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Michael Cordover

Joined Right to Know in 2013

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This person's Freedom of Information requests (approximately 6)

Documents relating to use of external email services
Response by Prime Minister to Michael Cordover on November 19, 2015.

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Cordover    Please see attached the decision in relation to you Freedom of Information request with the Prime Minister—Refe...
Documents before 8 June 2015 relating to paying people smugglers
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Michael Cordover on August 03, 2015.

Information not held.

Good morning Mr Cordover Thank you for your email of 31 July 2015 below. Whilst the dates of the documents released to you fell outside the dates spe...
Attachment B to LS4944
Request to Australian Electoral Commission by Michael Cordover. Annotated by Michael Cordover on August 04, 2014.

Refused.

The AEC has provided me with a copy of this attachment B as part of the AAT process. A transcript of it is available at http://easycount.mjec.net/files...
Software by which Senate counts are conducted
Request to Australian Electoral Commission by Michael Cordover. Annotated by Michael Cordover on May 06, 2014.

Refused.

I've set up a microsite to host all the documentation associated with this request as it progresses through IC review. All the latest details can be fo...
Policies on media responses to questions about boat arrivals
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Michael Cordover on October 30, 2013.

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 13/10/00365; ADF2013/32869     Dear Mr Cordover,   I refer to your request FA 13/10/00365, received on 4 Oc...
Policies on media responses to questions about boat arrivals
Request to Minister for Home Affairs by Michael Cordover. Annotated by Michael Cordover on October 04, 2013.

Refused.

See departmental request at https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/policies_on_media_responses_to_q

This person's 16 annotations

Applications to register to vote by people under the voting age
Request to Australian Electoral Commission by Anonymous User. Annotated by Michael Cordover on March 17, 2017.

Partially successful.

The Chief Legal Officer is demonstrably wrong about the need for an applicant to provide their identity prior to the request being accepted for process...
Documents & procedures relating to the operation, backup and disaster recovery of the EasyCount Senate software application
Request to Australian Electoral Commission by Sam Silvester. Annotated by Michael Cordover on October 02, 2014.

Partially successful.

It's worth noting that this request was probably deemed refused around 11 September. This means that if IC review is sought that should be initiated by...
FOI14139 Decision
Request to Attorney-General's Department by Ben Fairless. Annotated by Michael Cordover on August 28, 2014.

Successful.

In relation to the interpretation of s 20, in particular by reference to QVFT v DIAC, I think it's important to read that decision carefully. It's clea...
Total Incoming Revenue from "EasyCount"
Request to Australian Electoral Commission by Ben Fairless. Annotated by Michael Cordover on August 14, 2014.

Withdrawn by the requester.

One of the documents I received in relation to AAT 2014/3361 indicates the following revenue from licensing EasyCount: (i) 2005: license to SA Electo...
Attachment B to LS4944
Request to Australian Electoral Commission by Michael Cordover. Annotated by Michael Cordover on August 04, 2014.

Refused.

The AEC has provided me with a copy of this attachment B as part of the AAT process. A transcript of it is available at http://easycount.mjec.net/files...
MyGov Website
Request to Services Australia by Geordie Guy. Annotated by Michael Cordover on July 29, 2014.

Refused.

I would consider asking for further assistance to revise the scope of your request. Specifically: * can you be given a list of files contained in the...
Documents and correspondence in relation to Michael Cordover and Matthew Landauer
Request to Australian Electoral Commission by Alecia Wonsack. Annotated by Michael Cordover on July 21, 2014.

Information not held.

I have sent the following email to Owen Jones today: Dear Mr Jones It has come to my attention that Alecia Wonsack has made an FOI request (LS5106)...
Documents informing the response to Senate Order 330
Request to Australian Electoral Commission by Brendan Molloy. Annotated by Michael Cordover on July 17, 2014.

Information not held.

In relation to the note about s 47F (excluding personal information i.e. names of personnel), it's worth noting the FOI Guidelines at para 6.140 state:...
Attachment B to LS4944
Request to Australian Electoral Commission by Michael Cordover. Annotated by Michael Cordover on June 13, 2014.

Refused.

This request is for the schedule of relevant documents produced for an earlier FOI request: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/software_by_which_se...
Software by which Senate counts are conducted
Request to Australian Electoral Commission by Michael Cordover. Annotated by Michael Cordover on May 06, 2014.

Refused.

I've set up a microsite to host all the documentation associated with this request as it progresses through IC review. All the latest details can be fo...
Software by which Senate counts are conducted
Request to Australian Electoral Commission by Michael Cordover. Annotated by Michael Cordover on March 20, 2014.

Refused.

This matter went for IC review on 5 Feb 2014. Their process is to begin with an informal preliminary assessment and negotiation process. They are see...
Machine readable document from which "LS4883 - file 13/945" is derived
Request to Australian Electoral Commission by Matthew Landauer. Annotated by Michael Cordover on January 13, 2014.

Refused.

With regards to the application of s 20, the AAT decision in QVFT v DIAC http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/cases/cth/AATA/2011/763.html at...
Machine readable document from which "LS4883 - file 13/945" is derived
Request to Australian Electoral Commission by Matthew Landauer. Annotated by Michael Cordover on December 11, 2013.

Refused.

The Cth FOI Act provides in s 20(2) that "subject to subsection (3) and to section 22, where the applicant has requested access in a particular form, a...
Software by which Senate counts are conducted
Request to Australian Electoral Commission by Michael Cordover. Annotated by Michael Cordover on November 26, 2013.

Refused.

Spoke to Owen Jones by telephone today (incidental to an unrelated matter) who indicated this request was under review by an alternate decision maker....
Policies on media responses to questions about boat arrivals
Request to Minister for Home Affairs by Michael Cordover. Annotated by Michael Cordover on October 04, 2013.

Refused.

See departmental request at https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/policies_on_media_responses_to_q
Comments to ABC websites
Request to Australian Broadcasting Corporation by Jason Wilson. Annotated by Michael Cordover on March 16, 2013.

Waiting clarification.

Judith Maude is right that you cannot compel, by FOI, an agency to produce a report of information. You can only compel the production of documents tha...

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