Documents pertaining to or giving evidence in support of wearing face masks from state or federal sources
Dear Ambulance Service of NSW,
I am requesting documents under the Freedom of Information Act that are containing: instructions, notices, evidence to support, in regards to the wearing of face masks by your internal staff and public that was sent to you from either the State or Federal Authorities in 2021
*Notes*: to keep the scope of the docs requested reasonable see below.
- by docs I am referring to communications ie emails, memos, minutes of decision meeting, guides, Q&A. that I expect your offices would be sent due to virus outbreak.
Such Docs would have been used to convey following info and directive or policy
WHAT the State & Federal Authority wants you to do regarding mask wearing
WHY include evidence & reason why staff and/or public should obey mask mandate.
WHO these docs should show where they originated and be ideally dated also
WHEN I am only after those docs covering this 2021 delta variant covid19 outbreak
EXCEPTION - and finally what is permitted as Exceptions for staff and public including any advice on who is bearing responsibility should any legal claim arise from staff or public suffering harm from mask-wearing (risk management)
Given the ever growing global studies and verifiable results that repeatedly demonstrate that there is no scientific medical justification for enforced mask wearing. It is certainly reasonable that the public know what, precisely, the state and federal authorities communicated with your offices in regards to facemasks.
As it appears currently to have zero effect slowing the outbreak but does have negative health & mental impacts, I hope for a swift response.
Yours faithfully,
verifysp
Good afternoon
I refer to your email dated 28 August 2021. I write to advise that your
access application is not valid as it does not meet the requirements under
section 41 of the GIPA Act.
Specifically, I note that your application:
· does not clearly indicate that it is an access application under
the GIPA Act as required under section 41(1)(b) of the GIPA Act.
· has not provided the accompanying fee of $30.00 as required under
section 41(1)(c) of the GIPA Act.
· does not state the name of the applicant as required under section
41(1)(d) of the GIPA Act
If you would like to proceed with your application, I would recommend that
you complete the attached GIPA access application form and provide payment
in sum of $30 by way of EFT or credit card (as per form). Please note that
cheque payments will not be accepted due to current COVID19 restrictions.
Please visit our website for more information about making an access
application at:
[1]https://www.ambulance.nsw.gov.au/about-u...
Please do not hesitate to contact me by email or phone if you have any
further enquiries.
Thank you and kind regards,
NSWA GIPA/Right to Information
Direct line: (02) 8575 7574
Locked Bag 105, Rozelle NSW 2039
[2]www.ambulance.nsw.gov.au
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Dear AMBULANCE-RightToInformation-GIPA,
This is a request for docs under the FoI Act
I have revised the request and do not believe it warrants a GIPA form submission.
To clarify my request, and if you see an assumption below that is answerable in the public domain do advise me the link, the docs I seek is any related to evidence supporting government requirements for staff of your dept/org to wear masks at work specifically due to covid19. My assumption is that employees were told to wear masks, so were they told why and what evidence supporting the order was shown to them? Docs as email, memos, staffnotices, group mail communications, or similar.
Or alternatively, since by federal law BiosecuritiesAct2015/61 no citizen may be compelled or asked to wear a mask unless a judge has issued a biosecurity control order in the name of that person.
Alternate request under FoI Act
I request a list of all the biosecurity control orders issued to staff (how many issued exactly) with PIN, names etc redacted as I respect individual privacy. If these control orders do not exist the Mask Mandate must be recinded as it is illegal.
If these docs DO exist, i understand if you ask for a GIPA form, to clarify your position also.
Yours sincerely,
verifysp
Good afternoon
Thank you for your email. I note that you say you are making your
application for access to information under the Freedom of Information
Act.
NSW Freedom of Information Act repealed
Please note that the NSW Freedom of Information Act 1989 was repealed by
way of section 3 of the Government Information (Public Access)
(Consequential Amendments and Repeal) Act 2009 No 54 in 2010. NSW freedom
of information laws are contained within the Government Information
(Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) (the GIPA Act). These laws were brought in
to replace those that fell under the Freedom of Information Act 1989
(NSW), following a NSW Ombudsman report recommending an overhaul.
Accordingly, an application for access to government information held by a
NSW government agency will need to be made under the GIPA Act.
Commonwealth Freedom of Information Act not applicable
If you are making your application for access to information under the
Commonwealth Freedom of Information Act 1982, please note that this Act is
applicable to information held by the ‘Government of the Commonwealth’
that is a ‘department’ of the Australian Public Service that corresponds
to a Department of State of the Commonwealth. This Act does not apply to
NSW Ambulance.
Your application is invalid
In summary, your application is invalid. I refer to my comments contained
in this email and my previous email as to the reasons why.
I repeat that if you would like to proceed with your application, I invite
you to complete the attached GIPA access application form and ensure that
your application meets the requirements under section 41(1) of the GIPA
Act. I repeat the requirements of section 41(1) of the GIPA Act for your
reference:
41 How to make an access application
(1) An application or other request for government information is not a
valid access application unless it complies with the following
requirements (the formal requirements) for access applications—
(a) it must be in writing sent by post to or lodged at an office of the
agency concerned or made in the manner approved by the agency under
subsection (2),
(b) it must clearly indicate that it is an access application made under
this Act,
(c) it must be accompanied by a fee of $30,
(d) it must state the name of the applicant and a postal or email address
as the address for correspondence in connection with the application,
(e) it must include such information as is reasonably necessary to enable
the government information applied for to be identified.
Thank you and kind regards,
NSW Ambulance GIPA/Right to Information
Phone: (02) 8575 7574
Email: [1][email address]
Locked Bag 105, Rozelle NSW 2039
[2]www.ambulance.nsw.gov.au
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