Documents or emails referring to asylum seeker transferred to Brisbane after alleged rape

Daniel O'Connor made this Freedom of Information request to Department of Home Affairs

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The request was refused by Department of Home Affairs.

Daniel O'Connor
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Dear Department of Immigration and Border Protection,

I've read in http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2015/s4... that the department considers a patient too unwell to see a trauma specialist (Helen Driscoll) or lawyer (Dimi Ioannou).

I request:
- Emails from 1st May 2015 to 4th September 2015 that match the keywords 'Helen Driscoll', "Dimi Ioannou" and the surrounding context (replies, preceding emails).
- Emails or other correspondence providing medical opinion or guidance about the fitness for visitation in the same timeframe regarding the 23 year old asylum seeker.

I do not need personally identifying information about the asylum seeker or their specific medical records; only internal correspondence either asking about this by persons within the department or the minister; the underlying reasoning/context for asking; as well as the advice provided, and the qualifications of the advice provider where relevant.

Yours faithfully,
Daniel O'Connor

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Good afternoon Mr O'Connor,

Please see my attached notice concerning reference number FA15/09/00961, I look forward to your response, thank you.

Regards,

Ashley Smith
Authorised FOI Decision Maker
Email: [email address]

-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel O'Connor [mailto:[FOI #1208 email]]
Sent: Friday, 4 September 2015 7:18 PM
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Subject: Freedom of Information request - Documents or emails referring to asylum seeker transferred to Brisbane after alleged rape

Dear Department of Immigration and Border Protection,

I've read in http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2015/s4... that the department considers a patient too unwell to see a trauma specialist (Helen Driscoll) or lawyer (Dimi Ioannou).

I request:
- Emails from 1st May 2015 to 4th September 2015 that match the keywords 'Helen Driscoll', "Dimi Ioannou" and the surrounding context (replies, preceding emails).
- Emails or other correspondence providing medical opinion or guidance about the fitness for visitation in the same timeframe regarding the 23 year old asylum seeker.

I do not need personally identifying information about the asylum seeker or their specific medical records; only internal correspondence either asking about this by persons within the department or the minister; the underlying reasoning/context for asking; as well as the advice provided, and the qualifications of the advice provider where relevant.

Yours faithfully,
Daniel O'Connor

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Good afternoon Mr O’Connor,

 

Please see my attached notice concerning reference number FA15/09/00961.
This attachment is subsequent to my notice sent to you dated 17/09/2015.

 

Regards,

 

 

 

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Daniel O'Connor left an annotation ()

Annoyingly, I should have responded to this in more detail. It was clear that "match the keywords" in the original request immediately makes the refusal illegitimate - staff being request to read emails that match keywords and those in the reply/forward chain is not unreasonable.

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