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 492) (page 7)
FOI Delegations
Response by Family Court of Australia to Ben Fairless on .
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Fairless
I refer to your email dated 14 November 2018. The Family Court of Australia is content to provide an administrative rele...
FOI Delegations
Response by Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority to Ben Fairless on .
Dear Ben
In response to your request below, I attach ACARA’s administrative release
decision and the requested document.
Kind regards
...
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Response by Department of Industry, Science, Energy & Resources to Ben Fairless on .
Good afternoon Mr Fairless,
We refer to your email below of 14 November 2018.
The Department of Industry, Innovation and Science has agreed that the...
FOI Delegations
Response by Minister for the Environment to Ben Fairless on .
Dear Ben
The Minister for the Environment's Chief of Staff has authorisation to make decisions under the FOI Act.
As we have released this informati...
FOI Delegations
Response by Australian Government Solicitor to Ben Fairless on .
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Fairless
Thank you for your request.
Please refer to your request to the Attorney-General's Department
([1]https://...
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Response by Attorney-General's Department to Ben Fairless on .
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Fairless
Thank you for your request.
The Attorney-General's Department has decided to release the requested documents administr...
FOI Delegations
Response by Director of National Parks to Ben Fairless on .
Dear Ben
Thank you for your email.
We advise that there are no FOI Authorisations currently in place for the Director of National Parks.
The Direct...
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Response by Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Regulator to Ben Fairless on .
Dear Ben
Thank you for your email.
While you have made your request on the Department of the Environment and Energy, the Water Efficiency Labelling a...
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Response by Department of the Environment and Energy to Ben Fairless on .
Dear Ben
Thank you for your email.
Attached, please find the Department of the Environment and Energy FOI authorisations.
As we have released this...
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Response by Australian Heritage Council to Ben Fairless on .
Dear Ben
Thank you for your email.
We advise that there are no FOI Authorisations currently in place for the Australian Heritage Council.
The Chair...
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Response by Australian Human Rights Commission to Ben Fairless on .
Dear Mr Fairless,
I refer to your email dated 14 November 2018.
Please find attached a copy of the current arrangement which gives lawyers at the Com...
FOI Delegations
Response by Australian Electoral Commission to Ben Fairless on .
Dear Mr Fairless
I refer to your email dated 14 November 2018 11:51 PM in which you request
access to the instrument of authorisation issued by the...
FOI Delegations
Response by Department of the Treasury to Ben Fairless on .
Hi Ben
The Treasury's current FOI Authorisation document is publicly available. We are happy to provide this document to you as an administrative rele...
FOI Delegations
Response by Minister for the Arts to Ben Fairless on .
UNCLASSIFIED
Hi Ben
Please refer to your request to the Minister for Communications and the Arts (https://www.righttoknow.org.au/body/minister_for_c...
FOI Delegations
Response by Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre to Ben Fairless on .
UNCLASSIFIED
Good afternoon Mr Fairless,
I have attached AUSTRAC's signed FOI authorisations document. I have provided this document to you administra...
FOI Delegations
Response by Federal Court of Australia to Ben Fairless on .
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Fairless,
The Court has decided to release the documents requested administratively
rather than through the formal proces...
FOI Delegations
Response by Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry to Ben Fairless on .
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 12:51:17 +0000
Subject: Freedom of Information request - FOI Delegations
From: Ben Fairless <[email address]>
To: Freedom of Inf...
FOI Delegations
Response by Australian Transport Safety Bureau to Ben Fairless on .
Dear Mr Fairless
I refer to your email dated 14 November 2018 seeking a copy of the current
FOI Delegations.
Please find attached a copy of th...
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Response by Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency to Ben Fairless on .
Dear Ben
Please find attached ARPANSA's FOI Delegations. I have released them under administrative access.
Gemma Larkins
Legal Officer
Office of the...
FOI Delegations
Response by Assistant Minister for Employment to Ben Fairless on .
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 12:51:23 +0000
Subject: Freedom of Information request - FOI Delegations
From: Ben Fairless <[email address]>
To: Employment - F...
FOI Delegations
Response by Australian Public Service Commission to Ben Fairless on .
UNCLASSIFIED
Good morning Ben
Assuming that you are happy with the outcome, we will now close off this request.
Regards,
Karen
FOI Coordinator
Au...
FOI Delegations
Response by Australian Border Force to Ben Fairless on .
** This is an automated response. Please do not reply to this email **
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Your email has been received by the Department of...
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Response by Migration Agents Registration Authority to Ben Fairless on .
** 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 Civil Aviation Safety Authority to Ben Fairless on .
UNCLASSIFIED
Good morning Ben,
Thank you for your request seeking access to a document regarding the delegation of Freedom of Information decision mak...
FOI Delegations
Response by Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Communications to Ben Fairless on .
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Ben
Thank you for your email, which has come to the Department of Communications and the Arts.
In the current Ministry there is...
This person's 342 annotations (page 7)
Final report of the "Waterproofing Eastern Adelaide" Feasibility Study
Request to Department of Agriculture and Water Resources by Dan Monceaux. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
I sent this information to Dan at 7am over the weekend, and am publishing it here for transparency:
I’m quite shocked by that figure - normally they...
I've locked down this request to bounce any further replies and have emailed the council to have this request email address removed from their mailing...
SAPOL enquiries can be made here: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/body/sapol
I find this response interesting, because the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 doesn't invoke the secrecy provisions of the Freedom of Information Act....
If you choose to go through with the GIPA process, please consider asking the department to release the information via the Right to Know email address...
Would be great if you could publish or provide a link to this information!
Thanks Locutus, you're amazing again! I was looking for section 17 but wasn't sure what search words to use
I can't see Schedule 1 being attached?!
They Attorney-General responded on behalf of the Solicitior General
FOI Delegations - 2016
Request to Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation by Ben Fairless. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
This request was answered by the Department of Defence :)
DIO are not subject to the FOI Act
These requests go to the OAIC but they have already responded, which is why I've fixed up the email address and withdrawn this request.
I've removed annotations on this request that relate to personal communication, and have stopped further comments being made on this request. Please do...
3 hours of processing time?! You've got to be joking, that's 1 hour per reason code!
The decision was to release 2 documents related to a single case, however the names of the public servants were redacted, however an email address was...
I have made a complaint to the OAIC. I'm still waiting on a response in relation to that request.
Correspondence related to Right to Know
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Ben Fairless. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
I got the below response from the OAIC privately:
Dear Mr Fairless
Thank you for your call this afternoon.
As discussed, I have been allocated yo...
Correspondence related to Right to Know
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Ben Fairless. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
I've resent the request as the OAIC said they didn't get it
Job Active providers paid for breaching job seekers.
Request to Department of Education, Skills and Employment by Nathan Collinson. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Put simply, the FOI Act only covers documents, not questions, which is why they’ve referred you to the National Customer Service Line in the first plac...
I've made a similar request: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/complaints_related_to_no_jab_no
Applications to OAIC to declare an individual vexatious
Request to Australian Prudential Regulation Authority by Ben Fairless. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
I spoke with the FOI offer who said that he hasn't yet extended the timeframe, but may need to do so.
If the NSW Government made the grant, you should be able to request it from Sport and Recreation NSW: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/body/sport_and_rec...
If the request was deemed refused (a decision wasn't made in 30 days and you didn't agree to an extension) I would consider making an application to th...
Hi Rob,
Regarding your request, unfortunately the law isn't on your side in this case.
The Department has 30 days from the time you've made your re...
Hi Rob, you should be able to select "Write a Reply" down the bottom, and then be given the option to reply to the Main FOI Contact email address. I wo...