Richard Smith
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This person's Freedom of Information requests (approximately 46)
Documents relating to serious safety incidents at North East Link Eastern Freeway construction site in 2025
Response by Victorian Infrastructure Delivery Authority to Richard Smith on .
OFFICIAL: Sensitive
Dear Mr Smith,
I refer to the below email and note that VIDA has not received the application fee in relation to your FOI request...
Documents relating to serious safety incidents at North East Link Eastern Freeway construction site in 2025
Response by Worksafe Victoria to Richard Smith on .
Confidential
Mr Smith,
Please find attached correspondence in relation to your request pursuant
to the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act)...
Documents relating to efforts & activities undertaken to protect the endangered Abbott's Booby at the Christmas Island Immigration Detention Centre between 2020 and 2025
Response by Australian Border Force to Richard Smith on .
OFFICIAL
Dear Richard SMITH
FOI request FA 25/10/01714
I refer to your FOI request received on 21 October 2025, seeking access to
the fo...
Documents relating to the potential harm to the environment caused by the burying of MRH-90 Taipan army helicopters
Follow up sent to Department of Defence by Richard Smith on .
Dear Freedom of Information Team,
Thank you for your response of 28 May 2025 to my request for Government Information.
I appreciate your confirmati...
OFFICIAL
Dear Richard Smith
Thank you for your email. This request was not received in the Department
of Climate Change, Energy, the Environm...
Documents relating to the potential harm to the environment caused by the burying of MRH-90 Taipan army helicopters
Follow up sent to Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water by Richard Smith on .
Dear FOI Contact Officer,
Thank you for your reply of 3rd April 2025 in regards to my request for government information.
I appreciate the Departme...
Documents related to the proposed involvement of Mastercard in delivering an online age verification system in Australia
Response by Digital Transformation Agency to Richard Smith on .
OFFICIAL
Dear Richard
Please find attached the decision and documents in response to your FOI request.
For your convenience, we have also included a...
Documents related to revenue received by CSIRO from the Great Barrier Reef Foundation's Reef Trust Partnership – Water Quality Improvement Project in the period 1st July 2019 to 30th June 2020
Response by Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation to Richard Smith on .
Dear Mr Smith
On behalf of Kate Maloney, please find attached Decision and Documents in
relation to your request.
Kind regards
Karen
...
Documents related to the decision to host the Australian Space Agency web presence on Department of Industry website
Follow up sent to Department of Industry, Science, Energy & Resources by Richard Smith on .
Dear Sadia,
Thank you for your email of 15 December.
I consent to the department's request for additional time in processing my request.
Merry Ch...
Documents related to the projected cost of the National Careers Institute for the period 2019 - 2022
Response by Minister for Employment to Richard Smith on .
OFFICIAL
Dear Mr Smith
We refer to your below request, received by the Department of Education,
Skills and Employment (DESE) on 24 Novembe...
Documents relating to Inadvertent dealings licences with identifiers ID002 to ID005
Response by Gene Technology Regulator to Richard Smith on .
Dear Richard
Thank you for your kind words. We always strive to provide the best information and so your positive feedback is very much appreciated....
Documents related to invoices issued to Tourism Australia by consulting firm KPMG for the period 2005 - 2007
Follow up sent to Tourism Australia by Richard Smith on .
Dear Mr Craig,
Thank you for your reply of 17 December 2020.
I have reviewed the enclosed Decision Letter and I believe that you have considered an...
I deem a charge of $340 an effective refusal where the requestor has not updated the request in a long time.
Documents relating to the decision making process which resulted in the Department of Home Affair's adopting as it's Vision the phrase "A secure Australia that is prosperous, open and united"
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Richard Smith on .
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Smith
FOI request FA 19/10/01662
I refer to your FOI request received on 25 October 2019, seeking access to
the fol...
Documents related to statistics of visitors entering Australia for the primary purpose of tourism for 2008 to 2018
Response by Tourism Research Australia to Richard Smith on .
Dear Mr Smith
Thank you for replying.
Yours sincerely
Geoff Budd | Manager Legal Services
Legal, Procurement and Fraud
Australian Trade and Investm...
Documents related to gifts from President of United States received by the Prime Minister and his wife while on an official visit to the USA in September 2019
Follow up sent to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet by Richard Smith on .
Dear Ms Green,
RE: FOI/2019/305
Thank you for your reply of 15 November 2019.
I have reviewed the enclosed Decision Letter and the released docum...
Documents related to the exercise of powers under s89K of the Freedom Of Information Act by the OAIC over the period 2015 - 2019
Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Richard Smith on .
Dear Ms McKenna,
Thank you for your reply of 11 November.
It is wonderful that the OAIC can so helpfully and easily point to the information relati...
Documents relating to the analysis of costs and benefits to the Australian economy of criminalising the use of physical currency to conduct economic transactions over $10,000
Response by Department of the Treasury to Richard Smith on .
Dear Mr Smith
We refer to your request to the Department of the Treasury (the Treasury)
for access to the following documents:
a) Docu...
Documents regarding scientific testing of coal seam gas extraction impacts to the Condamine River, Queensland
Request to Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development by Richard Smith. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
The agency wanted money before it processed the request. The applicant did not pay the money. The request is taken to have been withdrawn by the applic...
Documents relating to security breaches of all electronic records held, maintained and overseen by the ADHA
Response by Australian Digital Health Agency to Richard Smith on .
Dear Mr Smith,
Good afternoon. Please see the attached letter from the Australian Digital
Health Agency.
Regards,
FOI Team
FOI...
Documents related to assessments of the operational condition and remaining service life of BassLink cable
Follow up sent to Australian Energy Regulator by Richard Smith on .
Dear Ms Petreski,
Thank you for your letter of 11th of January regarding my request for information.
I have considered the information you have pro...
Documents related to identifying the number of tax exempt Religious Orders and Organisations in Australia in 2018
Response by Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission to Richard Smith on .
Dear Richard
Please see attached:
• My decision made on your FOI request of 14 December 2018;
• the Schedule of Documents for your FOI req...
Documents related to activities undertaken to strengthen ties between Indonesia and Australia in Science, Technology and Engineering
Response by Australia-Indonesia Institute to Richard Smith on .
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Smith,
The Department agrees to extend the consultation period until 14 January 2019.
Yours sincerely,
DFAT FOI Team.
Documents related to statistics of claims covering economic losses from declared terrorist events against Australia (including Australian registered vessels and aircraft) during period 2003 - 2018
Follow up sent to Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation by Richard Smith on .
Dear Mr Park,
Thank you for your reply of 30 November 2018.
I have reviewed the ARPC's response to my request and the information provided.
I bel...
Documents relelating to the multiple failures of Melbourne to Sydney 624 Train Service on 24 Nov 2018
Response by NSW TrainLink to Richard Smith on .
Morning Mr Smith,
Thank you for contacting the Information Access Unit, Transport for NSW.
You can lodge an Access Application under the Government I...
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This response from NBN is fairly juvenile and disingenuous.
In essence they are saying "since you didn't ask for a specific document - and FOI is abo...
Travel Details for Minister Hon Josh Frydenberg MP to Adelaide for period 14th March 2017 to 17th March 2017
Request to Department of the Environment and Energy by Richard Smith. Annotated by Richard Smith on .
A nice gesture from the Department, I am assuming the "personal information" they are referring to are my credit card details.
Not really necessary i...
This response is from the Department is nonsensical. Any document produced & released via a FOI request is by definition, a public document.
The fact...