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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For general informatoin see the Wikipedia page on the law of Australia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Australia ).
The Australian Courts Act 9...
For general informatoin see the Wikipedia page on the law of Australia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Australia ).
The Australian Courts Act 9...
It is true that that council has not given the applicant the information that he has asked for. For technical reasons, it is not true that "[the counci...
To the applicant: I see that the ACT City Services have asked to contact you by telephone. If possible, please add your own annotation here to let ever...
So, I am wrong and silly. The Treasury transferred the request to Department of Finance and Department of Finance do not have the information. I apolog...
Maybe I am wrong (it happens very often) but I think that information about the cost that a Minister makes for expenses is information that is held by...
I wrote an email to Geoscience Australia using their contact page. The two links on the page http://www.ga.gov.au/ips/foi-disclosure-log have been fixe...
Lodgement of a Fund Registration Request
Request to Australian Prudential Regulation Authority by Julie Simpson. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
I do not know how I missed the mistake by the agency. In the acknowledgment email (https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/lodgement_of_a_fund_registrat...
This is a very interesting application because it ultimately relates to the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) as much as to the Freedom of Information Act 1989...
Marked as "Request refused" because 14 days have passed since the date of the consultation letter, and no reply was sent by the applicant. As a result,...
The applicant has, for some reason, asked for an internal review ... but there is nothing to review! The department is still processing the request.
I have marked this request as successful. The agency has told the applicant that his request does not satisfy formal requirements for a GIPA Act reques...
The answer to the question "why do it at all?" is simple. The software for Right to Know attaches a status to all requests. There is not such thing as...
Disposable equipment expenditure
Request to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Christopher Flynn. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
I think that you have the right of it, Mr Baldwin --- at least for the way I originally read the refusal letter. I am sure you are correct to say that...
Let us start with the important part of the story and put the explanation later. The FOI Legal Team was wrong! The decision of 4 January 2017 (https://...
LIES
Request to Therapeutic Goods Administration by Rod Hamblin (Account suspended). Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
I add this annotation to explain why I am about to ask an administrator to block further requests on this page.
The applicant is aggrieved and wants...
I have marked this request today (Friday, 6 January 2017) as still awaiting internal review but this is not exactly true. Unfortunately the only other...
Disposable equipment expenditure
Request to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Christopher Flynn. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
Maybe I am stupid but it is not apparent to me how it would compromise the national security of Australia to disclose the total cost of equipment that...
Hello Ben. I think that you are correct in your analysis of what is meant by a document but I think that you have a much better case if you rely on sec...
The response is more informative and helpful than I expected and it mentions some of the important legal points.
I don't know whether the applicant h...
Why Isnt Desoxyn Available?
Request to Advisory Committee on Prescription Medicines by Mr. Benchmark. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
It is wonderful to be proved wrong by the helpful response of an agency. The agency does not exactly answer the question asked by the applicant but the...
Why Isnt Desoxyn Available?
Request to Advisory Committee on Prescription Medicines by Mr. Benchmark. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
This request will probably be refused because it is a request for an answer to a general question and the Australian Commonwealth Freedom of Informatio...
This request is half-cooked. "Number of gang related gun crime in western Sydney 2005" is not a sentence (!) or an FOI request even if a person broke h...
This request mentions two interesting cases about which I previously did not know; yet, the request will be refused.
The basis for refusal will undou...
Thank you for your note, Mr Cummings. I shall be reading the Civil Aviation Act!