Religious Discrimination in Queensland Public Schools

Meredith Doig made this Right to Information request to Queensland Department of Education

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Dear Queensland Department of Education and Training,

I am seeking access to information under the Right to Information Act, specifically:

1. Any file notes, meeting records or email correspondence leading up to any meetings held between officers of the Department of Education and the Human Rights Commission relating to school chaplains and/or the National School Chaplaincy Program in Queensland.

2. Any documents relating to the issue of whether non-religious people are eligible to be school chaplains in Qld schools, or relating to whether non-religious people are eligible to receive funding under the National School Chaplaincy Program in Queensland.

Yours faithfully,

Meredith Doig

Dear Queensland Department of Education and Training,

I am following up on my request made on 12 October 2021 for information under the Right to Information Act.

Could you please provide a status report of my request - https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/r...

Yours faithfully,

Meredith Doig

ADMINLAW, rti, Queensland Department of Education

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Dear Ms Doig

 

Thank you for your email. I apologise for the delay in responding to your
request.

 

To make a Right to Information application to Queensland's Department of
Education you need to either:

 

 1. Lodge it through the whole of government online application portal
which can be found here -
[1]https://www.smartservice.qld.gov.au/serv...
or
 2. Fill out the attached application form and return it to either
[2][email address] or the postal address provided below.

 

Manager, Information Release

PO Box 15033

City East Qld 4002

 

As you are seeking access to documents that do not contain your personal
information you will have to pay a $52.60 application fee in order for
your application to be compliant with the application requirements of the
RTI Act. The fee can be paid through the online portal by using a
debit/credit card, or if using the attached form then please make out a
cheque or Money Order for the $52.60 and send it, along with the form to
the above postal address.

 

If you have any further questions regarding the above advice please give
me a call.

 

Once again I apologise for not responding sooner.

 

 

Regards

 

Andrew Smith

Principal Information Officer

Legal Services

Department of Education

P: 07 3513 5879

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Meredith Doig <[FOI #7956 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 14 December 2021 8:46 AM
To: ADMINLAW, rti <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Right to Information request - Religious Discrimination in
Queensland Public Schools

 

Dear Queensland Department of Education and Training,

 

I am following up on my request made on 12 October 2021 for information
under the Right to Information Act.

 

Could you please provide a status report of my request -
[3]https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/r...

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Meredith Doig

 

 

 

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