Locutus Sum
Joined Right to Know in 2013
Just a girl who likes to write, and likes the law, and likes to write about the law.
Christmas Day 2018: I have returned after a long study absence. My English is now almost professional legal standard but not perfect. I understand most idioms but do not always produce them correctly.
I am just another user of Right to Know but I know a little bit about the Freedom of Information law in Australia. If you need any help with an application you can send me a message through Right to Know.
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This person's 599 annotations (page 11)
It can cause problems when an applicant sends out a very large number of requests together in a bulk request. It is convenient for the applicant when s...
Mostly I classify a response like this one to say "clarification requested" because the agency has told the applicant that some more information (and m...
The agency says that the following request: "I request documents related to the ten most recent instances where an employee has sought information, adv...
Refused on the ground of s 24A(1) of the Act:
24A Requests may be refused if documents cannot be found, do not
exist or have not been received...
Deemed to have been refused under s 24AB because the applicant did not respond to a request to consult with the agency about a "practical refusal reaso...
Private use of social media advice provided to employees
Request to Department of Industry, Science, Energy & Resources by James Smith. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
Refused on the ground of s 24A(1) of the Act:
24A Requests may be refused if documents cannot be found, do not
exist or have not been received...
Refused on the ground of s 24A(1) of the Act:
24A Requests may be refused if documents cannot be found, do not
exist or have not been received...
Mostly I classify a response like this one to say "clarification requested" because the agency has told the applicant that some more information (and m...
Mostly I classify a response like this one to say "clarification requested" because the agency has told the applicant that some more information (and m...
First the ATO pretended to serve a notice to the applicant but they did not bother to send the notice to him. Instead, they sent the notice to the ATO....
Group Certificates/PAYG payment summaries of ACMA’s SES staff - FY2013/14, FY2014/15 and FY2015/16
Request to Australian Communications and Media Authority by Name withheld. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
The letter attached to the preceding email explains that there will be a consultation period. The consultation period extends the time for processing t...
The applicant has until 23 July 2017 to make a contest to the charges.
Lawfulness of the Infringements Court
Request to Victorian Department of Justice and Community Safety by John Andrews. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
I must begin to say that I know nothing of the Infringements Court but I have a suggestion of something that you might find interesting to read and con...
@James Baldwin (https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/internet_censorship_blacklist#comment-1879 ) I am sorry that I did not see your comment sooner;...
The council has not responded properly but also, the request is not truly valid because it is not accompanied by an application fee.
A response has been delayed so that the agency can consult. A response is due by 20 July 2017.
The applicant has been allowed 30 days from 21 June 2017 to agree to the new charges or to request an internal review. If these things are not done the...
The agency does not have the information requested by the applicant. Even so with this, the agency has given two links in their decision letter. The li...
It is in fact not obvious on Right to Know what the status of this request is. The applicant has to look somewhere else for the information. If a perso...
I agree with the applicant; the response from the agency was very informative. Also, it was prompt, and managed administratively without the machinery...
Note to the applicant: If you are familiar with section 15(5)(a) of the Act then you will also know that the agency is required to acknowledge your req...
This is an interesting decision because it makes a reference to copyright. I have not already seen this happen. Here, the council will not give a copy...
Reporting of CN3174232
Request to Department of Education, Skills and Employment by Jackson Gothe-Snape. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
The applicant incorrectly marked this request as if it were awaiting an internal review. That was not correct. Internal review has a specific meaning u...
This is a very strange and interesting request. Mr Fairless writes with a request to the department of the Attorney General (the "AGD"). AGD replies to...
Strange. The agency tries to quote s 59 of the GIPA Act but instead of copying the words from an original text, they retype it, and then make spelling...