Requests made via Right to Know/OpenAustralia Foundation
Ben Fairless made this Freedom of Information request to Australian Taxation Office
Dear Australian Taxation Office,
== Background ==
I have noticed that some responses from the ATO to requests on Right to Know were last created in 2017 by Julie Galeotti.
Obviously, the ATO believes that by publishing decisions on it's own websites, it is compliant with the FOI Act.
== Request ==
My request is for all documents from 1 June 2017 to 30 July 2024 that are related to the way requests made via Right to Know or that are from the OpenAustralia Foundation are handled.
== Exemptions ==
I am happy to discuss possible exemptions, however do not automatically agree to making anything irrelevant.
== Further Submissions==
I would appreciate the opportunity to make further submissions to the ATO should the decision be unfavourable and where the views of the applicant could be taken into account under the FOI Act and the FOI Guidelines.
Yours faithfully,
Ben Fairless
Dear FOI Applicant,
Please see attachment.
Yours faithfully,
FOI Team
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Dear FOI Applicant,
Please see attachment.
Yours faithfully,
FOI Team
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Dear Leigh Swift,
Thank you for your message. I am struggling to access the decision letter from your online service. I suspect that the time period of that decision and my request are slightly different.
Also happy to include the additional documents you mentioned.
Yours sincerely,
Ben Fairless
Dear FOI,
Just to follow up on my earlier email to Leigh Swift, can I confirm that my reading of the attachment is correct. There is a reference to the ATO “communicating decisions via the disclosure log”. Is this an official ATO practice? If so, I suspect documents would exist related to that decision which I do not believe have been released.
Yours sincerely,
Ben Fairless
Dear FOI Applicant,
Please see attached notice.
Regards
FOI team
Australian Taxation Office
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recipient only and may contain confidential and/or legally
privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, disclosure,
dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in
reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other
than the intended recipient is prohibited and may result in
severe penalties. If you have received this e-mail in error
please notify the Privacy Hotline of the Australian Taxation
Office, telephone 1300 661 542 and delete all copies of this
transmission together with any attachments.
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Dear FOI,
Just to be clear, my request was for *all documents from 1 June 2017 to 30 July 2024 that are related to the way requests made via Right to Know or that are from the OpenAustralia Foundation are handled*
I have not consented to a reduction in scope, and while you have identified documents related to an OAIC complaint you should consider the full scope of my request.
Yours sincerely,
Ben Fairless