Mark R. Diamond

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:...

Submission to APS review

Clarification sent to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet by Mark R. Diamond on November 18, 2018.

Withdrawn by the requester.

Thank you for your reply. I withdraw my request. Yours sincerely, Mark R. Diamond

Rates for pension, supplement, energy supplement and thresholds (as indexed)

Response by Services Australia to Mark R. Diamond on September 14, 2018.

Withdrawn by the requester.

Dear Mr Diamond We confirm that we have treated your request as withdrawn as of yesterday. Regards Isabella Employment Law and FOI Branch Legal Ser...

Conduct of the Personal Safety Survey, 2012

Follow up sent to Australian Bureau of Statistics by Mark R. Diamond on September 05, 2017.

Partially successful.

Many thanks to you and your team for your comprehensive response to my recent FOI request for information about the conduct of the Personal Safety S...

NAmes of officers responsible for policy of not sending notices

Follow up sent to Australian Taxation Office by Mark R. Diamond on August 18, 2017.

Long overdue.

Freedom of Information Australian Taxation Office GPO Box 4889 SYDNEY NSW 2001 Something appears to have gone wrong. I was expecting a notice o...

In re open source software and associated costs or donations

Follow up sent to Australian Taxation Office by Mark R. Diamond on August 07, 2017.

Long overdue.

I take it that that is a refusal to deal with my complaint. Yours sincerely, Mark R. Diamond

Hacking Team's malware. Email regarding non-renewal.

Request to Australian Federal Police by Mark R. Diamond. Annotated by Mark R. Diamond on June 23, 2017.

Refused.

This is the text of the follow-up letter to the Information Commissioner regarding my request for IC review. Sunday, 21 May 2017 Office of the Aust...

suRootRemote malicious surveillance software

Response by Australian Federal Police to Mark R. Diamond on May 16, 2017.

Refused.

For-Official-Use-Only Good afternoon Mr Diamond, Please find attached our decision in relation to your Freedom of Information request. Y...

In re: Reason codes

Request to NBN Co Limited by Mark R. Diamond. Annotated by Mark R. Diamond on May 06, 2017.

Withdrawn by the requester.

I have marked this request as having been withdrawn, not because I have withdrawn it, nor because I want to withdraw it. Instead, the operation of sect...

Hacking Team's malware, sold as "offensive security" software . Earlier years.

Response by Australian Federal Police to Mark R. Diamond on May 05, 2017.

Refused.

For-Official-Use-Only Good afternoon Mr Diamond, Please find attached our internal review decision in relation to your Freedom of Information...

Location of FTTN cabinets

Response by NBN Co Limited to Mark R. Diamond on April 07, 2017.

Withdrawn by the requester.

nbn-Confidential: INTERNAL + RESTRICTED ACCESS ONLY Mr Diamond - The time period's expired for the payment of the advance deposit, so your request is d...

Hacking Team's malware, sold as "offensive security" software

Request to Australian Federal Police by Mark R. Diamond. Annotated by Mark R. Diamond on February 09, 2017.

Information not held.

For some of my thoughts about this request and the basis for its refusal, see my comments on the page about Gamma International's FinFisher spyware at...

Reports of evaluations of government policy interventions

Request to Department of Agriculture and Water Resources by Mark R. Diamond. Annotated by Mark R. Diamond on February 07, 2017.

Partially successful.

I've left this request showing as "open" (now "delayed") only because I intend to follow up the suggestions of the FOI officer in the next couple of da...

Reports of evaluations of government policy interventions

Follow up sent to Department of Health by Mark R. Diamond on January 18, 2017.

Successful.

Many thanks for the useful information in your email reply of 10 January 2017. Yours faithfully, Mark R. Diamond

Reports of evaluations of government policy interventions

Follow up sent to Department of Social Services by Mark R. Diamond on January 18, 2017.

Successful.

Many thanks for the useful information in your email reply of 13 January 2017. Yours sincerely, Mark R. Diamond

State of the Service survey data

Request to Australian Public Service Commission by Mark R. Diamond. Annotated by Mark R. Diamond on December 09, 2016.

Successful.

The information about the background to the survey and its release on data.gov.au was interesting and helpful. As a point of verification, it is worth...

Comments about Freedom of Information made by Mr Michael Parkinson

Follow up sent to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet by Mark R. Diamond on May 21, 2016.

Successful.

Thank you for the information regarding Dr Parkinson's comments about the Freedom of Information Act. Please treat the matter as closed. Yours fai...

Comments purportedly made by Commissioner John Lloyd

Follow up sent to Australian Public Service Commission by Mark R. Diamond on May 17, 2016.

Successful.

Thank you very much for the prompt and clear reply. You can certainly treat the application as closed. Kind regards, Mark Diamond

Tobacco Tracing Surveys completed since February 2009

Response by Cancer Institute NSW to Mark R. Diamond on December 09, 2015.

Successful.

Dear Mr Diamond In response to your request below, please find attached a copy of the Cancer Institute NSW Tobacco Tracking Surveys, in Excel fo...

Cost of legal advice in 2011

Follow up sent to Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority by Mark R. Diamond on September 12, 2015.

Partially successful.

Many thanks for the information in your email of 27 August 2015. Yours sincerely, Mark R. Diamond

Copyright in My School website content

Response by Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority to Mark R. Diamond on June 11, 2015.

Refused.

Senate Estimates brief for Secretary Halton

Response by Department of Finance to Mark R. Diamond on January 20, 2015.

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Hi Mark The document released to you was the only relevant document within the scope of your request. Regards, Chak FOI Officer Corp...

Request for correspondence relating to terms of use of My School

Request to Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority by Mark R. Diamond. Annotated by Mark R. Diamond on January 13, 2015.

Successful.

The documents are interesting primarily for what they do not contain, rather than what they do ... by which I most definitely do not mean to imply that...

Request for submissions on the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act

Request to Department of Finance by Mark R. Diamond. Annotated by Mark R. Diamond on November 26, 2014.

Successful.

Thank you to Ben Fairless for having zipped the submissions and linked them to this request.

Default copyright position on departmental web documents

Follow up sent to Department of Industry, Science, Energy & Resources by Mark R. Diamond on November 25, 2014.

Successful.

FOI Coordinator Legal Branch GPO Box 9839 CANBERRA ACT 2601 Default copyright position on departmental web documents -------------------------...

Submission to APS review

Request to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet by Mark R. Diamond. Annotated by Mark R. Diamond on November 08, 2018.

Withdrawn by the requester.

@Julie. Thank you for the suggestion, and I agree that it might be quicker. However, a direct approach would not cause the submission to be publicly av...

ATO IT outages Feb 2016=7

Request to Australian Taxation Office by William Shakespeare. Annotated by Mark R. Diamond on August 06, 2017.

Refused.

The latest reply from the ATO says, "On 23 June 2017, you were issued a notice of intention to refuse your FOI request as a ‘practical refusal reason’...

ATO public servant comments on internal discussion boards

Request to Australian Taxation Office by Doris Day. Annotated by Mark R. Diamond on August 06, 2017.

Refused.

Yet another example of an ATO officer failing to do their duty according to law. Instead of sending the applicant a decision notice, the ATO has sent a...

Correspondence relating to 'righttoknow.org.au'

Request to Australian Taxation Office by Peter Tonoli. Annotated by Mark R. Diamond on August 06, 2017.

Refused.

Yet another example of ATO officers not doing their duty according to law. A notice (possibly a correctly formed decision notice, but possibly not) has...

Failure of ICT systems

Request to Australian Taxation Office by Ben Fairless. Annotated by Mark R. Diamond on August 06, 2017.

Awaiting internal review.

The latest reply from the ATO says, "On 23 June 2017, you were issued a notice of intention to refuse your FOI request as a ‘practical refusal reason’...

Advice pertaining to refusal to process FOI requests received via righttoknow.org.au

Request to Australian Taxation Office by Mark Newton. Annotated by Mark R. Diamond on July 22, 2017.

Successful.

Again, I think that you have misunderstood. The information might be released onto a website and published on their disclosure log and their is a clear...

Advice pertaining to refusal to process FOI requests received via righttoknow.org.au

Request to Australian Taxation Office by Mark Newton. Annotated by Mark R. Diamond on July 21, 2017.

Successful.

I think you missed the point. Complaint were made; the OAIC recommended that the ATO resume processing requests from Right to Know, and now the ATO hav...

ATO purported manipulation of phone system performance statistics

Request to Australian Taxation Office by Ato Nduvho. Annotated by Mark R. Diamond on July 20, 2017.

Awaiting internal review.