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Henare Degan

Joined Right to Know in 2012

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I'm one of the people that made Right To Know. I sometimes annotate requests as an administrator and I try to make that clear. My other requests and annotations are probably done in a personal capacity.

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This person's Freedom of Information requests (approximately 40)

Post Implementation Review of No Jab, No Pay 2015 Budget measure
Response by Department of Social Services to Henare Degan on December 13, 2018.

Successful.

Good afternoon Henare, Please find attached the decision and documents for your FOI request. Kind regards Teresa Teresa Rivers Strategic Coordinati...
Number of people opted out of My Health Record as at October 2018
Request to Australian Digital Health Agency by Henare Degan. Annotated by Henare Degan on November 02, 2018.

Successful.

Answer from the attachment: "The Australian Digital Health Agency reported on 24 October 2018 that 1,147,000 had elected to opt out from having a My...
Cost of Twitter advertising in 2017
Response by Australian Bureau of Statistics to Henare Degan on January 24, 2018.

Successful.

Dear Ms Degan In response to your Freedom of Information request received on 11 November 2017, please find attached the formal response from the ABS...
Funding from Bellingen Shire Council to .id
Response by Bellingen Shire Council to Henare Degan on September 06, 2017.

Refused.

eMaternity Privacy and Data Sharing Policies
Request sent to NSW Ministry of Health by Henare Degan on August 11, 2017.

Long overdue.

eMaternity is the electronic medical record (EMR) for all maternity outpatients encounters. This system collects significant personal data of matern...
Ministerial Diary for July 2014
Request to Minister for Communications by Henare Degan. Annotated by Daniel O'Connor on March 20, 2017.

Long overdue.

Worth following this up again given the recent court orders re AG diary being resolved?
Decision to run promos before iview programmes
Follow up sent to Australian Broadcasting Corporation by Henare Degan on February 01, 2017.

Successful.

Hi Ruth, That's really helpful, thank you. Please also pass on my thanks to the other ABC staff for taking the time to respond to my information requ...
BOM weather app Digital Service Standard self-assessment reports
Request to Bureau of Meteorology by Henare Degan. Annotated by Henare Degan on December 12, 2016.

Information not held.

It's worth noting that the DTA publish all assessment reports against the Digital Service Standard: https://www.dta.gov.au/standard/assessments/ Sinc...
Citizenship Loss Board - AFP Participation
Follow up sent to Australian Federal Police by Henare Degan on November 04, 2016.

Successful.

Hi Jacqueline, Thanks for all your work on this request, it's really appreciated. Special thanks for releasing the documents well ahead of the extend...
Dates and duration of consultation between the Attorney General’s Department and other agencies regarding the framework for the plebiscite on same-sex marriage
Request to Attorney-General's Department by Henare Degan. Annotated by Henare Degan on November 04, 2016.

Successful.

I requested these documents because in this Crikey article https://www.crikey.com.au/2016/11/03/government-diaries-released-sort/ they correctly compla...
Digital Economy - Research - Open Government Data
Follow up sent to Department of Communications and the Arts by Henare Degan on September 30, 2016.

Successful.

Hi Leonie, Superb, thanks for the quick and helpful response. I hope you have a great weekend. Cheers, Henare Degan
Decision to put advertising on Bureau of Meteorology website
Response by Bureau of Meteorology to Henare Degan on September 19, 2016.

Successful.

Thanks for letting me know, Henare. Kind regards, Erin Erin MacLatchy | FOI & Privacy Officer Tel: +61 3 9616 8428
Passenger numbers on Sydney to Brisbane sleeper services in 2015
Follow up sent to NSW TrainLink by Henare Degan on July 13, 2016.

Successful.

Hi Kim, Thanks so much for the prompt and helpful response. Cheers, Henare
My Marrickville app development costs
Response by Marrickville Council to Henare Degan on June 14, 2016.

Successful.

Tuesday, 14 June 2016 Formal Determination - Degan      Dear Henare,   Please find attached a copy of the determination made in response to...
Plan for retired non-LED lighting
Follow up sent to Sydney Trains by Henare Degan on November 26, 2015.

Successful.

Hi David, That's really helpful, thanks to taking the time to look into my request. Cheers, Henare
Gamma International’s FinFisher
Request to Australian Federal Police by Henare Degan. Annotated by Henare Degan on October 14, 2015.

Refused.

This request is mentioned at the end of this article, "NSW Police use hacking software to spy on computers and smartphones: WikiLeaks data" http://ww...
Volume and categories of problems reported
Follow up sent to City of Sydney by Henare Degan on September 28, 2015.

Successful.

Hi Peri, That's wonderful, thanks so much for getting me that information! Cheers, Henare
2 Station Street, Marrickville development application suggested changes & withdrawal
Follow up sent to Marrickville Council by Henare Degan on September 03, 2015.

Successful.

This is wonderful - thank you so much for such a prompt and helpful response! Yours sincerely, Henare Degan
2014/00006992 Students of Sustainability Protest March for Aboriginal Sovereignty
Response by Australian Federal Police to Henare Degan on June 26, 2015.

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Part 3 of 3   Dear Mr Degan,   Please find attached a copy of AFP decision regarding your Freedom of Information request – CRM2...
Oldest will held by will storage service
Follow up sent to NT Public Trustee by Henare Degan on June 20, 2015.

Long overdue.

I'd like to follow up my request. Have you had time to have a look at it? Yours faithfully, Henare Degan
SBS Code of Conduct
Follow up sent to Special Broadcasting Service Corporation by Henare Degan on June 05, 2015.

Successful.

Thanks Therese!
Web traffic for data.gov.au in 2014
Response by Department of Finance to Henare Degan on May 28, 2015.

Successful.

Thank you for your email to the Freedom of Information section of the Department of Finance (Finance).  We have received your email and will endeavou...
Internal discussions about not issuing annual or 6 month parking permits
Follow up sent to City of Darwin Council by Henare Degan on May 13, 2015.

Partially successful.

Hi Karlheins, Thanks for sending through these documents. Cheers, Henare
Fell Review Report into the EPA's performance concerning Orica and Botany Industrial Park
Follow up sent to NSW Environment Protection Authority by Henare Degan on April 29, 2015.

Successful.

Hi Sylvia, Thank you for taking the time to make those documents available. I really appreciate your prompt and helpful assistance. Yours sincerely...
Public comments on "Northern Territory Code of Practice for Responsible for Online Gambling" and the "Conditions of Licence for the conduct of the business of a Sports Bookmaker"
Response by NT Racing Commission to Henare Degan on April 28, 2015.

Waiting clarification.

Good morning, Please find attached a Freedom of Information (FOI) application form to be completed and within the scope of the request the more precis...
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This person's 158 annotations

Gamma International's FinFisher
Request to Australian Federal Police by Mark R. Diamond. Annotated by Henare Degan on April 07, 2022.

Refused.

Talk about leaving us hanging, Mark 😀 The result of the review of this request was that the Information Commissioner upheld the AFP's decision: http:...
Number of people opted out of My Health Record as at October 2018
Request to Australian Digital Health Agency by Henare Degan. Annotated by Henare Degan on November 02, 2018.

Successful.

Answer from the attachment: "The Australian Digital Health Agency reported on 24 October 2018 that 1,147,000 had elected to opt out from having a My...
Ministerial briefing documents on health impacts of climate change
Request to Department of Health by Melissa Sweet. Annotated by Henare Degan on October 17, 2018.

Waiting clarification.

Hi Melissa, if you have time then giving FOI Officer a call isn't a bad idea. They probably just want to help clarify your request. However it's impo...
Travel Details for Minister Hon Josh Frydenberg MP to Adelaide for period 14th March 2017 to 17th March 2017
Request to Department of the Environment and Energy by Richard Smith. Annotated by Henare Degan on July 28, 2017.

Successful.

Hi Richard, Bravo in using a prepaid credit card - you had us worried for a while! :) We've redacted the details anyway. Thanks also from us to the...
Statistics on informal GIPA Requests how many applications have been received for CCC
Request to Central Coast Council (NSW) by Sarahjane Gorman. Annotated by Henare Degan on July 14, 2017.

Refused.

We've checked this address and attempted to resend the original request however it's still being rejected by the authority's mail server. We've now s...
Request for information relating to redaction of historical documents
Request to WA Department of the Attorney General by Aileen Walsh. Annotated by Henare Degan on June 20, 2017.

Refused.

A Right To Know community member marked this request as having a delivery error. The initial reply from the authority suggests we had the wrong email...
contracts published on Tenders Vic
Request to Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance by Ben Minerds (PuZZleDucK). Annotated by Henare Degan on June 20, 2017.

Successful.

What an epic journey - well done for being so persistent Ben! It will be interesting to see how long it takes before the authority does publish this...
Document(s) pertaining to the cost estimates and budgeting for Victoria Police’s “Operation Safenight” created prior to May 1, 2017
Request to Victoria Police by Maddison Connaughton. Annotated by Henare Degan on May 19, 2017.

Information not held.

Not the most unhelpful response I've seen but a cheque, in 2017, srsly? :-/ >It would also be helpful to provide a postal address to return any futur...
Document(s) pertaining to the cost estimates and budgeting for Victoria Police’s “Operation Safenight” created prior to May 1, 2017
Request to Victoria Police by Maddison Connaughton. Annotated by Henare Degan on May 13, 2017.

Information not held.

Ah, the classic silly-buggers of the authority responding to your FOI request by pretending they didn't see your, err, FOI request. The next step is to...
Crowd control and fire safety training procedures
Request to NSW Police Force by Andrea Leong. Annotated by Henare Degan on May 05, 2017.

Refused.

Astonishing. NSW Police Force seem to have gone that extra mile just to make sure you can't access this information and they've done it in the least tr...
Disclosure log
Request to University of Sydney by P. Gale. Annotated by Henare Degan on May 03, 2017.

Long overdue.

An eagle-eyed member of the Right To Know community spotted this request by the authority to have their address changed and reported it to us (thanks M...
Bond Transfers in NSW
Request to NSW Fair Trading by Justin Tauber. Annotated by Henare Degan on April 18, 2017.

Waiting clarification.

Hi Justin, In the first instance you should ask the authority if they can process your request as an informal request. Here's an example of an author...
Food safety inspections for the years 2014, 2015, 2016
Request to Queanbeyan City Council by Nigel Gladstone. Annotated by Henare Degan on March 07, 2017.

Successful.

Why is this request marked as successful? There doesn't seem to be any information released, only an acknowledgement email :(
Unique Student Identifier exemptions
Request to Department of Education by Taylor Denny. Annotated by Henare Degan on March 01, 2017.

Successful.

Over on the OpenAustralia Foundation blog Moz pointed out that the links in the authority's response don't work: https://www.openaustraliafoundation.or...
List of information requests to the department
Request to NT Department of the Attorney-General and Justice by Luke Bacon. Annotated by Henare Degan on February 08, 2017.

Successful.

Thanks to a quick fix by the technical staff at nt.gov.au emails are once again working. The original message has been resent (and already has a reply,...
List of information requests to the department
Request to NT Department of the Attorney-General and Justice by Luke Bacon. Annotated by Henare Degan on February 07, 2017.

Successful.

Strange that messages have only just started to be marked as spam. I've emailed the nt.gov.au postmaster to ask them to fix it. When they get back to u...
Crowd control and fire safety training procedures
Request to NSW Police Force by Andrea Leong. Annotated by Henare Degan on February 07, 2017.

Refused.

Hi Andrea, This looks like a really interesting request. I hope you're going to try and continue to get this request processed on Right To Know so we...
Removal of information from data retention FAQ web page
Request to Attorney-General's Department by Jon Lawrence. Annotated by Henare Degan on January 13, 2017.

Withdrawn by the requester.

Hi JT, Click the "Follow" button at the top-right of the request page and Right To Know will keep you posted about this FOI request. Cheers, Hena...
BOM weather app Digital Service Standard self-assessment reports
Request to Bureau of Meteorology by Henare Degan. Annotated by Henare Degan on December 12, 2016.

Information not held.

It's worth noting that the DTA publish all assessment reports against the Digital Service Standard: https://www.dta.gov.au/standard/assessments/ Sinc...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Request to Productivity Commission by Ben Fairless. Annotated by Henare Degan on November 24, 2016.

Successful.

It's all fixed now and I've resent this request. Thanks to Chris at the authority for looking into and fixing this problem. Cheers, Henare Right T...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Request to Productivity Commission by Ben Fairless. Annotated by Henare Degan on November 23, 2016.

Successful.

Hi Ben, Thanks for reporting this delivery error. I just tried emailing the FOI Co-ordinator's address to report the problem and got the same error....
Information regarding Shires financial undwertaking regarding Management Contract let for Merredin Regional Community and Leisure Centre
Request to Shire of Merredin by Peter Gerrand. Annotated by Henare Degan on November 16, 2016.

Waiting clarification.

Hi Peter, Do not despair! As the council says, the Act only says that requests *may* be submitted using those antiquated means. It's not a requiremen...
Taxpayer funds spent on the 'More Power To You' Website
Request to WA Department of the Premier and Cabinet by Anthony Maher. Annotated by Henare Degan on November 16, 2016.

Information not held.

Hi Anthony, I'd first suggest you go ahead and make a new request for this information from the WA Department of Finance: https://www.righttoknow.o...
Dentistry - Admission Statistics and Selection Process
Request to James Cook University by James Brooke. Annotated by Henare Degan on November 16, 2016.

Refused.

Hi James, The Office of the Information Commissioner Queensland suggests, "You can also ask if you can access the information through one of the agen...
The Australian Classification Database
Request to Classification Board by Simon. Annotated by Henare Degan on November 16, 2016.

Partially successful.

Woo - any chance you could upload it somewhere? It would be great to have it on this request.
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