Records of third party consultation alleged to have been undertaken in FOIREQ20/00220
Dear Office of the Australian Information Commissioner,
For the purposes of the FOI Act, I seek copy of all records of third party consultation alleged to have been undertaken in FOIREQ20/00220.
Sincerely
Julie
Our reference: FOIREQ21/00001
Dear Julie
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 25 December 2020.
Scope of your request
In your email you seek access to the following:
“…copy of all records of third party consultation alleged to have been
undertaken in FOIREQ20/00220.”
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. We will notify
you separately if we need to consult a third party.
As we received your request on 25 December 2020, we must process your
request by 25 January 2021.
Clarification of scope
Could you please confirm whether or not you seek access to third party
contact details (email address and phone number)?
I would be grateful if you could please clarify the scope of your request
by Thursday 14 January 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
Joseph Gouvatsos | Lawyer
Legal Services
[1][IMG] Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001 | [2]oaic.gov.au
02 8231 4259 | [3][email address]
Dear Jospeh,
In response to your question "Could you please confirm whether or not you seek access to third party contact details (email address and phone number)?", the answer is:
* I do not seek phone numbers and they may be redacted under section 22 as irrelevant; and
* I do not seek the beginning of email addresses (anything before the @ - typically the name of an individual in part or in full or some abbreviation thereof) - the latter part of email addresses (the domain name) may be relevant to identifying if a party is a third party or an internal party so is in scope.
Sincerely
Julie
Our reference: FOIREQ21/00001
Dear Julie
Freedom of information request no. FOIREQ21/00001
I refer to your request made under the Freedom of Information Act 1982
(Cth) (FOI Act) and received by the Office of the Australian Information
Commissioner (OAIC) on 25 December 2020.
Because your request covers documents which contain information concerning
an organisation’s business or professional affairs and personal
information, the OAIC is required to consult the individuals and
organisations under ss 27 and 27A of the FOI Act before making a decision
on release of the documents.
For this reason, the period for processing your request has been extended
by 30 days to allow time to consult (see s 15(6) of the FOI Act). The
processing period for your request will now end on 23 February 2021.
The consultation mechanisms under ss 27 and 27A apply when we believe the
person or organisation concerned may wish to contend that the requested
documents are exempt for reasons of personal privacy, or may adversely
affect their business or financial affairs. We will take into account any
comments we receive but the final decision about whether to grant you
access to the documents you requested rests with the office of the OAIC.
Kind regards
[1][IMG] Joseph Gouvatsos | Lawyer
Legal Services
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001 | [2]oaic.gov.au
02 8231 4259 | [3][email address]
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Our reference: FOIREQ21/00001
Dear Julie,
Please find attached correspondence relating to your Freedom of
Information request.
Due to the size of the file, I will send the documents to you in multiple
emails.
Kind regards,
[1][IMG] Joseph Gouvatsos | Lawyer
Legal Services
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001 | [2]oaic.gov.au
02 8231 4259 | [3][email address]
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Our reference: FOIREQ21/00001
Dear Julie,
Please find attached part 1 of the documents.
Kind regards,
[1][IMG] Joseph Gouvatsos | Lawyer
Legal Services
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001 | [2]oaic.gov.au
02 8231 4259 | [3][email address]
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Dear Julie,
Please find attached part 2 of the documents. This is the final email.
Kind regards,
[1][IMG] Joseph Gouvatsos | Lawyer
Legal Services
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001 | [2]oaic.gov.au
02 8231 4259 | [3][email address]
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