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 9)
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Request sent to Minister for Defence Materiel by Ben Fairless on .
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Request sent to Minister for Defence Personnel by Ben Fairless on .
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Request sent to Healthdirect Australia Board by Ben Fairless on .
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Request sent to Minister Assisting for Industry and Innovation by Ben Fairless on .
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Request sent to Great Artesian Basin Coordinating Committee by Ben Fairless on .
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Request sent to Department of the House of Representatives by Ben Fairless on .
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Request sent to Department of Health by Ben Fairless on .
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Request sent to Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation by Ben Fairless on .
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Request sent to Defence Industry Innovation Board by Ben Fairless on .
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Request sent to Australian Sports Foundation by Ben Fairless on .
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Request sent to Australian Signals Directorate by Ben Fairless on .
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Request sent to Australian Military Forces Relief Trust Fund by Ben Fairless on .
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Request sent to Australian Grape and Wine Authority by Ben Fairless on .
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Request sent to Australian Film, Television and Radio School by Ben Fairless on .
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Request sent to Australia Council for the Arts by Ben Fairless on .
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Request sent to Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) Advisory Committee by Ben Fairless on .
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Request sent to Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research by Ben Fairless on .
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Request sent to Assistant Minister for Health by Ben Fairless on .
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Request sent to Assistant Minister for Defence by Ben Fairless on .
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.gov.au Domain Names
Response by Digital Transformation Agency to Ben Fairless on .
Reference: ID-164
Contact: FOI Coordinator
Email: [1][email address]
9 November 2018
Dear Mr Fairless
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Contractor Delivery Risks
Response by Australian Postal Corporation to Ben Fairless on .
Good morning Mr Fairless,
Find attached correspondence in reply to your Freedom of Information request, received by Australia Post on 21/9/2018.
Rega...
Correspondence between HBF and the Department
Response by Department of Health to Ben Fairless on .
Attention: Ben Fairless
Please see attached documents in relation to your internal review request
to the Department of Health.
Regards
...
2018 Premium Rate Increase
Response by Minister for Health to Ben Fairless on .
Dear Mr Fairless.
Please find enclosed a Notice pursuant to s24AB of the Freedom of
Information Act 1982.
Regards
François Murat
Senio...
Hi my name is Neil, as regards the online free test, this website the answers seem to have run away. I have done this test countless times, only to be...
Online Master Class
Response by NBN Co Limited to Ben Fairless on .
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Fairless,
We attempted to issue a decision to you as seen below, and received an
automated notification that the email wa...
This person's 342 annotations (page 9)
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...
Culley, I think that Machine Readable list comes from http://www.australia.gov.au/directories/australian-government-directories/a-to-z-list-of-governme...
Information regarding the Bali Nine in 2014
Request to Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection by Nathan Davies. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
If the authority doesn't have the information, they should transfer the request to the correct authority. You can ask them to do this.
I don't know how the AFP can claim they never received a request, as they sent an auto-reply back!
Right to Know can confirm that all the messages we...
My rights of review have expired (this was in October 2014) so there isn't a way for me to seek review of the decision.
If someone else was to reques...
Obama's G20 accommodation invoices / receipts
Request to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet by Culley Palmer. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Hey Culley,
It depends. If you reply to a specific inbound email from the agency, it will go back to that email address. If you simply write a reply,...
There is ZERO obligation to complete a form for an FOI request at the Federal Level. In fact, Right to Know is specifically mentioned under the Informa...
Welcome! Annotations are great for asking questions, seeking advice, or helping others out with requests, so you've done the right thing by using them....
Hi Culley,
Just so you know, the ABC is a bit special when it comes to FOI. They aren't obliged to release any information that's "Program Material"....
At the request of Culley Palmer, I've updated the name of this request from Documents mentioning WikiLeaks to Gamma International's FinFisher.
Thanks...
When states are added to RTK (coming soon hopefully!) you'll have a few more places you can send your request :)
Welcome to Right to Know!
There is no longer a Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, however the FOI address for the old Minister for Mental Health...
Hi Samantha,
Welcome to Right to Know!
Just a heads up, it is likely this request will be refused as a formal FOI request as you can only request "...
You should mark a request how you felt it was handled. It's a bit weird legally, but the Department has to either Provide documents or refuse a request...
I just read ‘ER’ and Special Broadcasting Service [2015] AICmr 12 (http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/AICmr/2015/12.html) where the information Com...
It turns out we had the wrong address for the Minister for Sport in Right to Know, so I've resent it to the correct address and told the Agency who it...
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 .
So they spent $19,602.00 on iPads. Assuming they got them at retail rate, you could by 22 iPad Air 2 (WiFi, 128GB) for that price! If they were being s...
You will normally get the opportunity to put a case forward for processing fees if the Agency determines that you are required to pay them.
I would w...
Information regarding the budget for public schools and privet schools in 2014
Request to Assistant Minister for Education and Training by Nathan Davies. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
I've found a new address for the Assistant Minister of Education and Training and resent the request to that address.
Ben.
Hi John,
You replied to an email you received from Right to Know, not to the Annotation itself.
To reply to a request, or to add an annotation, you...
Hey Henare,
The site I'm looking at is http://operational.humanservices.gov.au
Cheers
Ben
Hi Culley,
You can update the status of the request at the bottom of the request (under the heading "Culley Palmer only:"). You will then get the gre...
Hopefully it will be collected this week, as for uploading it it depends on the format the CD is in.
Cheers,
Ben
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Australia's Worst White-Collar Crime
Request to Australian Prudential Regulation Authority by Phillip Sweeney. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
@Vera, they have said that it's solely search and retrieval time.
I would assume it's easy to make a decision because the documents will almost cert...
There are 2 types of exemptions - Division 2 and Division 3.
s.33 to 47A are fully exempt. The agency doesn't need to prove its against the public in...