Ben Fairless
Joined Right To Know in 2013
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This person's 411 Freedom of Information requests
FOI Delegations
Response by Migration Agents Registration Authority to Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting classification.
UNCLASSIFIED
Good morning Mr Fairless
We thank you for your request below.
The Migration Agents Registration Authority (MARA) is not a separate agenc...
UNCLASSIFIED
Good morning Mr Fairless
We thank you for your request below.
The Australian Border Force (ABF) is not a separate agency for the purpose...
FOI Delegations
Response by Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre to Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting classification.
UNCLASSIFIED
Good morning Mr Fairless,
Thank you for your request, I appreciate the opportunity you have granted AUSTRAC to process your request admin...
FOI Delegations
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting classification.
Dear Ben,
Thank you for your email; it has been forwarded to the relevant area for
their attention.
Yours sincerely,
Angela | Public...
FOI Delegations
Response by Federal Circuit Court of Australia to Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting classification.
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Sir
Please see attached instruments as requested:
Kind regards
Customer Service
FOI Delegations
Response by Australian Taxation Office to Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting classification.
Dear FOI Applicant,
Please see attachment.
Yours faithfully,
FOI Team
Dear Applicant,
The ATO has received your FOI req...
Thank you for your email, due to Centenary of Armistice commemorations we
are currently receiving very high volumes of email. We ask for your
patienc...
FOI Delegations
Response by Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency to Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting classification.
Dear Data Requestor
Please note that due to current operational requirements, discretionary
data requests (requests for information not required...
Thank you for your email, which has been forwarded to the Department’s FOI
Team for their consideration. A member of the FOI Team will respond to
you...
FOI Delegations
Response by Minister Assisting for Deregulation to Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting classification.
Thank you for your email to the Freedom of Information Team at the
Department of Finance. An officer will respond to your email shortly. In
the meant...
FOI Delegations
Response by Australian Community Pharmacy Authority to Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting classification.
Thank you for contacting the ACPA mail box. We will aim to respond to your
email within 10 working days and in the event that we are not able to
prov...
Thank you for your email to the Freedom of Information Team at the
Department of Finance. An officer will respond to your email shortly. In
the meant...
Thank you for contacting the Freedom of Information team at Comcare. If
you have lodged a valid FOI request, an acknowledgement will be sent to
you w...
** This is an automated response. Please do not reply to this email **
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Your email has been received by the Department of...
FOI Delegations
Response by Department of Social Services to Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting classification.
Thank you for contacting the Freedom of Information (FOI) inbox of the
Australian Department of Social Services (the Department). Your email,
should...
FOI Delegations
Response by Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission to Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting classification.
Thank you for your email to Freedom of Information (FOI) at Comcare. If
your request meets the requirements for a valid FOI request, an
acknowledgeme...
Thank you for your email to the Minister for Finance, Senator the Hon
Mathias Cormann.
Your email will be given appropriate consideration and wher...
FOI Delegations
Response by Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance to Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting classification.
Thank you for your email to the Freedom of Information Team at the
Department of Finance. An officer will respond to your email shortly. In
the meant...
Thank you for your email.
Please note that this is an automated response to confirm that your email was sent to the Australian Federal Police Freedo...
FOI Delegations
Response by Assistant Minister for Social Services to Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting classification.
Thank you for contacting the Freedom of Information (FOI) inbox of the
Australian Department of Social Services (the Department). Your email,
should...
Thank you for your email to the Freedom of Information Team at the
Department of Finance. An officer will respond to your email shortly. In
the meant...
FOI Delegations
Response by Minister for Social Services to Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting classification.
Thank you for contacting the Freedom of Information (FOI) inbox of the
Australian Department of Social Services (the Department). Your email,
should...
FOI Delegations
Response by Australian Energy Regulator to Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting classification.
Thank you for contacting AER Inquiry.
Your email is being reviewed and a response will be sent as soon as
possible.
Kind regards
AER Inquiry...
FOI Delegations
Response by Australian Postal Corporation to Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting classification.
Thank you for your email to Freedom of Information (FOI) at Australia
Post. If your request meets the requirements for a valid FOI request, an
acknow...
FOI Delegations
Response by Secretaries’ ICT Governance Board to Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting classification.
Thank you for your email, which has been forwarded to the Department’s FOI
Team for their consideration. A member of the FOI Team will respond to
you...
This person's 240 annotations
Decision Reports for The Mechanic, Battle Los Angeles, Battlefield V, Warface
Awaiting classification.
It is possible to use our site for FOI - All we do is email the request to the FOI officer in any event.
Very poor form from the FOI officer in this...
Decision Reports for The Mechanic, Battle Los Angeles, Battlefield V, Warface
Awaiting classification.
The Email address provided by the Department is enquiries@classification.gov.au
Australian Financial Conduct Authority & the FIO Act
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Phillip Sweeney. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting classification.
Whoops, sorry the AFCA doesn’t have the same abn but the FOS website was updated to use the AFCA’s ABN on its footer.
Of note, the AFCA website is ac...
Australian Financial Conduct Authority & the FIO Act
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Phillip Sweeney. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting classification.
This is a really easy question to answer - it’s not subject to the FOI Act because it’s not a government agency. In Fact, it has the same ABN as the Fi...
Regulatory documents about exposure of a worker at ANSTO Health, Lucas Heights on 22 August 2017
Successful.
Hi Everyone,
The delay in releasing the documents was caused by Right to Know, not the authority. We sincerely apologise for the delay in fixing this...
Request for Information - Requirements for exercises of delegation under FOI Act
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Kieran (Account suspended). Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Partially successful.
Hi Everyone,
Ben here, one of the volunteers that look after the site. Just a reminder that the purpose of annotations are to help people with reques...
Freedom of Information Act
Request to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet by john wilshire. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Refused.
This has been requested a few times before:
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/seeking_valid_imformation#incoming-11577
https://www.righttoknow...
Regulatory documents about exposure of a worker at ANSTO Health, Lucas Heights on 22 August 2017
Successful.
Hi All,
The Right to Know team are working with ComCare to understand the issue here - Please bear with us!
Thanks,
Ben
Systems integrator panel for WPIT
Refused.
Hi David, there was an issue with Right to Know which prevented some emails from being received for several days. This wasn’t caused by the authority....
Request for email document
Awaiting classification.
There was a technical issue which prevented responses from appearing on the site - If a response isn't received in a few hours, we have asked the APSC...
Footage of animals on board live animal export ships
Request to Department of Agriculture and Water Resources by Shane Townsend. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting classification.
Right to Know is working with the Department of Agruculture to understand why their responses are not appearing on the site.
Commissioner responsible for people smuggling
Withdrawn by the requester.
I've removed the name of the Media Team advisor at the request of the AFP Media Team and in line with our Takedown Policy.
Freedom of information officers
Refused.
The below is the response from the Department:
Dear SB
In its current form, your request does not meet the requirements of the FOI Act.
This is b...
In a recent OAIC decision the ATO was told they needed to respond to requests made via this site.
It’s disappointing to see the ATO not following th...
Enterprise Agreement ballots - were employees informed of what data about them was used in the ballot?
Awaiting classification.
The Information Commissioner has made a formal recommendation to the ATO to start processing to Freedom of Information requests made via Right to Know....
Tax return retention period
Refused.
The Information Commissioner has made a formal recommendation to the ATO to start processing to Freedom of Information requests made via Right to Know....
The Information Commissioner has made a formal recommendation to the ATO to start processing to Freedom of Information requests made via Right to Know....
The Information Commissioner has made a formal recommendation to the ATO to start processing to Freedom of Information requests made via Right to Know....
Employee information provided to ballot agents in Enterprise Agreement bargaining
Partially successful.
The Information Commissioner has made a formal recommendation to the ATO to start processing to Freedom of Information requests made via Right to Know....
The Information Commissioner has made a formal recommendation to the ATO to start processing to Freedom of Information requests made via Right to Know....
The Information Commissioner has made a formal recommendation to the ATO to start processing to Freedom of Information requests made via Right to Know....
Tax Evasion Investigation
Refused.
The Information Commissioner has made a formal recommendation to the ATO to start processing to Freedom of Information requests made via Right to Know....
FOI Delegations - 2016
Successful.
The Information Commissioner has made a formal recommendation to the ATO to start processing to Freedom of Information requests made via Right to Know....
The Information Commissioner has made a formal recommendation to the ATO to start processing to Freedom of Information requests made via Right to Know....
The Information Commissioner has made a formal recommendation to the ATO to start processing to Freedom of Information requests made via Right to Know....
