Request of NGA Lindy LEE Ouroboros for $14 M Budget
Dear Attorney-General's Department,
Dear Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet,
Nga, commissioned without competition or tenders a work from Lindy LEE Ouroboros for
$14 M. This will be pay by public money from taxpayer.
I asked NGA and the previous and new Minister for the Art to communicate the budget to the public. They refused .
The artist in a recent interview said it was accessible : “People are welcome to see the breakdown of the budget…”
https://www.smh.com.au/national/thank-yo...
Where ?
This project has been decided by NGA without competition or tender who is already surprising.
The communication about the cost, the production, the budget is totally opaque.
The only information’s I get is the artist will be pay between 10-15 % of the budget.
So the artist will be pay from PUBLIC MONEY between 2$M and 3 $M.
As a taxpayer I would like to know what justified this fee.
I am very surprised as a citizen and taxpayer about the process of this decision who is not in Australian standard and values and the fact that I can’t access to the budget.
I did many request through the “right to know” without any answer than send me in Kafaka Castel. Do we have the right to know or is it just an illusion?
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/user/math...
-I would like to know who can guarantee my right to know how my taxes are spend.
-I would like to know who guarantee the good governance of NGA ?
-I would like to know who I have to contact to have my right as an Australian citizen and taxpayer respected.
As responsible of National Budget I ask your government to say how the $14 M will be spent precialsy and why no tenders has been done.
Very best
Mathieu Briand
www.mathieubriand.com
I acknowledge the Yalukit Willam clan of the Boon Wurrung – as the Traditional Owners of Port Phillip, the land on which I work, and I pay my respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their Elders past, present and future.
Yours faithfully,
Mathieu Briand
Your email has been received by the Freedom of Information and Privacy
Section of the Attorney-General's Department. Please note that we will
only action and respond to FOI requests and other matters relating to the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act). For information on how to
make an FOI request please refer to the FOI page on the department's
website at:
[1]https://www.ag.gov.au/rights-and-protect....
If your email relates to the FOI Act, we will contact you shortly to
acknowledge and/or respond to your request. Please do not send duplicate
emails as this may cause delays in response time-frames.
For matters not relating to the Freedom of Information Act 1982, please
refer to the 'Contact us' page on the department's website at:
[2]https://www.ag.gov.au/about-us/connect-u...
If you have received this transmission in error please notify us
immediately by return e-mail and delete all copies. If this e-mail or any
attachments have been sent to you in error, that error does not constitute
waiver of any confidentiality, privilege or copyright in respect of
information in the e-mail or attachments.
References
Visible links
1. https://www.ag.gov.au/rights-and-protect...
2. https://www.ag.gov.au/about-us/connect-u...
OFFICIAL
Dear Mathieu
Thank you for applying to the Attorney-General's Department (the department) for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).
Please note that the department does not have policy responsibility for arts funding. As such, you may wish to direct your enquiry to the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communication and the Arts (DITRDC). You can find guidance on how to make an FOI request to DITRDC here: https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/about-....
Regardless, please be advised that your request in its current form is not valid for the purposes of s 15 of the FOI Act. Section 15 requires that a request must provide such information as is reasonably necessary to enable a responsible officer of the agency to identify the document that is requested. The right of access created under the FOI Act is to documents, not information (s 11). The FOI Act does not require the department to research information – the obligation is only to provide access to existing documents. Further information about making a valid request is available on the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) website at: https://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-infor....
If you wish to proceed with this request, please clarify which document you are seeking to access under the FOI Act.
The department will not take any further action in relation to this request in its current form.
Kind regards
Madeleine
Freedom of Information and Privacy Section | Strategy and Governance Branch
Attorney-General’s Department
T: (02) 6141 6666 | E: [AGD request email]
OFFICIAL