Slipper summons re 2010 travel
Dear Australian Federal Police,
I request documents which disclose or refer to the identity of the person or persons who referred the 2010 matters to the AFP which resulted in the summons against him.
Yours faithfully,
Margo Kingston
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Our Ref: CRM 2014/18
Dear Ms Kingston
Freedom of Information Request
I refer to your application dated 10 July 2013 in which you seek access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the Act).
Your request was received by this agency on 10 July 2013 and the 30 day statutory period for processing your request commenced from that date.
You will be notified of any charges in accordance with the Freedom of Information (Fees and Charges) Regulations, should they apply, in relation to your request as soon as practicable.
Please be advised that effective 1 May 2011 and in accordance with section 8(2) of the Act, an agency is required to publish information on the AFP website following the notification of a decision in respect of a freedom of information request. Details of the decision will be published in a Disclosure Log which can be found at http://www.afp.gov.au/about-the-afp/info....
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Yours sincerely,
On behalf of
Coordinator
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Dear Ms Kingston
I refer to your application for documents under the Freedom of Information
Act 1982.
Please find attached a letter from the AFP in relation to your request.
Regards
GABRIELLE ERBACHER
SENIOR TEAM MEMBER - INFORMATION ACCESS
POLICY & GOVERNANCE
Tel +61(0) 2 61316131 Ext 142822 Fax +61(0) 2 61326082
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Dear Erbacher, Gabrielle,
Hi. My request is very narrow - I hope you can finalise it in time.
Yours sincerely,
Margo Kingston
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Dear Ms Kingston
I refer to your application dated 10 July 2013 under the Freedom of
Information 1992. Please find a letter attached in relation to the
matter.
Regards
GABRIELLE ERBACHER
SENIOR TEAM MEMBER - INFORMATION ACCESS
POLICY & GOVERNANCE
Tel +61(0) 2 61316131 Ext 142822 Fax +61(0) 2 61326082
[1]www.afp.gov.au
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Dear Erbacher, Gabrielle,
I trust this person you must consult is not Slipper, as I am sure he would give permission immediately. Have you cleared this with the Information Commissioner?
Yours sincerely,
Margo Kingston
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Dear Ms Kingston
Thank you for your email.
The AFP has complied with its obligation under the Act and is not required to clear consultation with third parties with the OAIC.
Regards
GABRIELLE ERBACHER
SENIOR TEAM MEMBER - INFORMATION ACCESS
POLICY & GOVERNANCE
AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE
Tel +61(0) 2 61316131 Ext 142822 Fax +61(0) 2 61326082 www.afp.gov.au
Dear Erbacher, Gabrielle,
Hi. A decision was due on this matter on September 28. What is happening?
Yours sincerely,
Margo Kingston
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Dear Ms Kingston
I refer to your email below.
I am no longer in the Information Access team. The Senior Team Member processing your request is Leonie Amos and she can be contacted on [email address].
Regards
Gabrielle
GABRIELLE ERBACHER
SENIOR LEGISLATION OFFICER - LEGISLATION PROGRAM POLICY & GOVERNANCE AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE
Tel +61(0) 2 61312822 Ext 142822 Fax +61(0) 2 61326082 www.afp.gov.au
Dear Leonie Amos,
Hi. Please advise when I will get a decision, as it is long overdue.
Yours sincerely,
Margo Kingston
Dear FOI,
When will you make your decision? It is well overdue, after a month's extension of the timeframe you agreed with the AIC.
Yours sincerely,
Margo Kingston
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Good morning Ms Kingston,
Please find attached our decision letter and documents. I apologise for the delay in providing this material to you.
Kind regards
Leonie
LEONIE AMOS
SENIOR CASE OFFICER, INFORMATION ACCESS (FOI) POLICY & GOVERNANCE AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE
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Dear Amos, Leonie,
Hi Leonie. I'm confused. I asked for documents which disclosed or referred to the identity of the person who referred the 2010 Slipper travel allegations to the AFP. These concern winery trips in Canberra when Slipper was a Liberal backbencher and are being prosecuted.
You have released two documents which concern the 2012 allegations made by Ashby in connection with his legal action, and concern activities in Sydney. Ashby dropped this allegations from his Court case and they were dismissed as baseless by the AFP.
Does this mean Ashby also referred the 2010 allegations, and if so, are there no documents which refer to the ID of the 2010 informant in connection to those 2010 allegations?
Yours sincerely,
Margo Kingston
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Ms Kingston,
The AFP considered your Freedom of Information application as a request for the document/s that instigated the investigation that resulted in the issue of summons against Mr Slipper. Whilst the summons were issued in 2013 they relate to incidents that occurred in 2010. The documents provided to you are the documents that commenced the investigation by the AFP into Mr Slipper that resulted in the issuance of these summons.
Regards
Leonie
LEONIE AMOS
SENIOR CASE OFFICER, INFORMATION ACCESS (FOI) POLICY & GOVERNANCE AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE
Tel +61(0) 2 61312051 Ext 142051 Fax +61(0) 2 61326081 www.afp.gov.au
Dear Australian Federal Police,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Australian Federal Police's handling of my FOI request 'Slipper summons re 2010 travel'.
I believe the decision maker wrongly interpreted my FOI request. The identity of the person who first referred Slippers travel to the AFP and what he referred - a 2012 travwl claim - is well known. I therefore specifically asked who referred the 2010 travel now the subject if prosecurion.
I don't believe the decision maker's interpretation of my request can be justified, and request that documents televant to my request be provided, not documents which are not relevant, as has occurred.
The matter of how the AFP became aware of the 2010 travel allegations is of significant public interest and the subject of several articles by myself and others, and I am puzzled that the AFP would interpret my FOI in a way which meant there was no reason for it!
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/s...
Yours faithfully,
Margo Kingston
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If you are requesting personal information about yourself then please ensure you enclose a copy of your photographic identification.
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Alex Sadleir left an annotation ()
The FOI Better Practice Guide Chapter 10 says the decision maker should "ask 'would the third party have any proper basis for objecting to disclosure [under the personal privacy, business affairs or State and Territory exemptions]?' If the answer is no, the decision maker is free to release the information without consultation." http://www.ag.gov.au/Consultations/Docum...
The section of the FOI Act relating to confidential informants of law enforcement does not provide a statutory consultation period as it is not one of these three exemption categories in the guidelines. http://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-inform...
As the Information Commissioner states when he linked to the guide, "s93A(2) requires anyone performing a function, or exercising a power, under the FOI Act to have regard to the Information Commissioner’s guidelines" (which the Better Practice Guide summarises)