Reqeust for copies of correspondence Danby MP

Kylie made this Freedom of Information request to Department of Parliamentary Services
This authority is not subject to FOI law, so is not legally obliged to respond (details).

This request has been closed to new correspondence from the public body. Contact us if you think it ought be re-opened.

The request was refused by Department of Parliamentary Services.

Kylie
Sent

Dear Department of Parliamentary Services,

I would like to lodge a request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).
This application is for the purposes of the FOI Act.

The request is for copies of any and all correspondence, both to and from, the parliamentary email address of Michael Danby MP; from 1/9/2018 until 18/5/2019 that mentions or refers to Peter Wicks, or P Wicks, or just Wicks, Melissa Parke (and/or any variations of the name), Josh Wilson (and/or any variations of the name), and/or Senator Sue Lines (and/or any variations of the name).

Should you require any further information please don’t hesitate for contacting me.

Yours faithfully,

Kylie

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DPS Information Requests (DPS), Department of Parliamentary Services

OFFICIAL

 

Dear Kylie

 

We acknowledge receipt of your email dated 3 June 2019, requesting access
to:

 

all correspondence, both to and from, the parliamentary email address of
Michael Danby MP; from 1/9/2018 until 18/5/2019 that mentions or refers to
Peter Wicks, or P Wicks, or just Wicks, Melissa Parke (and/or any
variations of the name), Josh Wilson (and/or any variations of the name),
and/or Senator Sue Lines (and/or any variations of the name)

 

Under section 68A of the Parliamentary Service Act 1999, the Department of
Parliamentary Services is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act
1982 (Cth) (FOI Act).  DPS has implemented the DPS Information Requests
Policy (the Policy) to allow for public access to documents held by DPS
subject to certain limitations to ensure that information, including
personal, classified or restricted information is properly protected.

 

The Policy can be found at:
[1]http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/P...
Your request has been considered by the decision maker in accordance with
the Policy, who has decided to refuse your request on the ground that the
requested documents are ‘documents held by parliamentarians and their
staff even if the information resides on facilities provided by DPS’
(Group 2 exemption).

 

Accordingly, DPS will take no further action in relation to this request.

 

Regards,

 

DPS Information Requests.

 

 

 

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