Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority
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Dear Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority,
CEO ASADA David Sharpe stated in the media that he had reviewed a number of cases that had come before ASADA, including the Essendon and Cronulla supplements cases, which had occurred before he commenced his role as CEO ASADA.
He also recently stated:
'Its automatically a process of ours that we will review [every case],"
"We've seen a lot of high-profile cases, do we sit there and say we got them right? No. We sit there and say what can we do better. What can we do if this happens next time."
I request access to those reviews and all information gathered/provided by other parties that facilitated the reviews of the Essendon and/or the Cronulla supplement cases. Specifically, any information might be, but is not limited to, the following:
a). ministerial briefings,
b). talking points,
c). terms of reference for the review,
c). who signed off on the review (if it was done would have to be a senior executive officer),
d). general counsel advice,
e). advice sought from the Solicitor General,
f). minutes of interdepartmental committees,
g). minutes of meeting in relation to the review,
h). case officer notes pertaining to the review,
i). implementation program of the review,
j). what internal changes were made as a result of the review.
Yours faithfully,
Philip Nelson
Dear Mr Nelson,
Our reference ASADA FOI 19-34
We refer to your request for access to documents under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), received by ASADA on 11 November 2019 for
the following:
“CEO ASADA David Sharpe stated in the media that he had reviewed a number
of cases that had come before ASADA, including the Essendon and Cronulla
supplements cases, which had occurred before he commenced his role as CEO
ASADA.
He also recently stated:
'Its automatically a process of ours that we will review [every case],"
"We've seen a lot of high-profile cases, do we sit there and say we got
them right? No. We sit there and say what can we do better. What can we do
if this happens next time."
I request access to those reviews and all information gathered/provided by
other parties that facilitated the reviews of the Essendon and/or the
Cronulla supplement cases. Specifically, any information might be, but is
not limited to, the following:
a). ministerial briefings,
b). talking points,
c). terms of reference for the review,
c). who signed off on the review (if it was done would have to be a senior
executive officer), d). general counsel advice, e). advice sought from the
Solicitor General, f). minutes of interdepartmental committees, g).
minutes of meeting in relation to the review, h). case officer notes
pertaining to the review, i). implementation program of the review, j).
what internal changes were made as a result of the review.”
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Regards,
Sally Cook
Lawyer
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority
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Dear Mr Nelson,
Please see attached decision letter and associated document in relation to
FOI 19-34.
Please contact me if you have any queries.
Regards,
Sally Cook
Lawyer
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority
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Philip Nelson left an annotation ()
Hi,
1. There was a delivery error on Page 3 of the decision response letter(pdf and download versions), Can this be rectified please?
2. There is confirmation of an annexure page attached to the decision response letter which was not provided, Can this be rectified please?
Regards
Philip Nelson
Ben Fairless left an annotation ()
Hello,
I'm one of the workers who look after Right to Know.
Firstly, I want to apologise that it's taken us so long to look at the error you've reported.
I've set the status on this message to "Waiting Clarification". This should prompt you to send a reply to the authority asking for them to resend the documents. I would suggest asking for the documents related to "FOI 19-34" be resent.
If you have any questions feel free to add a note below.
Thanks,
Ben - OpenAustralia Foundation
Philip Nelson left an annotation ()
I am seeking access under the FOI Act.