Refugees resettled from Indonesia
Dear Department of Immigration and Border Protection,
Under Freedom of Information, please provide:
The number of people resettled to Australia through the Refugee and Humanitarian Programme, who have been resettled from Indonesia. To clarify, I am not seeking people who's country of origin is Indonesia, but who were in Indonesia at the time they were resettled to Australia.
Please provide this by financial year, from the years 2000/01 to 2017/18.
Yours faithfully,
Asher Hirsch
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In reply please quote:
FOI Request: FA 18/09/00159
File Number: ADF2018/188157
Dear Asher Hirsch
Acknowledgement of Freedom of Information Access request
I refer to your correspondence received on 3 September 2018 seeking access
to documents held by the Department of Home Affairs (the Department) under
the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act).
You have requested access to the following:
The number of people resettled to Australia through the Refugee and
Humanitarian Programme, who have been resettled from Indonesia. To
clarify, I am not seeking people who's country of origin is Indonesia, but
who were in Indonesia at the time they were resettled to Australia.
Please provide this by financial year, from the years 2000/01 to 2017/18.
Your request was received by the Department on 3 September 2018 and has
been allocated FOI request number FA 18/09/00159. Please include your FOI
request number in all correspondence with the Freedom of Information
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Dear FOI,
Can you please provide an update on this request. I note it it now overdue.
Yours sincerely,
Asher Hirsch
Dear FOI,
If possible, are you also able to break this data down by visa subclass as well.
Yours sincerely,
Asher Hirsch
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Dear Asher Hirsch
FOI request FA 18/09/00159
I refer to your FOI request received on 3 September 2018, seeking access
to the following:
'The number of people resettled to Australia through the Refugee and
Humanitarian Programme, who have been resettled from Indonesia.
To clarify, I am not seeking people whose country of origin is Indonesia,
but who were in Indonesia at the time they were resettled to Australia.
Please provide this by financial year, from the years 2000/01 to 2017/18.
The Department has made a decision on this request. Please find attached
the decision record and documents released under the FOI Act.
This request has now been closed.
Kind Regards
Isobel Gallagher
FOI Officer
FOI and Records Management Branch | Productivity and Compliance Division
Corporate and Enabling Group
Department of Home Affairs
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Dear FOI,
Thank you for providing this information.
On October 4th 2018 I actually requested that this information also be provided with a breakdown by visa subclass.
Please can you provide these statistics by visa subclass? If possible, please treat this request as part of the initial FOI request. Alternatively, please treat it as a new FOI request.
Yours sincerely,
Asher Hirsch
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In reply please quote:
FOI Request: FA 19/01/00018
File Number: ADF2019/828
Dear Mr Hirsch
Acknowledgement of Freedom of Information Access request
I refer to your correspondence received on 1 January 2019 seeking access
to documents held by the Department of Home Affairs (the Department) under
the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act).
You have requested access to the following:
1) The number of people resettled to Australia through the Refugee
and Humanitarian Programme, who have been resettled from Indonesia. To
clarify, I am not seeking people whose country of origin is Indonesia, but
who were in Indonesia at the time they were resettled to Australia.
2) Please provide this by financial year, from the years 2000/01 to
2017/18, broken down by visa subclass.
Your request was received by the Department on 1 January 2019 and has been
allocated FOI request number FA 19/01/00018 . Please include your FOI
request number in all correspondence with the Freedom of Information
Section.
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The statutory timeframe for processing a request is 30 days from the date
upon which your application was received by the Department.
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details
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in the Senior Executive Service (SES), as well as the mobile and work
telephone numbers of SES staff, contained in documents that fall within
scope of an FOI request. If you require names and contact details of
non-SES officers, or direct telephone numbers of SES staff, please inform
us so the decision maker may consider your request. Otherwise we will take
it that you agree to that information being excluded from the scope of
your request.
Publication of document
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Department may be required to publish these documents on its website
within 10 working days in accordance with section 11C of the FOI Act.
Publication will not be required where the documents contain personal or
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Contacting the FOI Section
Should you wish to discuss your request you may contact the FOI Section at
[DIBP request email].
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National Office
Productivity and Compliance Division | Corporate and Enabling Group
Department of Home Affairs
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Good afternoon Mr Hirsch
I refer to your request received on 1 January 2019 for access to documents
under the FOI Act.
The current due date for your request is 31 January 2019. Due to the
number of requests currently being processed by our office, we will not be
able to finalise your request by the original due date.
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Department will require additional time to process your request.
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It would assist the Department in managing its FOI caseload if you could
provide a response to this request by close of business, Friday 1 February
2019
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contact me on the details below.
Kind regards
FOI Officer
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Productivity and Compliance Division | Corporate and Enabling Group
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Dear Mr Hirsch
FOI request FA 19/01/00018
I refer to your FOI request received on 1 January 2019, seeking access to
the following:
'For the financial years 2000/01 to 2017/18, broken down by visa subclass,
the number of people resettled to Australia through the Refugee and
Humanitarian Programme, who have been resettled from Indonesia (not people
whose country of origin is Indonesia, but who were in Indonesia at the
time they were resettled to Australia).'
The Department has made a decision on this request. Please find attached
the decision record and documents released under the FOI Act.
This request has now been closed.
Kind regards
FOI Officer
Freedom of Information (FOI) Section | FOI and Records Management Branch
Productivity and Compliance Division | Corporate and Enabling Group
Department of Home Affairs
E: [1][DIBP request email]
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Your FOI has now become a deemed refusal response, as the clock was not stopped on the s 15(5)(b) deadline before it expired.
The Department still remains obligated to provide you with a decision notice as early as possible, but may not levy charges for access now, if any is given.
If the delays continue, and you are unsatisfied with this, you may apply for IC Review (although note that the OAIC takes months, if not years, for IC Reviews).