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Dear Ben
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Dear Ben,
I refer to your email titled “Freedom of Information Request – FOI
Delegations 2016”, sent 2 November 2016, in which you request “…a c...
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Dear Mr Fairless
Please find attached letter from the Deputy Principal Registrar in relation to your FOI request.
Yours sincerely
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Dear Mr Fairless
Please find attached correspondence in relation to your Freedom of
Information request (LEX 22591).
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FOI Pra...
Dear Ben,
The Workplace Gender Equality Agency does not have FOI delegations in
place. The Director, our Agency Head, makes all decisions regarding F...
Dear Sir
Please see attached current Instrument of Authorisation
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Dear Ben
Request for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982
(our ref: ACMA2016/683)
I refer to your Freedom of Information...
Hi Ben
In response to your email.
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) is a Commonwealth Company under the Defence portfolio and governed...
Dear Ben,
The National Australia Day Council (NADC) is an incorporated company and therefore not an ‘agency’ as defined in the Freedom Of Information...
Dear Mr Fairless
Thanks for your email. Here are our FOI delegations, as requested. We do not have any directions in relation to FOI.
Kind regards
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Dear Mr Fairless,
We refer to your below email and your email of 2 November 2016 to the
Department of Employment’s National Workplace Relations...
Dear Ben
AHURI is not a government organisation and therefore not subject to FOI legislation. AHURI is a not-for-profit, body corporate registered as...
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Dear Mr Fairless
I refer to your request to access documents addressed to the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service.
On 1 Ju...
Thanks for the reply. Whilst we will disagree on if it's IPS material, you've released it which is great.
Thanks for your time, have a good weeken...
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Mr Fairless,
Attached is a copy of the applicable Delegation to determine the release of documents by AFMA under the Freedom of Informat...
Dear Mr Fairless,
The Australian Qualifications Framework Council ceased to operate in 2014.
As such, the documents you have requested do n...
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Hi Ben,
Thank you for your email requesting information regarding Freedom of Information requests. Please note that ASI...
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Good afternoon Mr Fairless,
Thank you for your request. FOI requests are handled centrally by the Department of Defence, I believe the e...
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Dear Mr Fairless,
Any inquiries about FOI matters should be referred to the Director of the DFAT FPL Section on 02 6261 3056 or by email...
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Dear Mr Fairless
The IGIS is exempt from the ordinary operation of the FOI Act (s7(2A)) as such there are no FOI delegations or direction...
Dear Ben
Please find attached our FOI delegations as requested.
We do not have any FOI guidelines.
Please let me know if I can assist further.
Rega...
Dear Ben
Please find attached a copy of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority's Freedom of Information authorisation. There are no related dire...
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I did some googling as I was interested to know what this service does. I found this - http://www.ag.gov.au/RightsAndProtections/IdentitySecurity/Docum...
Hi,
I've added the National Disability Insurance Agency as an authority on Right to Know and I've moved the request over to them on Right to Know....
I've resent this email as we were advised that the FOI contact email address was incorrect.
The link in question has now been hidden due to it's content. Please email contact@righttoknow.org.au if you wish to discuss this further.
I'm similarly disgusted. For those who aren't aware, the link is for a video which allegedly depicts the beheading of an individual. It is uncensored,...
Hi DT,
I would simply suggest saying that the Right to Know email address is valid for the purposes of the Act. You don't need to give your personal...
Hi Ruth,
Going forward, it would be best to simply say that the Right to Know Email address is valid, so that it gets published here :)
Cheers,
B...
What the hell? Reading s15(2) of the Act, there appears to be no obligation on you to send the request via their E-Services Portal.
The act only req...
HI Adam,
The key words are "substantially and unreasonably" when it comes to diversion of resources. As you can see on here, many requests are fulfil...
Adam, In case you aren't aware, the FOI act gives an Agency a right to refuse access if the request will "would substantially and unreasonably divert t...
Hi Joseph,
Just a few notes on this request. It doesn't relate to documents, rather it requests generic information (all FOI requests should be for d...
Hi Joseph,
Just a heads up, the Australian FOI laws require that you request "documents" not information. This will likely be rejected as you haven't...
Hi Joseph,
Just a heads up, the Australian FOI laws require that you request "documents" not information. This will likely be rejected as you haven't...
And this is why Right to Know is the best way to make FOI requests. Really puts their behavior on show!
HI Elias, I would strongly suggest objecting to the charges email. The first 5 hours is free and they have only said that 1.04 hours is needed (their m...
Geordie, do you have a link for the comments made? would be great to read the article fully!
Hi Ben G,
I'm interested in this odd part of Australian politics. It's good to see the government has explained the status of hurt river so carefully...
Why do I get the feeling that DFAT doesn't like you very much Brendan. I would be inclined to complain to OAIC if you can't get past the silliness of s...
Hi Bruce,
Unlike other Jurisdictions (such as the UK) the FOI laws in Australia only allow access to *documents*, not to information.
For example,...
I've marked this as refused because Part was refused, and the other part is still undergoing assessment - https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/nbn_ro...