Election campaign advertising money
Dear Department of Finance,
Requesting any information about any political party using funds regarding for an election campaign.
The Liberal Party have claimed that Labor has used tax payer money for political money, but have refused to say that they have not done it themselves.
Your independence must be at question, Department of Finance.
https://twitter.com/MathiasCormann/statu...
Yours faithfully,
Megalfar
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Dear Megalfar
Thank you for your email to the Department of Finance (Finance) requesting
access to the following under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI
Act).
any information about any political party using funds regarding for an
election campaign
Valid FOI request
Your request does not yet fulfil the following requirement prescribed by
paragraph 15(2)(b) of the FOI Act:
(2) The request must:
(b) provide such information concerning the document as is reasonably
necessary to enable a responsible officer of the agency, or the Minister,
to identify it;
Your request does not provide sufficient information for Finance to
identity the documents that you are interested in. We also advise that
Finance does not have access to political expenditure details. Please
clarify if there are particular documents that you are interested in.
Timeframe
The statutory period for processing your request commences from the day
after Finance receives a valid FOI request.
You will be advised of the timeframe once you have clarified the scope of
your request such that a responsible officer is able to identify the
relevant document/s.
Way forward
Would you please clarify the details as specified above, to enable Finance
to begin processing your FOI request.
Please contact the FOI Team on the below contact details if you wish to
discuss your request.
Regards,
Chak
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FOI Officer
Finance, People and Communications | Legal Services Branch
Department of Finance
T: 02 6215 1783 | E: [2][Finance request email]
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Dear Megalfar
Thank you for your email to the Department of Finance (Finance) requesting
access to the following under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI
Act).
any information about any political party using funds regarding for an
election campaign
Valid FOI request
Your request does not yet fulfil the following requirement prescribed by
paragraph 15(2)(b) of the FOI Act:
(2) The request must:
(b) provide such information concerning the document as is reasonably
necessary to enable a responsible officer of the agency, or the Minister,
to identify it;
Your request does not provide sufficient information for Finance to
identity the documents that you are interested in. We also advise that
Finance does not have access to political expenditure details. Please
clarify if there are particular documents that you are interested in.
Timeframe
The statutory period for processing your request commences from the day
after Finance receives a valid FOI request.
You will be advised of the timeframe once you have clarified the scope of
your request such that a responsible officer is able to identify the
relevant document/s.
Way forward
Would you please clarify the details as specified above, to enable Finance
to begin processing your FOI request.
Please contact the FOI Team on the below contact details if you wish to
discuss your request.
Regards,
Chak
[1]Signature blocks-blue bar.jpg
FOI Officer
Finance, People and Communications | Legal Services Branch
Department of Finance
T: 02 6215 1783 | E: [2][Finance request email]
UNCLASSIFIED
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