Freedom of Information
Australian Taxation Office
GPO Box 4889
SYDNEY NSW 2001

Dear FOI Contact Person,

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. My address for the purposes of s 15(2)(c) of the Act is the email address (with a righttoknow.org.au) domain that is attached to this email.

I write to request
(i) the document(s), produced between 1 July 2016 and 30 June 2017, that indicate the policy decision of the ATO not to send notices under the FOI Act---for some applicants---to the applicant's address. I appreciate that the policy might not be universal and that the ATO policy might discriminate against applicants of a particular race, applicants who have an address disliked by an ATO policy maker, applicants who live in a particular state, applicants who apparently have a disability, or applicants who might appear from their name to be of a particular religion or ethnicity.
(ii) documents that indicate the name and AGS number of every officer who, between 1 July 2016 and 30 June 2017, endorsed the policy decision described above, and of any officer who has, in accordance with the policy, failed to send a decision notice to an applicant at their stated address.

Yours sincerely,

Mark R. Diamond

Freedom of Information
Australian Taxation Office
GPO Box 4889
SYDNEY NSW 2001

Dear FOI Contact Person,

I write to correct clarify my email request (sent yesterday) regarding the names of officers responsible for the ATO policy of not sending notices.

In my request I wrote, at paragraph (ii), "... and of any officer who has, in accordance with the policy, failed to send a decision notice to an applicant at their stated address". Please substitute: "... and of any officer who has, in accordance with the policy, send a notice under the FOI Act to the applicant at at address other than the address given by the applicant for the purposes of s 15(2)(c). Among other reasons for wanting the information, I may wish to complain to the APSC about breaches of the requirement in the APS Code of Conduct:for APS employees to comply with Australian laws."

Yours sincerely,

Mark R. Diamond

Freedom of Information
Australian Taxation Office
GPO Box 4889
SYDNEY NSW 2001

Dear FOI Contact Person,

Something appears to have gone wrong. I was expecting a notice of decision about my request. Instead I have received a brief note about a website.

My address for the purposes of s 15(2)(c) of the Act is the email address (with a righttoknow.org.au) domain that is attached to this email.

Please ensure that any decision notice is sent promptly to this address.

Yours sincerely,

Mark R. Diamond