Documents on Wikileaks, its Australian staff, and Julian Assange.
Dear CrimTrac,
I hereby request access, under the Freedom of Information Act 1982, to:
Documents authored by CrimTrac and received by CrimTrac mentioning or regarding the not-for-profit media organization WikiLeaks or its Australian staff, including but not limited to Julian Assange, and excluding duplicates of documents and drafts. The specific time period I am requesting for is January 2015 through May 2018.
Also, with the exception of WikiLeaks staff, I would be happy to exclude the personal information of any individuals contained in the documents, from the scope of my request. Additionally, I wish to exclude documents which are already publicly known or accessible.
I suggest these exclusions to make the process more practical. Namely, I believe that the work in processing this request (as currently worded) would not substantially nor unreasonably divert the resources of the agency from its other operations.
For reference, I have included a link to the WikiLeaks website:
I request that all costs for all aspects of the processing of this request be waived on the grounds that the release of this information is in the public interest.
If you can release via administrative access, please do, otherwise, treat this as an FOI request.
Yours sincerely,
Snehan Kekre
Dear Snehan,
Please see the attached correspondence in relation to your request for documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth).
Kind regards,
Rubi
Rubi Simm
FOI Coordinator
Legal Services ACT
P: 02 6268 7587
E: [email address]
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Dear CrimTrac,
Thank you for your prompt response to FOI request 18/174715. I do not object to the exclusion of the specified information:
- Names, signatures, and contact details of ACIC members of staff, other than Senior Executive Staff.
- Duplicate documents, including duplicate emails. The ACIC will only provide emails where they form a final email chain and the authors/recipients are contained within the final email.
- Information that is publicly available, for example, newspaper articles and online
publications, including information available on the ACIC website.
Yours sincerely,
Snehan Kekre
Good afternoon,
Please see the attached correspondence in relation to your requests for
documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth).
Kind regards
Melanie Moss
FOI Delegate [2][email address]
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traditional custodians and we pay
our respects to Elders past, present [5]cid:image006.png@01D3E3AB.09F859E0
and future. We recognise and
celebrate their culture, connection
to land, water and community.
NOTE RE LEGAL PRIVILEGE: This message may contain legal advice and may be
the subject of a claim for legal professional privilege. Care should be
taken to avoid unintended waiver of that privilege. Unintended waiver can
occur if the existence or content of the advice is disclosed. If legal
professional privilege is waived, the whole of the legal advice may have
to be produced in litigation or under FOI. The author should be consulted
prior to any decision to disclose the existence or content of this advice
to a third party.
From: Mayo, Nicole
Sent: Tuesday, 4 September 2018 12:53 PM
To: Moss, Melanie <[email address]>
Cc: Walsh, Heidi <[email address]>; foi
<[email address]>
Subject: RE: FOR NOTING - Freedom of Information Request ACIC 18-36 and
18-39 - decision due 5 September 2018. [DLM=For-Official-Use-Only]
Thanks. Reviewed and approach endorsed (notwithstanding I couldn’t access
the actual documents I am satisfied with the approach noting they are
ACORN reports).
TRIM has been updated to reflect this.
Nicole Mayo
General Counsel
National Manager Legal Services
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E: [7][email address]
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The ACIC acknowledges the
traditional custodians and we pay
our respects to Elders past,
present and future. We recognise [10]cid:image006.png@01D3E3AB.09F859E0
and celebrate their culture,
connection to land, water and
community.
From: Moss, Melanie
Sent: Tuesday, 4 September 2018 11:43 AM
To: Mayo, Nicole <[11][email address]>
Cc: Walsh, Heidi <[12][email address]>; foi
<[13][email address]>
Subject: FOR NOTING - Freedom of Information Request ACIC 18-36 and 18-39
- decision due 5 September 2018. [DLM=For-Official-Use-Only]
Hi Nicole,
Please find attached for your information:
· NM Coversheet for FOI 18-36 and 18-39 [14]trim:[18/251361]; and
· my decision letter [15]trim:[18/251362].
The OAIC has granted an extension for these applications and a decision is
due to the applicant tomorrow, 5 September 2018.
I do apologize for the short period available for your review.
We are focusing on clearing through some of the backlog that is has arisen
in the FOI practice as a priority.
Please let me know if you require any further information.
Kind regards,
Melanie Moss
Senior Lawyer
Legal Services
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E: [17][email address]
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The ACIC acknowledges the
traditional custodians and we pay
our respects to Elders past,
present and future. We recognise [20]cid:image006.png@01D3E3AB.09F859E0
and celebrate their culture,
connection to land, water and
community.
NOTE RE LEGAL PRIVILEGE: This message may contain legal advice and may be
the subject of a claim for legal professional privilege. Care should be
taken to avoid unintended waiver of that privilege. Unintended waiver can
occur if the existence or content of the advice is disclosed. If legal
professional privilege is waived, the whole of the legal advice may have
to be produced in litigation or under FOI. The author should be consulted
prior to any decision to disclose the existence or content of this advice
to a third party.
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Dear Mr Kekre,
I refer to my attached correspondence dated 4 September 2018 regarding
your requests for documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982
(Cth).
I inadvertently emailed you a copy of an internal email chain when I sent
you a copy of this decision letter.
This email chain includes staff names and phone numbers. I note that this
has been published on the website:
[1]https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/d...
I am writing to request that you remove the internal email chain from the
website. There is no difficulty with the publication of the decision
letter.
Thank you,
Melanie Moss
FOI Delegate
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The ACIC acknowledges the
traditional custodians and we pay
our respects to Elders past, present [6]cid:image006.png@01D3E3AB.09F859E0
and future. We recognise and
celebrate their culture, connection
to land, water and community.
NOTE RE LEGAL PRIVILEGE: This message may contain legal advice and may be
the subject of a claim for legal professional privilege. Care should be
taken to avoid unintended waiver of that privilege. Unintended waiver can
occur if the existence or content of the advice is disclosed. If legal
professional privilege is waived, the whole of the legal advice may have
to be produced in litigation or under FOI. The author should be consulted
prior to any decision to disclose the existence or content of this advice
to a third party.
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