Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

Part of the Attorney-General portfolio and a Federal authority, also called OAIC

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has three sets of functions. They are: freedom of information functions, in particular, oversight of the operation of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 and review of decisions made by agencies and ministers under that Act. - privacy functions, conferred by the Privacy Act 1988 and other laws - government information policy functions, conferred on the Australian Information Commissioner under theAustralian Information Commissioner Act 2010.

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s 54W decline review recommendation letters
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Verity Pane. Annotated by Verity Pane on .

Long overdue.

Ic review
Copy of Commissioner Briefs
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Julie. Annotated by Julie on .

Long overdue.

IC review
Code of Conduct Reviews
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Julie. Annotated by Julie on .

Long overdue.

A significant lack of transparency from the OAIC given the non-identified information in scope could not reasonably be made identifiable. Sent for revi...
Staffing FOI Department
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Lucy Lovich on .

Awaiting classification.

Good afternoon,   Please find attached decision, schedule and documents in relation to your request FOIREQ22/00171.   Regards,     [1]O...
Purpose of s 15AC extensions of time
Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Julie on .

Long overdue.

Unfortunately as you did not address the context of my questions which was on the OAIC retrospectively approving substituting decisions made years a...
s 70 complaints made under the FOI Act about Veterans Affairs
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Julie. Annotated by Julie on .

Long overdue.

On 1 July I asked the OAIC "Has the OAIC received over 100 foi complaints about any other foi agency? I'm just trying to gauge how much of an outlier t...
s 55G substitions
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Julie on .

Long overdue.

OFFICIAL: Sensitive Dear Julie,   Please find attached a Decision in the matter of FOIREQ22/00113.     Best Regards Mark   [1]O A I C...
Post-employment policy
Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Julie on .

Long overdue.

The scope of my FOI was for any restriction on OAIC employees immediately working, post-seperation, for FOI/APP entities they made decisions about....
Contraventions of the FOI Act by PM&C
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to L Cameron on .

Awaiting classification.

Dear Cameron L,   I refer to your request for access to documents made under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (the FOI Act) and received...
s 55G FOI substitutions while decision under IC Review
Request sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Verity Pane on .

Long overdue.

Can you explain to me why the OAIC will contact an individual who has made an IC Review on an FOI decision, to ask them if they want to withdraw the...
Wait Times for a Decision by the IC
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Sun Shine on .

Awaiting classification.

This is the mail system at host righttoknow.org.au. I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not be delivered to one or more recipients...
Documents relating to OAIC position paper relating to "disclosure of public servants names and contact details in response to FOI requests"
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to John Doe on .

Awaiting classification.

Dear John Doe,   Please find attached correspondence in relation to your FOI request.   Kind regards   [1][IMG]   Joseph Gouvatsos | Lawyer...
Agreement That Involves Storage of Radioactive Waste at ARPANSA's building in Yallambie
Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Sun Shine on .

Long overdue.

It's fast approaching two years and I still have no indication that the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has done anything to addre...
ARPANSA Project to Expand Radioactive Waste Store in Yallambie, VIC in 2018
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Sun Shine on .

Long overdue.

Dear Anonymous, I refer to your above application for IC review. This matter is still awaiting allocation. Please be advised that the OAIC does not...
Documents relating to DVA FOI 24434 / OAIC RQ18/02960 and any communication between Carl English and the DVA related to my FOIs
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Julie. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .

Long overdue.

We have hidden the most recent response as the OAIC have claimed that the response was sent in error.
RESOLVE Case Reports for CP18/02632 & MR18/00607
Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Verity Pane on .

Long overdue.

I am not aware I gave consent for a change of address for notices, and given Right to Know is where the request was made, the address for notices wo...
Extension of Time Applications - s 15AB - Complex or Voluminous
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Verity Pane. Annotated by Verity Pane on .

Long overdue.

The subsequent FOI the OAIC forced me to put in, after unethically and unlawfully redacting relevant information for which no consent was given to reda...
FOIREQ16/00021 - Privacy Complaint Statistics - Commonwealth Department of Veterans' Affairs
Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Mr Knowles (Account suspended) on .

Long overdue.

To clarify, the spreadsheet attached to my FOI request was a comprehension aid only (to help understand what I was looking for, as obviously it can...
Notice of Appeal
Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Ben Fairless on .

Long overdue.

Happy to withdraw the Telstra part of my request. Yours sincerely, Ben Fairless
Request review of the denial for Nomination documents for Terry Romaro's Order of Australia Medal
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Andrew Laughton on .

Waiting clarification.

Our reference: MR13/00146       Mr Andrew Laughton Right to Know By email: [1][FOI #98 email]       Dear Mr Laughton Your applica...

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