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 489) (page 5)
Dear Mr Fairless
I refer to your freedom of information request directed to the Minister of
Human Services and Digital Transformation, the Hon M...
FOI Delegations
Response by Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Fairless,
Please see the attached in response to your below request.
Kind regards,
ASADA FOI
[email address]
Australian Government
Australi...
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Fairless,
Thank you for your emails to the Department of Finance and Minister for
Finance seeking copies of FOI delegatio...
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Dear Mr Fairless,
Thank you for your emails to the Department of Finance and Minister for
Finance seeking copies of FOI delegatio...
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Dear Mr Fairless,
Thank you for your emails to the Department of Finance and Minister for
Finance seeking copies of FOI delegatio...
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Dear Mr Fairless,
Thank you for your emails to the Department of Finance and Minister for
Finance seeking copies of FOI delegatio...
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Dear Mr Fairless,
Thank you for your emails to the Department of Finance and Minister for
Finance seeking copies of FOI delegatio...
FOI Delegations
Response by Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance to Ben Fairless on .
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Dear Mr Fairless,
Thank you for your emails to the Department of Finance and Minister for
Finance seeking copies of FOI delegatio...
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Dear Mr Fairless,
Thank you for your emails to the Department of Finance and Minister for
Finance seeking copies of FOI delegatio...
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Dear Mr Fairless,
Please find attached the decision in relation to your recent FOI request.
Yours sincerely,
FOI Offic...
FOI Delegations
Response by Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development to Ben Fairless on .
Information not held.
Dear Mr Fairless,
Thank you for your email below. We have made enquiries with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure...
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Good afternoon Mr Fairless,
You can find the Department of Defence Instrument of Authority here http://www.defence.gov.au/foi/Docs/FOI-D...
FOI Delegations
Response by Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission to Ben Fairless on .
Information not held.
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Dear Mr Fairless,
I refer to your correspondence dated 14 November 2018, seeking the
following information:
...
FOI Delegations
Response by Department of Agriculture and Water Resources to Ben Fairless on .
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Dear Mr Fairless,
Please see attached the relevant instrument of authorisation disclosed to you via administrative release.
If you have any queries,...
FOI Delegations
Response by Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development to Ben Fairless on .
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Dear Mr Fairless
Thank you for your email below. We have enquired with the Office of the Assistant Minister for Regional Development and Territories...
FOI Delegations
Follow up sent to Australian Institute of Family Studies by Ben Fairless on .
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Thanks for that, much appreciated!
Yours sincerely,
Ben Fairless
FOI Delegations
Response by Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to Ben Fairless on .
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Dear Mr Fairless
You have indicated below that you are happy to receive the documents, that you are seeking access to, outside the Freedo...
FOI Delegations
Response by Minister for the Public Service and Integrity to Ben Fairless on .
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Dear Mr Fairless
The list of the Current Ministry (as at 28 August 2018) is available online at https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/P...
FOI Delegations
Response by Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Digital Productivity to Ben Fairless on .
Withdrawn by the requester.
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Dear Mr Fairless
The list of the Current Ministry (as at 28 August 2018) is available online at https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/P...
FOI Delegations
Response by Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service to Ben Fairless on .
Withdrawn by the requester.
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Dear Mr Fairless
The list of the Current Ministry (as at 28 August 2018) is available online at https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/P...
FOI Delegations
Response by Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Mental Health Reform to Ben Fairless on .
Withdrawn by the requester.
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Dear Mr Fairless
The list of the Current Ministry (as at 28 August 2018) is available online at https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/P...
FOI Delegations
Response by Australian Communications and Media Authority to Ben Fairless on .
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Dear Ben
I refer to your Freedom of Information Act (FOI Act) request, dated and received 14 November 2018, in which you sought access to the arrange...
FOI Delegations
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Ben Fairless on .
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Dear Mr Fairless
Thank you for your email dated 14 November 2018 in which you seek access under administrative release to:
" Under sect...
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Dear Mr Fairless
The Department of Education and Training (the department) acknowledges
receipt of your email below.
Please...
FOI Delegations
Response by Assistant Minister for Education and Training to Ben Fairless on .
Withdrawn by the requester.
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Dear Mr Fairless
The Department of Education and Training (the department) acknowledges
receipt of your FOI request below which y...
This person's 341 annotations (page 5)
I don’t think I pursued this any further to be honest.
You’re welcome to make the same or similar request if you wanted ;)
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...
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 .
Successful.
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 .
Successful.
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
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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
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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
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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
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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 .
Refused.
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?
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....
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....