Information regarding method of lodgment of review applications
Dear Administrative Appeals Tribunal,
This application is made bearing in mind that the word ‘document’ in sections 11(1)(a) and (b) of the FOI Act are defined in section 4 (paragraph (a)(vi)) as including ‘any record of information’ (emphasis added). In other words, the FOI Act contemplates the provision of information even if it is not placed in a physical or electronic document, in the natural sense of the word ‘document’.
1. At what point in time (day/month/year) did the email address [email address] become inactive?
2. At what point in time (day/month/year) did it cease to be possible to lodge review applications through www.tribunalonline.mrt-rrt.gov.au?
3. What was/were the Tribunal’s complete physical address/es in the Norfolk Island from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021?
4. What was/were the Tribunal’s complete physical address/es in the Northern Territory from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021?
Yours faithfully,
Caitlin
OFFICIAL
Dear Caitlin,
Please find attached a letter acknowledging your FOI request.
Kind regards,
Marta M
Policy Officer
Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Principal Registry, Melbourne
Legal & Policy
[1]www.aat.gov.au
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal acknowledges the traditional owners
and custodians of country throughout Australia and acknowledges their
continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects
to the people, the cultures and elders past and present.
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delete all copies and notify the AAT by return email. Any review,
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OFFICIAL
Dear Caitlin,
I am writing in relation to the below FOI request. Question one pertains to the email address [email address] however I am advised by the relevant section of the AAT that this email address remains operative. Is there a different email address you wish to enquire about in this regard?
Please note that there cannot be documents showing the date that [email address] became inactive because it appears that it never did
Kindly advise at your earliest convenience.
Kind regards,
Marta
Policy Officer
Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Principal Registry, Melbourne
Legal & Policy
Dear Marta,
My apologies but in reviewing the original acknowledgment letter, it appears we provided the wrong email address.
The actual email address relevant to question one is [email address].
Thanks very much and sincere apologies again for any inconvenience caused.
Yours sincerely,
Caitlin
OFFICIAL
Dear Caitlin,
Please find attached FOI decision, along with the released associated
document, pertaining to your request of 20 August 2023.
If you have any questions please contact us at [1][AAT request email]
Sincerely.
Marta M
Policy Officer
Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Principal Registry, Melbourne
Legal & Policy
[2]www.aat.gov.au
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal acknowledges the traditional owners
and custodians of country throughout Australia and acknowledges their
continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects
to the people, the cultures and elders past and present.
IMPORTANT:
This message and any attachments may contain confidential or legally
privileged information. If the message was sent to you by mistake, please
delete all copies and notify the AAT by return email. Any review,
retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons
or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited and may
attract criminal penalties.
References
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1. mailto:[AAT request email]
2. http://www.aat.gov.au/
Dear Marta,
Thank you for your email and the decision, incluing amending the scope of our request to the email address [email address].
In reviewing the attachment, "RE Historical info Redacted", I can see from page 2 that the email address in question 1 has been redacted and/or recorded as [email address].
It is unclear why this email address has been redacted from the attachment. This prevents us from relying on the attachment as confirmation that the email address [email address] became inactive on 23 February 2019.
We'd appreciate if you could produce a revised copy of the attachment which includes the full email address ([email address]) in question 1.
Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely,
Caitlin
OFFICIAL
Dear Caitlin,
Thank you for your email. To clarify, the only email redacted on page 2 is the email address of the person who made a similar enquiry to the AAT and a response was produced by the Legal & Policy section in reply. Because this information was provided to this person via email the document exists only in this format.
This person's email address, along with other information which identifies them, is considered to be irrelevant to your request for information and has been redacted as permitted by section 22 of the FOI Act.
The answers to the questions are numbered are numbered accordingly and answer 1 states that the email address [email address] become inactive on 23 February 2019.
I trust that this clarifies. Please don't hesitate to reach out again if further clarity is required.
Sincerely,
Marta M
Policy Officer
Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Principal Registry, Melbourne
Legal & Policy
Dear Marta,
Thank you for your email but this doesn't resolve my concern.
I understand why the email address of the person who made the similar enquiry to the AAT is redacted. I do not challenge this.
However, this is not the only email address that has been redacted from the information released to us. On the version given to us - at page 2 of the attachment, 'RE Historical info Redacted', the email address in question one, including the answer, has has been redacted. I have extracted this from the attached and copied it below so you can see how it appears to us:
When did the email address @.................... become inactive?
The email address [email address] become inactive on 23 February
2019.
I believe the redaction is occurring automatically as a result of Right to Know's settings, any time there is email address symbol the entire email is redacted.
Can you please review this and produce a revised copy of the attachment? Alternately if you can email it to me directly, perhaps this will avoid the redaction that I assume is occurring by way of RTK's functions/settings. Because of RTK's settings, I'm unable to write my email address but would you be able to call me so I can give it to you over the phone? My number is 0401 457 992.
Thanks very much in advance for your assistance.
Yours sincerely,
Caitlin