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 8)
Ben Fairless
15 November 2018
Dear Ben
Freedom of Information Request – Notice of Decision
I refer to your request to t...
FOI Delegations
Response by Department of Communications and the Arts to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Fairless
The department's current arrangements are attached.
Regards
Melissa Nickols
Department of Communications and the Art...
FOI Delegations
Response by Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Fairless,
Thank you for your request received this morning, 15 November 2018.
I understand you to be requesting...
Dear FOI Applicant,
We note that you have already made an FOI request for these documents on 2
November 2016, and have already been advised that...
Dear Mr Fairless
Please find a copy of our FOI delegations attached.
Kind regards
Catherine Petre
Manager | Assurance, Review and FOI | Governance a...
FOI Delegations
Response by Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Hi Ben
Thanks for your email.
I can confirm that as the FOI Manager for the Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, I am a...
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Sir
Please see attached instruments as requested:
Kind regards
Customer Service
FOI Delegations
Response by Australian Community Pharmacy Authority to Ben Fairless on .
Long overdue.
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...
Delivery has failed to these recipients or groups:
[1]FOI requests at ALRC ([email address])
The e-mail address you entered couldn't be found. Pleas...
Thank you for your email to the Hon Dan Tehan MP, Minister for Education.
This is an automatically generated response.
Due to the large volume o...
FOI Delegations
Request sent to Prime Ministerial Advisory Council on Ex-Service Matters by Ben Fairless on .
Long overdue.
Under section 23 of the Freedom of Information Act, the principal officer or minister can make arrangements to give their decision making powers to...
FOI Delegations
Request sent to Minister for Trade and Investment by Ben Fairless on .
Long overdue.
Under section 23 of the Freedom of Information Act, the principal officer or minister can make arrangements to give their decision making powers to...
Under section 23 of the Freedom of Information Act, the principal officer or minister can make arrangements to give their decision making powers to...
FOI Delegations
Request sent to Ministerial Advisory Committee on Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Infections by Ben Fairless on .
Long overdue.
Under section 23 of the Freedom of Information Act, the principal officer or minister can make arrangements to give their decision making powers to...
FOI Delegations
Request sent to Ministers Council on Asylum Seekers and Detention by Ben Fairless on .
Long overdue.
Under section 23 of the Freedom of Information Act, the principal officer or minister can make arrangements to give their decision making powers to...
FOI Delegations
Request sent to Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research by Ben Fairless on .
Long overdue.
Under section 23 of the Freedom of Information Act, the principal officer or minister can make arrangements to give their decision making powers to...
Under section 23 of the Freedom of Information Act, the principal officer or minister can make arrangements to give their decision making powers to...
Under section 23 of the Freedom of Information Act, the principal officer or minister can make arrangements to give their decision making powers to...
Under section 23 of the Freedom of Information Act, the principal officer or minister can make arrangements to give their decision making powers to...
Under section 23 of the Freedom of Information Act, the principal officer or minister can make arrangements to give their decision making powers to...
FOI Delegations
Request sent to Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources by Ben Fairless on .
Long overdue.
Under section 23 of the Freedom of Information Act, the principal officer or minister can make arrangements to give their decision making powers to...
Under section 23 of the Freedom of Information Act, the principal officer or minister can make arrangements to give their decision making powers to...
Under section 23 of the Freedom of Information Act, the principal officer or minister can make arrangements to give their decision making powers to...
Under section 23 of the Freedom of Information Act, the principal officer or minister can make arrangements to give their decision making powers to...
Under section 23 of the Freedom of Information Act, the principal officer or minister can make arrangements to give their decision making powers to...
This person's 341 annotations (page 8)
Corporate plan and evaluation plan
Long overdue.
I've moved this request to the Australian Grape and Wine Authority as the previous agency was taken by it. I've also resent the request to the new emai...
Assisting Victoria Police
Request to Australian Securities and Investments Commission by Phillip Sweeney. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Refused.
I think what ASIC have done here is rather smart legal work, but also not within the spirit of the act.
They would likely know that Mr Sweeney sends...
Adelaide airport curfew - approvals to land and Ministerial decision making
Request to Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development by Colleen McDonnell. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Waiting clarification.
Just a heads up, Right to Know can be used for administrative requests like this which aren't technically FOI.
Cocos Island Surveillance System
Partially successful.
Departmental Policies are weird, but I'll try to explain it.
A "File" is simply a folder (either digitally or physically) with a reference number tha...
Copy of Funding Agreement and reports since receiving funding required under the funding agreement
Request to Illawarra Region Innovation and Investment Fund Committee by Vicki Curran. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Refused.
Some suggestions on revising the request are:
- Remove the names and contact details of individual members of the public (and public servants if you d...
Percentage of Australians with criminal record
Information not held.
That said, while they aren't obliged in most cases there is nothing preventing an agency from releasing information outside of the strict confines of t...
Prime Minister gift of tie and bike to museum
Successful.
Hi Daniel, the Authorities are managed via the administrative interface on the site, and for minor (1 or 2 authorities) changes we don't generally rais...
Prime Minister gift of tie and bike to museum
Successful.
I've re-sent the original FOI request to the new email address we have for the Museum of Australian Democracy.
Percentage of Australians with criminal record
Information not held.
In case anyone was wondering, I've had a look at the raw email here and the above was all that was sent.
ACT Political Donations Cap
Request to ACT Justice And Community Safety Directorate by Evelyn Doyle. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Partially successful.
An authority reply has been moved here: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/kpmg_report_to_public_trustee_fo#incoming-3406
ACT Political Donations Cap
Request to ACT Justice And Community Safety Directorate by Evelyn Doyle. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Partially successful.
I've moved the email referred to above to the correct request: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/kpmg_report_to_public_trustee_fo#incoming-3402...
Metadata information, copyright and all related FOI requests
Request to Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General by Megalfar. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Information not held.
I've hidden a annotation here and stopped further annotations from being added.
National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS)
Withdrawn by the requester.
I've resent this request to the updated email address for the Minister for Education.
An Act of the Parliament of South Australia
Request to Australian Prudential Regulation Authority by Phillip Sweeney. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Information not held.
So you're making a request for documents you know do not exist? I'm confused as to why you would waste APRA's time in that case?
Recent speculation that Tony Abbott is changing immigration laws due to recent terrorist plots
Refused.
The Department believe this isn't a valid request for documents.
The Department refused access they don't think this is a valid request for "documents".
In a nutshell, you've been asked to pay $15.25 to have the request processed.
Australia's Worst White-Collar Crime
Request to Australian Prudential Regulation Authority by Phillip Sweeney. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Awaiting internal review.
I'm not sure if I've already said this, but virtually any information that's provided by someone to APRA for the purposes of APRA's regulatory function...
Drug policies and testing
Long overdue.
Hi Josh,
I've noticed you've marked this request as awaiting a response, have you spoken with ASADA to clarify what you are looking for? If so, it wo...
An Act of the Parliament of South Australia
Request to Australian Prudential Regulation Authority by Phillip Sweeney. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Information not held.
All Legislation (and regulations) are generally available from the relevant state in which it was enacted. They are also available online at Austlii (h...
Information regarding the Bali Nine in 2014
Request to Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection by Nathan Davies. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Withdrawn by the requester.
You've been asked to agree to an extension of time until Thursday, 16 April 2015. To accept or deny, simply Write a Reply!
Details of goods & services provided under tender contract number CN2309741
Request to Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General by Paul Wakeford. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
In my opinion, FOI shouldn't be about asking for documents, it should be about the release of information. I wonder if Paul has got the answers to his...
Correspondence referencings usage of Wickr app
Request to Department of Communications and the Arts by Peter Lawler. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Information not held.
My guess is that someone has replied to you by accident. I would send them a followup email :)
From FOI log: Documents on FOI requests and s47C refusals
Request to Australian Securities and Investments Commission by Culley Palmer. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
You would think if the department was contacting you via email, they would just send the docs....
Big Day Out Festival Cancellation Statistics
Waiting clarification.
Big Day Out is promoted by C3 Presents, which is a private company and not subject to the FOI Act. Perhaps someone in the NSW or VIC Government has the...