Administrative Circular 0044 - Hutt River Province
Ben Fairless made this Freedom of Information request to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
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Dear Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade,
I request, under the Freedom of Information Act, access to Administrative Circular P0044 which was issued in respect of the "Hutt River Province".
If it helps, the above document is mentioned several times in files contained at the below address:
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/2...
Yours faithfully,
Ben Fairless
Our Ref: 1401-F748
Dear Mr Fairless
Re: Freedom of Information (FOI) Request
Thank you for your email dated 30 January 2014 in which you seek access under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 to:
“access to Administrative Circular P0044 which was issued in respect of the Hutt River Province.”
Searches are now being undertaken in relevant areas of the Department for documents relevant to your request. I will contact you again once the searches have been completed.
Timing of release:
As the subject matter of your request will require DFAT to upload any documents released to you to the Department’s FOI Disclosure Log, I take this opportunity to advise you that the Department’s policy is to upload released documents within one business day of your receipt of the documents.
Should you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me on (02) 6261 1701, or by return email.
Please note a copy of this email has been sent to Ms Elizabeth Toohey, A/g Director, Freedom of Information and Privacy Law Section, Domestic Legal Branch for her information.
Yours sincerely
Lindy Judge
Executive Officer– FOI and Privacy Law Section
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
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Corporate Legal Branch E | [email address]
Legal Division T | +61 2 6261 1701
-----Original Message-----
From: B Fairless [mailto:[FOI #512 email]]
Sent: Thursday, 30 January 2014 2:07 AM
To: FOI
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Administrative Circular 0044 - Hutt River Province
Dear Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade,
I request, under the Freedom of Information Act, access to Administrative Circular P0044 which was issued in respect of the "Hutt River Province".
If it helps, the above document is mentioned several times in files contained at the below address:
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/2...
Yours faithfully,
Ben Fairless
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Dear Mr Fairless,
I refer our email to you on the 31 January 2014 regarding your request for:
“access to Administrative Circular P0044 which was issued in respect of the Hutt River Province.”
I am pleased to advise that the aforementioned document can be found in our disclosure log number 13/10648. The page is marked in the top right corner as page 72.
http://dfat.gov.au/foi/disclosure-log.ht.... It is in the format of a cable and can be found specifically in - 'Cables from 1984-2007 on 'Hutt River Province' - part two [PDF 1.4 MB]'
Given the document was released in an earlier FOI request we consider your FOI request to be withdrawn.
regards,
Lindy Judge
Executive Officer– FOI and Privacy Law Section Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade ____________________________________________________________________
Corporate Legal Branch E | [email address]
Legal Division T | +61 2 6261 1701
-----Original Message-----
From: Judge, Lindy On Behalf Of FOI
Sent: Friday, 31 January 2014 10:41 AM
To: 'B Fairless'
Cc: Toohey, Elizabeth
Subject: Fairless - Administrative Circular 0044 - Hutt River Province, E mail acknowledgement of FOI request [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Our Ref: 1401-F748
Dear Mr Fairless
Re: Freedom of Information (FOI) Request
Thank you for your email dated 30 January 2014 in which you seek access under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 to:
“access to Administrative Circular P0044 which was issued in respect of the Hutt River Province.”
Searches are now being undertaken in relevant areas of the Department for documents relevant to your request. I will contact you again once the searches have been completed.
Timing of release:
As the subject matter of your request will require DFAT to upload any documents released to you to the Department’s FOI Disclosure Log, I take this opportunity to advise you that the Department’s policy is to upload released documents within one business day of your receipt of the documents.
Should you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me on (02) 6261 1701, or by return email.
Please note a copy of this email has been sent to Ms Elizabeth Toohey, A/g Director, Freedom of Information and Privacy Law Section, Domestic Legal Branch for her information.
Yours sincerely
Lindy Judge
Executive Officer– FOI and Privacy Law Section Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade ____________________________________________________________________
Corporate Legal Branch E | [email address]
Legal Division T | +61 2 6261 1701
-----Original Message-----
From: B Fairless [mailto:[FOI #512 email]]
Sent: Thursday, 30 January 2014 2:07 AM
To: FOI
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Administrative Circular 0044 - Hutt River Province
Dear Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade,
I request, under the Freedom of Information Act, access to Administrative Circular P0044 which was issued in respect of the "Hutt River Province".
If it helps, the above document is mentioned several times in files contained at the below address:
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/2...
Yours faithfully,
Ben Fairless
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[FOI #512 email]
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Ben Garrett left an annotation ()
Dear Ben Fairless,
Hi I made a FOI request on Hutt River, I find it quite an interesting part of Australia's history could you please explain or expand on as to why you wanted to find the information you requested?
Regards
Ben Garrett
Ben Fairless left an annotation ()
Hi Ben G,
I'm interested in this odd part of Australian politics. It's good to see the government has explained the status of hurt river so carefully.
Alex Sadleir left an annotation ()
Administrative Circular 0044 is pages 8 and 9 in http://dfat.gov.au/foi/downloads/dfat-fo...