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 17)
List of information requests to the department
Request to NT Department of the Attorney-General and Justice by Luke Bacon. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
I like the irony of this request. It reminds me that on my last holiday I heard the expression, "The Territory is another country". Now I think I under...
Claims made by Public Service Commissioner in relation to protracted bargaining and workplace morale
I am the person responsible for marking this request with "Successful" but I did this with reluctance. In the response to Ato Nduvho's request, Ms Motb...
I am very pleased to hear that the Attorney General's Department stopped asking Mr Molloy for the balance of $140 but I am not sure that this means wha...
It might have been easier if the applicant had just said that he was willing to give the agency an extension of 14 days to process the application. The...
First we must ask what the applicant means when he says "the absolute head of power". I do not know what his intention is when he says "absolute" but I...
The applicant has later made two almost identical new requests to the same agency for this material. It was necessary because the applicant received a...
Birth Registration Certificates
Request to Queensland Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages by mitch103. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
In the preamble for the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld), it says in section 2, "The Government is proposing a new approach to access to information...
Clarification of Terminology in the Police Oath of Office
Request to Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General by mitch103. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
The request was refused because it did not comply with the law in Queensland and because the applicant did not try to make it comply after the agency s...
The applicant is required to pay a fee because this is the law in South Australia. Until the fee is paid, the application under the Freedom of Informat...
The applicant has made an error. He would like to avoid the search-and-copy costs associated with requesting a court transcript by making his request f...
LIES
Request to Therapeutic Goods Administration by Rod Hamblin (Account suspended). Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
I understand the frustration of the applicant, But what will it cost to send the letter that I have already written? I think the expression in English...
I have looked at the website that the applicant mentions in his final email. I have also read the decision letter from the Department of Foreign Affair...
LIES
Request to Therapeutic Goods Administration by Rod Hamblin (Account suspended). Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
Mr Hamblin: Luke Bacon has shamed me (https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/lies#comment-1413 ) for my quick criticism (https://www.righttoknow.org.au...
Mr Monceaux, I have been doing some small research. The reason the link is broken is because it references a main url for a department called "Innovati...
One more time the FOI Team at the Australian Taxation Office have decided that some parts of the FOI Act, for example ss 15(2)(c) and 15(2A)(c) do not...
Mr Monceaux, there is of course nothing wrong with you asking for confirmation from Geosciences Australia to tell you that they received your email, bu...
Why has it taken police over 6 years to prosecute Jeffrie Nirens for fraud
Request to Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity by Damaged goods. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
Unfortunately there is no part of this reuest that is a valid request under the Freedom of Information law in Australia. The Commonwealth FOI Act only...
It is correct to say that this is a request for information but I think that it is in the scope of the FOI Act. Information about employees is (I think...
This is a very interesting request for two reasons. One reason is troubling to a reasonable person. The council appears to refuse to deal with Right to...
How to classify the result of this request? I have decided to say that the information was provided. This is a problem because the information was not...
Birth Registration Certificates
Request to Queensland Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages by mitch103. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
I am surprised that the agency have insisted that the applicant is to make a formal request under freedom of information legislation. The applicant's q...
I have classified this request to say "Some of the information has been received." In fact, it is a little bit difficult to clasify because the applica...
LIES
Request to Therapeutic Goods Administration by Rod Hamblin (Account suspended). Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
This is not an FOI request; it is only a rhetorical question and an implied insult. If Mr Hamblin wants to write to the Therapeutic Goods Administratio...
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Request to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet by James Smith. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
Nice! If I had a Twitter account I would tweet this application.