 3, 400 George St, Brisbane QLD 4000
GPO Box 2454, Brisbane QLD 4001
E [email address]

Servicing the Departments of Agriculture and Fisheries | Tourism, Major Events, Small Business and the Commonwealth Games | Natural Resources and Mines | Energy and Water Supply | Environment and Heritage Protection | National Parks, Sport and Racing

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Note 1: Mostly I classify a response like this one to say "clarification requested" because the agency has told the applicant that some more information (or money!) is needed before the request will be processed. This time, I have put the response in the category of "refused" because it is more than 1 year since the agency responded and the applicant has not made a follow-up. This does not mean that the agency will refuse the request when an application is made in the correct (required).

Note 2: Although an application under the Freedom of Information Act 1983 of the Commonwealth of Australia does not require an application fee, this is not the case with applications in the states and territories of Australia. Then an applicant must usually pay a fee, or the request is not valid.

Note 2: It can be a problem when an applicant sends out a very large bulk request. Although it is convenient for the applicant, very often the application will not be valid. This is usually the fact when an applicant uses Right to Know to apply to an agency of a state or territory; see Note 2. When so many responses are received it is inconvenient to work out how to continue ... or even to classify the responses and often an applicant does not classify the responses so they create a backlog of unclassified responses on Right to Know.