Copy of Labour agreement between DIAC and Australia Western Railroad 2012

Michael Mc Carthy made this Freedom of Information request to Department of Home Affairs

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Michael Mc Carthy

Dear Department of Immigration and Citizenship,

We have requested a copy of the abovementioned labour agreement from my employer, as well as the immigration agent. They are refusing to supply me with a copy, alternatively the reference number of the agreement, and I believe I and my fellow employees are entitled to it.

UNCLASSIFIED

Our references: FA 13/08/00301; ADF2013/25068 and FA 13/08/00863;
ADF2013/26938

 

 

Dear Mr McCarthy

 

I am writing to you about your two FOI requests submitted on the same day
(1 August 2013) for the same document, via the Right to Know website.

 

On 1 August 2013 at 7.18 pm you submitted an FOI request via this email
address: [1][email address] (FA 13/08/00301).

 

The subject of the email was “Freedom of Information request - Copy of
Labour agreement between DIAC and Australia Western Railroad 2012”. The
scope of the first request was:

 

We have requested a copy of the abovementioned labour agreement from my
employer Aurizon/QR NATIONAL/AUSTRALIAN RAILROAD GROUP, as well as the
immigration agent Julie Williams @ Migration Downunder. They are refusing
to supply me with a copy, alternatively the reference number of the
agreement, and I believe I and my fellow employees are entitled to it.

 

On the same day, at 10.56 pm, you submitted another FOI request via a
second email address:  [2][FOI #334 email]  (FA
13/08/00863).

 

The subject of the second email was “Freedom of Information request - Copy
of Labour agreement between DIAC and Australia Western Railroad 2012”. The
scope of the second FOI request was:

 

We have requested a copy of the abovementioned labour agreement from my
employer, as well as the immigration agent. They are refusing to supply me
with a copy, alternatively the reference number of the agreement, and I
believe I and my fellow employees are entitled to it.

   

Advice

 

This email is to advise you that the Department has treated the second
request as a duplicate of the first and has closed the request as invalid.
The Department will continue to process your first request.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Angela O'Neil
Assistant Director

FOI & Privacy Policy
Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Telephone: (02) 6264 1382
Email: [3][email address]

 

UNCLASSIFIED

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UNCLASSIFIED

Our references: FA 13/08/00301; ADF2013/25068 and FA 13/08/00863;
ADF2013/26938

 

 

Dear Mr McCarthy

 

I am writing to you about your two FOI requests submitted on the same day
(1 August 2013) for the same document, via the Right to Know website.

 

On 1 August 2013 at 7.18 pm you submitted an FOI request via this email
address: [1][email address] (FA 13/08/00301).

 

The subject of the email was “Freedom of Information request - Copy of
Labour agreement between DIAC and Australia Western Railroad 2012”. The
scope of the first request was:

 

We have requested a copy of the abovementioned labour agreement from my
employer Aurizon/QR NATIONAL/AUSTRALIAN RAILROAD GROUP, as well as the
immigration agent Julie Williams @ Migration Downunder. They are refusing
to supply me with a copy, alternatively the reference number of the
agreement, and I believe I and my fellow employees are entitled to it.

 

On the same day, at 10.56 pm, you submitted another FOI request via a
second email address:  [2][FOI #334 email]  (FA
13/08/00863).

 

The subject of the second email was “Freedom of Information request - Copy
of Labour agreement between DIAC and Australia Western Railroad 2012”. The
scope of the second FOI request was:

 

We have requested a copy of the abovementioned labour agreement from my
employer, as well as the immigration agent. They are refusing to supply me
with a copy, alternatively the reference number of the agreement, and I
believe I and my fellow employees are entitled to it.

   

Advice

 

This email is to advise you that the Department has treated the second
request as a duplicate of the first and has closed the request as invalid.
The Department will continue to process your first request.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Angela O'Neil
Assistant Director

FOI & Privacy Policy
Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Telephone: (02) 6264 1382
Email: [3][email address]

 

UNCLASSIFIED

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or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the
intended recipient is prohibited. DIAC respects your privacy and has
obligations under the Privacy Act 1988. The official departmental privacy
policy can be viewed on the department's website at www.immi.gov.au. See:
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