Cases from Member Hugh Sanderson involving China’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic
Dear Administrative Appeals Tribunal,
From 16 October 2019 to 16 October 2020 (inclusive), how many Tribunal cases involved Tribunal Member Hugh Sanderson considering how effective the Chinese authorities were in being able to control the spread of the COVID-19 virus in China and ensure all Chinese citizens received appropriate medical treatment?
Yours faithfully,
Anonymous
OFFICIAL
Dear Thomas,
Please find attached FOI acknowledgement letter relating to your FOI request received 16 October 2024.
Please contact [email address] if you have any questions.
Kind regards,
Jodie C
Senior Information Access Officer and Privacy Officer
Administrative Review Tribunal
E [email address]
P 07 3052 3000
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OFFICIAL
Dear Thomas,
I have liaised with the Tribunal's Data, Performance and Insights team regarding your FOI request.
They have informed me that they do not hold any readily available data for cases profiled in the manner in which you have described. They have said that they may be able to provide for you a count of cases decided by the Member for the period where the Country of reference was China, however they cannot narrow it down to just those where COVID-19 virus conditions were considered without manually reviewing each decision which may constitute an unreasonable diversion of resources.
Could you please reply whether you agree to the revision of the scope of your request to be 'a count of cases decided by Tribunal Member Hugh Sanderson'? Alternatively, if you would like to withdraw your request please reply in writing that you withdraw your request.
If you have any questions about this, please do not hesitate to contact me on the below details. Otherwise, I look forward to your response as soon as possible.
Kind regards,
Jodie C
Senior Information Access Officer
Administrative Review Tribunal
E [email address]
P 07 3052 3000
www.art.gov.au
Dear FOI Officer,
I would like to narrow down the request as follows:
Number of cases decided by the Member for the period where the Country of reference was China.
Yours sincerely,
Thomas
OFFICIAL
Dear Thomas,
Thank you for your reply email.
I have relayed your revised FOI request to the Tribunal's Data,
Performance and Insights team. Given that the decision for your FOI
request is due on 15 November 2024 to enable me to process your revised
request I would be grateful if you could you please agree to an extension
of time.
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of time by way of return email as soon as possible.
Kind regards,
Jodie C
Senior Information Access Officer and Privacy Officer
Administrative Review Tribunal
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Dear Jodie,
Thank you for your response.
Yes, it's OK to extend the due date for FOI materials by 25/11/2024. If you do need more time, I would be pleased to allow more extension until 02/12/2024.
Yours sincerely,
Thomas
OFFICIAL
Dear Thomas,
Thank you for your prompt reply.
I accept the extra time and extension until 02/12/2024; this is greatly appreciated. I will of course endeavour to provide a decision on this FOI request before this date.
Kind regards,
Jodie C
Senior Information Access Officer and Privacy Officer (acting)
Administrative Review Tribunal
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