Amounts Paid To Mainstream Media Including Channel 9,Channel 10, Channel 7, ABC To Propagandise Covid Vaccines
Dear Department of Finance,
I Seek Document/s Computer generated of other showing the exact amounts paid to Mainstream Media Organisations including Channels, 9, 10, 7, the ABC, all radio stations and any I may have missed for propagandising the Covid 19 vaccines, including Pfizer, Moderna, Astra Zeneca and any other.
I trust your office will honour my request
Yours faithfully,
Ken McLeod
Thank you for your email, which has been forwarded to the Department’s FOI
Team for their consideration. A member of the FOI Team will respond to
your email in the next couple of days.
Kind regards
FOI Coordinator
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Dear Ken
Freedom of Information Request – FOI 22/03
Thank you for your email to the Department of Finance (Finance) requesting
access to the following under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI
Act):
Document/s Computer generated of other showing the exact amounts paid to
Mainstream Media Organisations including Channels, 9, 10, 7, the ABC, all
radio stations and any I may have missed for propagandising the Covid 19
vaccines, including Pfizer, Moderna, Astra Zeneca and any other.
We have taken your FOI request to be for:
Documents showing exact payments made to media organisations including
(but not limited to) Channels, 9, 10, 7, the ABC, for advertising the
Covid-19 vaccines.
Please let the FOI team know if this accurately captures the information
you are seeking to access.
Your request was received by Finance on 19 January 2022. The statutory
period for processing your request commences from the day after Finance
received your request and a decision is due on 18 February 2021.
Publically available information
Finance has publically available information which relates to your request
[1]here (please refer to page 11). We note that this information captures
Covid-19 expenditure for vaccines at an aggregate level (i.e. TV, radio,
press, digital etc.).
Please let us know, in writing, whether this is the information you are
seeking, and if so, whether you wish to withdraw your FOI request. We are
seeking a response by Friday 28 January 2022.
If you wish to proceed with your request, please see further information
below.
Liability to pay a charge
You will be notified of any charges in relation to your request as soon as
possible, before we process any requested documents or impose a final
charge.
Publication
As required by the FOI Act, any documents provided to you under the FOI
Act will be published on our [2]disclosure log, unless an exemption
applies or the documents are characterised as containing personal
information. Documents will be published within one working day after they
are released to you.
Policy to exclude junior officer contact details and signatures
Finance has adopted a policy to generally exclude from any documents
released under FOI, the names and contact details of junior staff (non-SES
officers) and staff employed under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act
1984 (adviser level and below). Finance has also adopted a policy to
exclude signatures from any documents released under FOI (unless publicly
available). Finance’s preference is to reach agreement with FOI applicants
to exclude these details from the scope of the request. Where there is no
objection, the names and contact details of junior officers, as well as
any signatures appearing in identified documents, will be redacted under
section 22 of the FOI Act on the basis that these details are irrelevant
to the request.
If you would like to discuss your request please contact the FOI Team by
return email.
Kind Regards,
FOI Officer | Legal and Assurance Branch
Business Enabling Services
Department of Finance
E: [3][Finance request email]
A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ken McLeod <[4][FOI #8328 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 19 January 2022 12:34 PM
To: FOI Requests <[5][email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Amounts Paid To Mainstream Media
Including Channel 9,Channel 10, Channel 7, ABC To Propagandise Covid
Vaccines
Dear Department of Finance,
I Seek Document/s Computer generated of other showing the exact amounts
paid to Mainstream Media Organisations including Channels, 9, 10, 7, the
ABC, all radio stations and any I may have missed for propagandising the
Covid 19 vaccines, including Pfizer, Moderna, Astra Zeneca and any other.
I trust your office will honour my request Yours faithfully, Ken McLeod
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Dear Ken
I refer to our correspondence to you below in relation to your FOI request
(FOI 22/3) received by the Department of Finance (Finance) on 19 January
2022.
I note that Finance provided you with publicly accessible information
regarding advertising expenditure for Covid-19 vaccines. We would be
grateful if you could confirm whether this is the information you are
seeking to access, and if so, whether you wish to withdraw your FOI
request by Friday 4 February 2022 please.
If you wish to proceed with your FOI request, kindly clarify whether the
following terms of the request accurately capture the documents you are
seeking to access:
Documents showing exact payments made to mainstream media organisations
including (but not limited to) Channels, 9, 10, 7, the ABC and radio
stations for advertising the Covid-19 vaccines.
We are seeking a response by 4 February 2022 please.
Please contact the FOI team should you wish to discuss.
Regards
FOI Officer | Legal and Assurance Branch
Business Enabling Services
Department of Finance
E: [1][Finance request email]
A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603
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_____________________________________________
From: FOI Requests <[email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, 25 January 2022 3:05 PM
To: [FOI #8328 email]
Cc: FOI Requests <[email address]>
Subject: FOI 22/03 - Acknowledgement and publically available information
[SEC=OFFICIAL]
SEC=OFFICIAL
Dear Ken
Freedom of Information Request – FOI 22/03
Thank you for your email to the Department of Finance (Finance) requesting
access to the following under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI
Act):
Document/s Computer generated of other showing the exact amounts paid to
Mainstream Media Organisations including Channels, 9, 10, 7, the ABC, all
radio stations and any I may have missed for propagandising the Covid 19
vaccines, including Pfizer, Moderna, Astra Zeneca and any other.
We have taken your FOI request to be for:
Documents showing exact payments made to media organisations including
(but not limited to) Channels, 9, 10, 7, the ABC, for advertising the
Covid-19 vaccines.
Please let the FOI team know if this accurately captures the information
you are seeking to access.
Your request was received by Finance on 19 January 2022. The statutory
period for processing your request commences from the day after Finance
received your request and a decision is due on 18 February 2021.
Publically available information
Finance has publically available information which relates to your request
[2]here (please refer to page 11). We note that this information captures
Covid-19 expenditure for vaccines at an aggregate level (i.e. TV, radio,
press, digital etc.).
Please let us know, in writing, whether this is the information you are
seeking, and if so, whether you wish to withdraw your FOI request. We are
seeking a response by Friday 28 January 2022.
If you wish to proceed with your request, please see further information
below.
Liability to pay a charge
You will be notified of any charges in relation to your request as soon as
possible, before we process any requested documents or impose a final
charge.
Publication
As required by the FOI Act, any documents provided to you under the FOI
Act will be published on our [3]disclosure log, unless an exemption
applies or the documents are characterised as containing personal
information. Documents will be published within one working day after they
are released to you.
Policy to exclude junior officer contact details and signatures
Finance has adopted a policy to generally exclude from any documents
released under FOI, the names and contact details of junior staff (non-SES
officers) and staff employed under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act
1984 (adviser level and below). Finance has also adopted a policy to
exclude signatures from any documents released under FOI (unless publicly
available). Finance’s preference is to reach agreement with FOI applicants
to exclude these details from the scope of the request. Where there is no
objection, the names and contact details of junior officers, as well as
any signatures appearing in identified documents, will be redacted under
section 22 of the FOI Act on the basis that these details are irrelevant
to the request.
If you would like to discuss your request please contact the FOI Team by
return email.
Kind Regards,
FOI Officer | Legal and Assurance Branch
Business Enabling Services
Department of Finance
E: [4][Finance request email]
A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ken McLeod <[5][FOI #8328 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 19 January 2022 12:34 PM
To: FOI Requests <[6][email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Amounts Paid To Mainstream Media
Including Channel 9,Channel 10, Channel 7, ABC To Propagandise Covid
Vaccines
Dear Department of Finance,
I Seek Document/s Computer generated of other showing the exact amounts
paid to Mainstream Media Organisations including Channels, 9, 10, 7, the
ABC, all radio stations and any I may have missed for propagandising the
Covid 19 vaccines, including Pfizer, Moderna, Astra Zeneca and any other.
I trust your office will honour my request Yours faithfully, Ken McLeod
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Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[7][FOI #8328 email]
Is [8][Finance request email] the wrong address for Freedom of Information
requests to Department of Finance? If so, please contact us using this
form:
[9]https://www.righttoknow.org.au/change_re...
This request has been made by an individual using Right to Know. This
message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet.
More information on how Right to Know works can be found at:
[10]https://www.righttoknow.org.au/help/offi...
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Dear FOI Requests,
Thank you for your time and attention.The link you gave was broken it said page not found. After some frustration I have found the information you referred to. I therefore withdraw my foi application.
Yours sincerely,
Ken McLeod
Thank you for your email, which has been forwarded to the Department’s FOI
Team for their consideration. A member of the FOI Team will respond to
your email in the next couple of days.
Kind regards
FOI Coordinator
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Thank you for your response Ken - we apologise for the inconvenience. We confirm that the matter is now withdrawn.
Kind regards
Helen
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ken McLeod <[FOI #8328 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 3 February 2022 10:56 AM
To: FOI Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Re: FOI 22/03 - seeking response by 4 February 2022 [SEC=OFFICIAL]
Dear FOI Requests,
Thank you for your time and attention.The link you gave was broken it said page not found. After some frustration I have found the information you referred to. I therefore withdraw my foi application.
Yours sincerely,
Ken McLeod
-----Original Message-----
SEC=OFFICIAL
Dear Ken
I refer to our correspondence to you below in relation to your FOI request
(FOI 22/3) received by the Department of Finance (Finance) on 19 January
2022.
I note that Finance provided you with publicly accessible information
regarding advertising expenditure for Covid-19 vaccines. We would be
grateful if you could confirm whether this is the information you are
seeking to access, and if so, whether you wish to withdraw your FOI
request by Friday 4 February 2022 please.
If you wish to proceed with your FOI request, kindly clarify whether the
following terms of the request accurately capture the documents you are
seeking to access:
Documents showing exact payments made to mainstream media organisations
including (but not limited to) Channels, 9, 10, 7, the ABC and radio
stations for advertising the Covid-19 vaccines.
We are seeking a response by 4 February 2022 please.
Please contact the FOI team should you wish to discuss.
Regards
FOI Officer | Legal and Assurance Branch
Business Enabling Services
Department of Finance
E: [1][Finance request email]
A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603
SEC=OFFICIAL
_____________________________________________
From: FOI Requests <[email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, 25 January 2022 3:05 PM
To: [FOI #8328 email]
Cc: FOI Requests <[email address]>
Subject: FOI 22/03 - Acknowledgement and publically available information
[SEC=OFFICIAL]
SEC=OFFICIAL
Dear Ken
Freedom of Information Request – FOI 22/03
Thank you for your email to the Department of Finance (Finance) requesting
access to the following under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI
Act):
Document/s Computer generated of other showing the exact amounts paid to
Mainstream Media Organisations including Channels, 9, 10, 7, the ABC, all
radio stations and any I may have missed for propagandising the Covid 19
vaccines, including Pfizer, Moderna, Astra Zeneca and any other.
We have taken your FOI request to be for:
Documents showing exact payments made to media organisations including
(but not limited to) Channels, 9, 10, 7, the ABC, for advertising the
Covid-19 vaccines.
Please let the FOI team know if this accurately captures the information
you are seeking to access.
Your request was received by Finance on 19 January 2022. The statutory
period for processing your request commences from the day after Finance
received your request and a decision is due on 18 February 2021.
Publically available information
Finance has publically available information which relates to your request
[2]here (please refer to page 11). We note that this information captures
Covid-19 expenditure for vaccines at an aggregate level (i.e. TV, radio,
press, digital etc.).
Please let us know, in writing, whether this is the information you are
seeking, and if so, whether you wish to withdraw your FOI request. We are
seeking a response by Friday 28 January 2022.
If you wish to proceed with your request, please see further information
below.
Liability to pay a charge
You will be notified of any charges in relation to your request as soon as
possible, before we process any requested documents or impose a final
charge.
Publication
As required by the FOI Act, any documents provided to you under the FOI
Act will be published on our [3]disclosure log, unless an exemption
applies or the documents are characterised as containing personal
information. Documents will be published within one working day after they
are released to you.
Policy to exclude junior officer contact details and signatures
Finance has adopted a policy to generally exclude from any documents
released under FOI, the names and contact details of junior staff (non-SES
officers) and staff employed under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act
1984 (adviser level and below). Finance has also adopted a policy to
exclude signatures from any documents released under FOI (unless publicly
available). Finance’s preference is to reach agreement with FOI applicants
to exclude these details from the scope of the request. Where there is no
objection, the names and contact details of junior officers, as well as
any signatures appearing in identified documents, will be redacted under
section 22 of the FOI Act on the basis that these details are irrelevant
to the request.
If you would like to discuss your request please contact the FOI Team by
return email.
Kind Regards,
FOI Officer | Legal and Assurance Branch
Business Enabling Services
Department of Finance
E: [4][Finance request email]
A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603
SEC=OFFICIAL
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