Journalists training and being told to hide during a warrant
Dear Australian Broadcasting Corporation,
In relation to Gavin Morris comments in the below article I am requesting all documents including messaging service messages relating to Mr Morris being told to leave the AFP search warrant on 5 July 2019.
Secondly I am requesting all documents relating to the "extensive training of journalists involved in investigative or research based journalism" as divulged by Mr Morris in the linked article.
https://mediaweek.com.au/morning-report-...
Yours faithfully,
Steve Smith
Dear Mr Smith
Please find attached correspondence in relation to your recent FOI
request.
Kind regards
Juliana
[1]ABC Juliana Walsh
FOI and Corporate Governance Advisor
P +61 2 8333 5304
E [email address]
[2][IMG]
We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander peoples as the First Australians and
Traditional Custodians of the lands where we
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From: Steve Smith <[FOI #5607 email]>
Sent: Friday, 30 August 2019 10:44 AM
To: FOI ABC <[ABC request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Journalists training and being
told to hide during a warrant
Dear Australian Broadcasting Corporation,
In relation to Gavin Morris comments in the below article I am requesting
all documents including messaging service messages relating to Mr Morris
being told to leave the AFP search warrant on 5 July 2019.
Secondly I am requesting all documents relating to the "extensive training
of journalists involved in investigative or research based journalism" as
divulged by Mr Morris in the linked article.
[3]https://mediaweek.com.au/morning-report-...
Yours faithfully,
Steve Smith
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Dear Mr Smith
Further to the below and attached, could you please provide some
clarification regarding the second part of your request?
It would assist our search if, in relation to:
all documents relating to the "extensive training of journalists involved
in investigative or research based journalism"
you would provide a reasonable timeframe for our search for documents.
Please be specific with the dates so that our search can be as efficient
as possible.
Many thanks
Juliana
[1]ABC Juliana Walsh
FOI and Corporate Governance Advisor
P +61 2 8333 5304
E [email address]
[2][IMG]
We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander peoples as the First Australians and
Traditional Custodians of the lands where we
live, learn and work.
From: Juliana Walsh
Sent: Friday, 13 September 2019 6:28 PM
To: Steve Smith <[FOI #5607 email]>
Cc: Angela Gleave <[email address]>
Subject: ABC FOI 201920-019 Acknowledgement
Dear Mr Smith
Please find attached correspondence in relation to your recent FOI
request.
Kind regards
Juliana
[3]ABC Juliana Walsh
FOI and Corporate Governance Advisor
P +61 2 8333 5304
E [4][email address]
[5][IMG]
We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander peoples as the First Australians and
Traditional Custodians of the lands where we
live, learn and work.
From: Steve Smith <[6][FOI #5607 email]>
Sent: Friday, 30 August 2019 10:44 AM
To: FOI ABC <[7][ABC request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Journalists training and being
told to hide during a warrant
Dear Australian Broadcasting Corporation,
In relation to Gavin Morris comments in the below article I am requesting
all documents including messaging service messages relating to Mr Morris
being told to leave the AFP search warrant on 5 July 2019.
Secondly I am requesting all documents relating to the "extensive training
of journalists involved in investigative or research based journalism" as
divulged by Mr Morris in the linked article.
[8]https://mediaweek.com.au/morning-report-...
Yours faithfully,
Steve Smith
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[9][FOI #5607 email]
Is [10][ABC request email] the wrong address for Freedom of Information
requests to Australian Broadcasting Corporation? If so, please contact us
using this form:
[11]https://www.righttoknow.org.au/change_re...
This request has been made by an individual using Right to Know. This
message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet.
More information on how Right to Know works can be found at:
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Dear Mr Smith
If you could let me know the timeframe for the part of your request as
described in my email below, I would be grateful.
We can then complete our search for documents and proceed with
decision-making.
Kind regards
[1]ABC Juliana Walsh
FOI and Corporate Governance Advisor
P +61 2 8333 5304
E [email address]
[2][IMG]
We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander peoples as the First Australians and
Traditional Custodians of the lands where we
live, learn and work.
From: Juliana Walsh
Sent: Monday, 16 September 2019 3:43 PM
To: Steve Smith <[FOI #5607 email]>
Cc: Angela Gleave <[email address]>
Subject: ABC FOI 201920-019 Request for clarification
Dear Mr Smith
Further to the below and attached, could you please provide some
clarification regarding the second part of your request?
It would assist our search if, in relation to:
all documents relating to the "extensive training of journalists involved
in investigative or research based journalism"
you would provide a reasonable timeframe for our search for documents.
Please be specific with the dates so that our search can be as efficient
as possible.
Many thanks
Juliana
[3]ABC Juliana Walsh
FOI and Corporate Governance Advisor
P +61 2 8333 5304
E [4][email address]
[5][IMG]
We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander peoples as the First Australians and
Traditional Custodians of the lands where we
live, learn and work.
From: Juliana Walsh
Sent: Friday, 13 September 2019 6:28 PM
To: Steve Smith <[6][FOI #5607 email]>
Cc: Angela Gleave <[7][email address]>
Subject: ABC FOI 201920-019 Acknowledgement
Dear Mr Smith
Please find attached correspondence in relation to your recent FOI
request.
Kind regards
Juliana
[8]ABC Juliana Walsh
FOI and Corporate Governance Advisor
P +61 2 8333 5304
E [9][email address]
[10][IMG]
We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander peoples as the First Australians and
Traditional Custodians of the lands where we
live, learn and work.
From: Steve Smith <[11][FOI #5607 email]>
Sent: Friday, 30 August 2019 10:44 AM
To: FOI ABC <[12][ABC request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Journalists training and being
told to hide during a warrant
Dear Australian Broadcasting Corporation,
In relation to Gavin Morris comments in the below article I am requesting
all documents including messaging service messages relating to Mr Morris
being told to leave the AFP search warrant on 5 July 2019.
Secondly I am requesting all documents relating to the "extensive training
of journalists involved in investigative or research based journalism" as
divulged by Mr Morris in the linked article.
[13]https://mediaweek.com.au/morning-report-...
Yours faithfully,
Steve Smith
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[14][FOI #5607 email]
Is [15][ABC request email] the wrong address for Freedom of Information
requests to Australian Broadcasting Corporation? If so, please contact us
using this form:
[16]https://www.righttoknow.org.au/change_re...
This request has been made by an individual using Right to Know. This
message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet.
More information on how Right to Know works can be found at:
[17]https://www.righttoknow.org.au/help/offi...
If you find this service useful as an FOI officer, please ask your web
manager to link to us from your organisation's FOI page.
Dear Juliana Walsh,
I cant give a timeframe as I dont know what Mr Morris is referring too. All I can do to define it is say its the documents that Mr Morris refers to in the article.
Yours sincerely,
Steve Smith
Dear Steve
Thank you for your response.
As we do editorial and journalistic training all the time, and always have
done, on this occasion I’ll limit the timeframe to the date of the AFP
raid (5 June 2019) to the date of your FOI request (30 August 2019).
Information about training, over the years (editorial and otherwise) can
be found in the ABC’s Annual Reports, which are available here
[1]https://about.abc.net.au/how-the-abc-is-...
Please let me know if the above timeframe is not acceptable.
Kind regards
Juliana
[2]ABC Juliana Walsh
FOI and Corporate Governance Advisor
P +61 2 8333 5304
E [email address]
[3][IMG]
We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander peoples as the First Australians and
Traditional Custodians of the lands where we
live, learn and work.
From: Steve Smith <[FOI #5607 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 2 October 2019 9:31 AM
To: Juliana Walsh <[email address]>
Subject: Re: FW: ABC FOI 201920-019 Request for clarification
[ABC-Legal.FID60986]
Dear Juliana Walsh,
I cant give a timeframe as I dont know what Mr Morris is referring too.
All I can do to define it is say its the documents that Mr Morris refers
to in the article.
Yours sincerely,
Steve Smith
Dear Juliana Walsh,
I was wondering how this request was progressing?
Yours sincerely,
Steve Smith
Hi Steve
Thanks for your email, so sorry about the delay in response and in the
provision of a decision to you.
I am progressing your FOI case, we are unfortunately just experiencing an
influx of large and/or complex requests and it’s taking some time to get
through them.
As you have sought “all documents relating to the ‘extensive training of
journalists involved in investigative or research based journalism’”,
we’ve received a number of documents related to your FOI request – these
include long lists of staff members who attended training, internal emails
planning training and the training materials themselves. In order to
assist, could you please advise if you are seeking a) all documents above
documents, including internal emails relating to the organisation of
training, b) training materials and list of attendees or c) training
materials only.
Please note that we cannot yet advise whether all documents can be
released to you – I am seeking clarification from you to determine what
documents the ABC will need to make a decision on.
With regards to the list of attendees, I would also appreciate if you
could advise me whether or not you would object to the redaction of the
attendees names.
Kind regards,
Jake
[1]ABC Jake Barry
FOI Coordinator
P (02) 8333 5853
E [2][email address]
[3][IMG]
We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander peoples as the First Australians and
Traditional Custodians of the lands where we
live, learn and work.
From: Steve Smith <[FOI #5607 email]>
Sent: Sunday, 24 November 2019 2:41 PM
To: Juliana Walsh <[email address]>
Subject: RE: ABC FOI 201920-019 Request for clarification
[ABC-Legal.FID60986]
Dear Juliana Walsh,
I was wondering how this request was progressing?
Yours sincerely,
Steve Smith
Hi Steve,
Hope you are well. If possible, I would appreciate you provide any advice
on the below in order to assist us in progressing your request.
Kind regards,
Jake
[1]ABC Jake Barry
FOI Coordinator
P (02) 8333 5853
E [2][email address]
[3][IMG]
We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander peoples as the First Australians and
Traditional Custodians of the lands where we
live, learn and work.
From: Jake Barry
Sent: Friday, 6 December 2019 11:33 AM
To: Steve Smith <[FOI #5607 email]>
Cc: Juliana Walsh <[email address]>
Subject: RE: ABC FOI 201920-019 Request for clarification
[ABC-Legal.FID60986]
Hi Steve
Thanks for your email, so sorry about the delay in response and in the
provision of a decision to you.
I am progressing your FOI case, we are unfortunately just experiencing an
influx of large and/or complex requests and it’s taking some time to get
through them.
As you have sought “all documents relating to the ‘extensive training of
journalists involved in investigative or research based journalism’”,
we’ve received a number of documents related to your FOI request – these
include long lists of staff members who attended training, internal emails
planning training and the training materials themselves. In order to
assist, could you please advise if you are seeking a) all documents above
documents, including internal emails relating to the organisation of
training, b) training materials and list of attendees or c) training
materials only.
Please note that we cannot yet advise whether all documents can be
released to you – I am seeking clarification from you to determine what
documents the ABC will need to make a decision on.
With regards to the list of attendees, I would also appreciate if you
could advise me whether or not you would object to the redaction of the
attendees names.
Kind regards,
Jake
[4]ABC Jake Barry
FOI Coordinator
P (02) 8333 5853
E [5][email address]
[6][IMG]
We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander peoples as the First Australians and
Traditional Custodians of the lands where we
live, learn and work.
From: Steve Smith <[7][FOI #5607 email]>
Sent: Sunday, 24 November 2019 2:41 PM
To: Juliana Walsh <[8][email address]>
Subject: RE: ABC FOI 201920-019 Request for clarification
[ABC-Legal.FID60986]
Dear Juliana Walsh,
I was wondering how this request was progressing?
Yours sincerely,
Steve Smith
Dear Jake Barry,
B. If you could provide the training materials and the lists of attendees please. Id like to know who has actually undertaken the training as well as the content please.
Yours sincerely,
Steve Smith
Dear Steve,
Please find attached the ABC’s decision and released documents in response
to your FOI request. Our apologies for the delay in processing your
request.
Kind regards,
Jake
[1]ABC Jake Barry
FOI Coordinator
P (02) 8333 5853
E [2][email address]
I am in the office Thursdays and Fridays.
[3][IMG]
We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander peoples as the First Australians and
Traditional Custodians of the lands where we
live, learn and work.
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