Ben Fairless
Joined Right to Know in 2013
I work for the OpenAustralia Foundation. I used to use this account when I was administering the site however now I use this account just to make requests and to provide suggestions to people.
All my requests are made in a personal capacity, and not on behalf of Right to Know, the OpenAustralia Foundation, or any other organisation unless specifically indicated.
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This person's Freedom of Information requests (approximately 490)
Suppression of Aircraft Data from Third-Party Flight Tracking Platforms
Response by Western Australia Police to Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting classification.
Good morning Ben,
Thank you for your response.
Unfortunately, the only way this information would be released would be by
a formal request...
Suppression of Aircraft Data from Third-Party Flight Tracking Platforms
Response by NSW Police Force to Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting classification.
Good morning,
Unfortunately, the information provided regarding a formal application is the only way to get any information you may require.
In order...
Suppression of Aircraft Data from Third-Party Flight Tracking Platforms
Response by Tasmania Police to Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting classification.
Good morning Mr Fairless.
If the information is not already publicly available, any information located relating to your request will require to be as...
Suppression of Aircraft Data from Third-Party Flight Tracking Platforms
Clarification sent to Australian Federal Police by Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting response.
Thanks for coming back to me. If the AFP has never made a request to remove/hide aircraft data from third party tracking services then I am happy to...
Suppression of Aircraft Data from Third-Party Flight Tracking Platforms
Response by Department of Defence to Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting response.
OFFICIAL
Defence FOI 965/24/25
Dear Ben
Acknowledgement
I refer to your correspondence of 23 April 2025 seeking access to
documents he...
Suppression of Aircraft Data from Third-Party Flight Tracking Platforms
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting response.
OFFICIAL: Sensitive
Personal-Privacy
In reply please quote:
FOI Request: FA 25/04/01394
File Number: FA25/04/01394
Dear Ben F...
Suppression of Aircraft Data from Third-Party Flight Tracking Platforms
Response by Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications to Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting response.
OFFICIAL
Dear Mr Fairless
Thank you for your email of 23 April 2025 requesting access to documents
held by the Department of Infrastru...
Suppression of Aircraft Data from Third-Party Flight Tracking Platforms
Response by Civil Aviation Safety Authority to Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting response.
OFFICIAL
CASA Reference number: F25/10673
Dear Ben
I acknowledge receipt of your request for access to documents under
the Freedom...
Caretaker conventions - operational processes
Response by Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting classification.
OFFICIAL
Departmental reference: FOI/2025/067
Dear Mr Fairless
I am following up on our email of 9 April 2025 (below), seeking your...
Suppression of Aircraft Data from Third-Party Flight Tracking Platforms
Response by Victoria Police to Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting response.
This office is experiencing considerable delays in responding to requests and correspondence. We strongly suggest making your request online (via the l...
Suppression of Aircraft Data from Third-Party Flight Tracking Platforms
Request sent to South Australia Police by Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting response.
I am seeking access to documents relating to the removal, suppression, or anonymisation of aircraft data from third-party flight tracking services s...
Suppression of Aircraft Data from Third-Party Flight Tracking Platforms
Request sent to Queensland Police Service by Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting response.
I am seeking access to documents relating to the removal, suppression, or anonymisation of aircraft data from third-party flight tracking services s...
Suppression of Aircraft Data from Third-Party Flight Tracking Platforms
Response by NT Police, Fire and Emergency Services to Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting response.
Thank you for contacting Northern Territory Police Force – Information
Access Team.
Please note, this email is monitored during business hours only,...
Suppression of Aircraft Data from Third-Party Flight Tracking Platforms
Request sent to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet by Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting response.
I am seeking access to documents relating to the removal, suppression, or anonymisation of aircraft data from third-party flight tracking services s...
Suppression of Aircraft Data from Third-Party Flight Tracking Platforms
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting response.
Thank you for contacting the Freedom of Information (FOI) team at the
Attorney-General’s Department (the department). We get a high volume of
emails...
Suppression of Aircraft Data from Third-Party Flight Tracking Platforms
Request sent to Airservices Australia by Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting response.
I am seeking access to documents relating to the removal, suppression, or anonymisation of aircraft data from third-party flight tracking services s...
Protest Actions at Australian Airports from August 2024 to September 2024
Response by Australian Federal Police to Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting classification.
OFFICIAL
Dear Mr Fairless,
Thank you for your email. I note that the freedom of information request you are referring to is LEX 3418.
A decision for...
Documents about request "Websites seized by the AFP from 2020 to 2024" on Right to Know
Response by Australian Federal Police to Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting classification.
OFFICIAL
Dear Mr Fairless
Thank you for email. Your request was deemed refused as it was originally due 20 March 2025, which has now passed. However,...
List of wa.gov.au domain names
Partially successful.
I’m updating the status on this request to “Partially Successful” because while the FOI officer was helpful, I was still asked to submit an application...
Active domains on nt.gov.au
Request sent to NT Department of Corporate and Digital Development by Ben Fairless on .
Long overdue.
I’m looking for a list of all active domains registered on nt.gov.au. For example, this would include “dcdd.wa.gov.au”.
I would prefer to receive...
Number of “Notice of Intention to consider Cancellation” issued related to Rideshare
Follow up sent to Department of Home Affairs by Ben Fairless on .
Information not held.
Thank you for your email. I will be sending an email from [email address] with the relevant information.
Yours sincerely,
Ben Fairless
TOP SECRET-Privileged Access Standard
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Ben Fairless on .
Refused.
Dear Mr Fairless
Freedom of Information Request FOI24/458
I refer to your request to the Attorney-General's Department (the
department) un...
Here's the back story:
https://www.oaf.org.au/2017/01/25/right-to-know-ato-oaic/
Worth pointing out they have been doing this since 2016.
Documents related to portrait of Ms Gina Rinehart
Response by National Gallery of Australia to Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting classification.
Dear Ben Fairless
Please see attached the balance of documents (documents 27 and 33) regarding your FOI request.
We would be grateful if you could ac...
Documents related to portrait of Ms Gina Rinehart
Response by National Portrait Gallery of Australia to Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting classification.
Dear Mr Fairless
Please find attached decision letter and associated documents regarding
your FOI request: NPGAFOI202404.
Kind regards
F...
This person's 341 annotations
List of wa.gov.au domain names
Partially successful.
I’m updating the status on this request to “Partially Successful” because while the FOI officer was helpful, I was still asked to submit an application...
Forgive me, I should’ve checked this before beforehand… the NDIA already has a portal like this!
https://ourguidelines.ndis.gov.au/
This is a fantastic example of an agency taking on board valid feedback and working with applicants to make the process easier for both the agency and...
Here's the back story:
https://www.oaf.org.au/2017/01/25/right-to-know-ato-oaic/
Worth pointing out they have been doing this since 2016.
JJJ Breakfast Hitler
Awaiting classification.
Interested to see how the ABC processes this request… As technically the information you’re asking for is exempt as it relates to program material. Tha...
Number of FOI requests last financial year
Successful.
As a suggestion, you may want to ask the OAIC for a copy of all of the NDA submissions through their FOIStats portal.
https://www.oaic.gov.au/freedo...
SSL security on bom.gov.au website
Refused.
According to https://whynohttps.com/country/au it's the number one website in Australia that doesn't load securely. Kind of poor if you don't mind me s...
Boundry fences
Long overdue.
I would reply to the authority (you can do this by clicking Actions > Write a Reply) and ask them if they can process this request as an informal acces...
Information on NSW medical intern hospital position allocation
Request to Health Education and Training Institute NSW (HETI) by C. F.. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting classification.
We have now got a valid email address for HETI! I have re-sent the request through the website.
They were a bit confused about who we were, but hopef...
Information on NSW medical intern hospital position allocation
Request to Health Education and Training Institute NSW (HETI) by C. F.. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting classification.
We have reached out to HETI to try and get a valid email address, as the one listed on their website clearly isn't correct.
Sydney Metro Opening Date
Awaiting classification.
In theory, you could ask if it's possible to make an "Informal Access Request".
Partnerships with nuclear weapons companies
Long overdue.
Well this feels dodgy - all that Deakin University needed to do was correspond via the email address provided by Right to Know, however they have deman...
Council Policy on Using Privacy Act Jurisdiction / Powers
Awaiting classification.
We have written to Launceston City Council about some of the comments on this request, specifically those about not responding to requests made via Rig...
NALguide Pro
Awaiting classification.
All requests sent to Right to Know contain enough information to identify it as a FOI request. This is included in the footer of the email, as well as...
The easiest thing to do in this instance is reply to the authority, telling them you are happy for the information to be provided this way.
For some reason the authority decided to share the decision letter and documents via a SharePoint link instead of just replying to the email (which is...
NALguide Pro
Awaiting classification.
Generally speaking, if the agency makes something available for purchase then you can't get it under FOI. However I would be interested to see how Serv...
Conflict of Interest Register
Refused.
I've verified that this has gone to the correct email address for GIPA requests for the NSW Police - Not sure why they responded the way they did.
Welfare Fraud Integrity Campaign
Request to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet by Dolebludger. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Refused.
So in this case, the Department has decided that they don't have enough information to process the request. You need to make a request asking for the d...
Stradford (a pseudonym) v Judge Vasta [2023] FCA 1020
Awaiting classification.
This note is left on this request at the request of Waldek. The only person who can respond to emails about this request is the person who made the ini...
Please provide the evidence relied upon to mandate covid 19 vaccines and boosters
Awaiting classification.
While frustrating, the QLD Police are technically correct - if you are making a formal RTI request, they are legally required to charge the application...
Minister for Transport documents regarding Sydney Metro Review
Awaiting classification.
There is a technical issue on Right to Know which is preventing the documents from being uploaded.
As a workaround, I have uploaded the documents her...
University research policies regarding self-experimentation
Information not held.
The email address provided above is research[.]ethics@ecu.edu.au (just remove the "[]"
Time of Incidents By Construction Worker
Withdrawn by the requester.
Hello,
I'm one of the workers who look after Right to Know.
Firstly, I want to apologise that it's taken us so long to look at the error message ab...
Post Master General
Withdrawn by the requester.
Hello,
I'm one of the workers who look after Right to Know.
Firstly, I want to apologise that it's taken us so long to look at the error message ab...