FoI Req dated 2020 / 2021 asking in whole or part for evidence pure isolated sars-cov-2
Dear Office of the Australian Information Commissioner,
Please make available all pdf doc requests FoI and the assoc decision doc in the 2 years dated 2020 & 2021 which specifically ask (in whole or in part of their scope) for evidence (ie proof: such as whitepapers, photos, video other media or documents) confirming the existence of a pure isolated sars-cov-2 virus. Alleged to cause Covid19
To further limit the scope of docs requested, the FOI requested docs should contain one (or more) of the caveat conditions below:
*Sample taken from a living human patient.
*Not contaminated with any other mammalian cell material.
*word 'Isolated' def is used in its normal meaning, not cell-cultured, not amplified (eg PCR) not sequenced or computer model or extrapolated. - but separated from everything else.
Please include pdf docs of requests & decisions made on them that fit the above criteria & scope entering by any channels, in addition to this website.
Please note this FOI Docs Request has been directed to your office intentionally as the overseer of the act and responsible for its transparency and execution of duties. I am requesting a finite number of docs and related decisions in a narrow scope, but I am not assuming the docs will come from 1 dept (eg Health), your mandate appears to address this issue of requests held in multiple depts.
Due to intense public interest in the overarching Pandemic I hope to receive a collection of PDFs with min delay. In advance, I am happy to have any PIN redacted out to maintain privacy on each pdf doc. I am not concerned who submitted each request, just the request wordings and decisions of each in turn.
Yours faithfully,
verifysp
Our reference: FOIREQ21/00155
Dear verifysp
Freedom of Information request
I refer to your request for access to documents made under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (Cth) (the FOI Act) and received by the Office of the
Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) on 24 August 2021.
Scope of your request
In your email you seek access to the following:
Please make available all pdf doc requests FoI and the assoc decision doc
in the 2 years dated 2020 & 2021 which specifically ask (in whole or in
part of their scope) for evidence (ie proof: such as whitepapers, photos,
video other media or documents) confirming the existence of a pure
isolated sars-cov-2 virus. Alleged to cause Covid19
To further limit the scope of docs requested, the FOI requested docs
should contain one (or more) of the caveat conditions below:
*Sample taken from a living human patient.
*Not contaminated with any other mammalian cell material.
*word 'Isolated' def is used in its normal meaning, not cell-cultured,
not amplified (eg PCR) not sequenced or computer model or extrapolated. -
but separated from everything else.
Please include pdf docs of requests & decisions made on them that fit the
above criteria & scope entering by any channels, in addition to this
website.
In order to process your request as efficiently as possible, I will
exclude duplicates and early parts of email streams that are captured in
later email streams from the scope of this request, unless you advise me
otherwise.
Timeframes for dealing with your request
Section 15 of the FOI Act requires this office to process your request no
later than 30 days after the day we receive it. However, section 15(6) of
the FOI Act allows us a further 30 days in situations where we need to
consult with third parties about certain information, such as business
documents or documents affecting their personal privacy.
As we received your request on 24 August 2021, we must process your
request by 23 September 2021.
Disclosure Log
Documents released under the FOI Act may be published online on our
disclosure log, unless they contain personal or business information that
would be unreasonable to publish.
If you would like to discuss this matter, please contact me on my contact
details set out below.
Yours sincerely
[1][IMG] Nora Truong | Paralegal
Legal Services
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001 | [2]oaic.gov.au
+61 2 9284 9707 | [3][email address]
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Dear Legal,
Hi Nora, if possible I'd like to get the docs as pdf format either as 1 file or zipped as a collection.
I have no problem if you wish to put the online in your disclosure section, can I assume I am able to download the from that area?
Please proceed and update me on which format I should expect docs or if I am able to download from yr sites page, no need to await a reply from me unless you need acquery ans or something clarified.
OK to exclude duplicate materials. And personal name can be redacted.
Thanks in advance
Yours sincerely,
verifysp
Dear verifysp
Thank you for your email of 10 September 2021. I acknowledge your
agreement to exclude duplicates and names of third-party individuals
during the processing of your FOI request of 24 August 2021.
Form of access
Subject to limited exceptions, an applicant who requests access to a
document in a particular form has a right to be given access in that form.
The most common form of access is providing a copy of the document. If we
decide to grant you access to documents that fall within the scope of your
request, we will generally release the documents as a PDF bundle
accompanied by a schedule listing the documents included in the bundle.
Disclosure log
If we have granted you access to documents that fall within the scope of
your request, the same documents may also be published online on our FOI
disclosure log, unless they contain personal or business information that
would be unreasonable to publish.
If you have any further questions, please contact me on my details set out
below.
Yours sincerely
[1][IMG] Nora Truong | Paralegal
Legal Services
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001 | [2]oaic.gov.au
+61 2 9284 9707 | [3][email address]
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Dear verifysp
Thank you for your email of 10 September 2021.
Clarification of scope
In your request of 24 August 2021, you stated:
I am happy to have any PIN redacted out to maintain privacy on each pdf
doc. I am not concerned who submitted each request, just the request
wordings and decisions of each in turn.
In your correspondence of 10 September 2021, you further stated:
OK to exclude duplicate materials. And personal name can be
redacted.
Taken together, we understand that you agree to redact personal
information of the FOI applicants, including name, email address and phone
number. We will continue to process your request with this understanding
unless you advise us otherwise by close of business 21 September 2021.
Yours sincerely
[1][IMG] Nora Truong | Paralegal
Legal Services
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001 | [2]oaic.gov.au
+61 2 9284 9707 | [3][email address]
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Our reference: FOIREQ21/00155
Dear verifysp
I refer to your request for access to documents made under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (Cth) (the FOI Act) and received by the Office of the
Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) on 24 August 2021.
Please find attached decision and documents for release in relation to
your request.
Yours sincerely
[1][IMG] Nora Truong | Paralegal
Legal Services
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001 | [2]oaic.gov.au
+61 2 9284 9707 | [3][email address]
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verifysp left an annotation ()
They gave me what they had but in answering suggested that the majority of such requests are held by nswhealth.