Number of serving personnel with criminal convictions and the nature/types of those convictions
Dear Australian Customs and Border Protection Service,
This is an application for the purposes of the FOI Act.
I am seeking information regarding documents or correspondence that reveal:
(1) the number of serving Service personnel with criminal convictions;
(2) the ranks/gradings of those personnel,
(3) the nature/type of convictions outlined in (1),
(4) the number of personnel dismissed from the Service following criminal convictions from January 1 2013- November 1 2016,
(5) the nature/type of criminal convictions resulting in dismissal in (4).
Yours faithfully,
Citizen
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Our references: FA 16/11/00429; ADF2016/66799
Good morning
Acknowledgement of Freedom of Information Access request
This email refers to an access request received under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act) on 6 November 2016, seeking access to:
'documents or correspondence that reveal:
(1) the number of serving Service personnel with criminal convictions;
(2) the ranks/gradings of those personnel,
(3) the nature/type of convictions outlined in (1),
(4) the number of personnel dismissed from the Service following criminal
convictions from January 1 2013- November 1 2016,
(5) the nature/type of criminal convictions resulting in dismissal in
(4).'
Your request has been allocated FOI request number FA 16/11/00429. Please
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Our references: FA 16/11/00429; ADF2016/66799
Dear Citizen,
I refer to your FOI request received on 6 November 2016, seeking access
to the following:
'documents or correspondence that reveal:
(1) the number of serving Service personnel with criminal convictions;
(2) the ranks/gradings of those personnel,
(3) the nature/type of convictions outlined in (1),
(4) the number of personnel dismissed from the Service following criminal
convictions from January 1 2013- November 1 2016,
(5) the nature/type of criminal convictions resulting in dismissal in
(4).'
The Department has made a decision on this request. Please see attached
the signed decision letter.
This request has now been closed.
Regards
Rudi Rajic
Freedom of Information Officer
Information Management Branch | Corporate Services Division
Corporate Group
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
P: 02 6264 1757
E: [1][email address]
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Citizen left an annotation ()
Interesting that Australian Border Force do not have at their ready disposal information regarding the criminal convictions of staff. I shall write to Minister Dutton, shadow Minister Neuman and my local federal member regarding the fact that this information is not readily available.