Good morning

I refer to your Freedom of Information application below.

We wish to advise that your application will not become valid until we
receive the $30 application fee.  This fee is legislated and cannot be
waived. 

You will also need to provide a valid Australia address.

To validate your application, could you please follow [1]this link to
submit your $30 application fee.

Once payment has been made, please email through your receipt number and
we will then begin processing your application.

Kind regards

Susan Boath | Assistant FOI
Coordinator | People and
Governance Services

Department of the Premier and
Cabinet | Dumas House, 2
Havelock Street, West Perth

telephone 08 6552 5993 | email
[2][email address]

[3]dpc.wa.gov.au
     

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Western
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cultures; and to Elders both
past and present.

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From: J M <[6][FOI #7294 email]>

Sent: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 7:21:30 PM (UTC+08:00) Perth

To: OSSEC

Subject: Freedom of Information request - State of Emergency

Dear WA Office of State Security and Emergency Coordination,

Im requesting under the FOI Act any internal documents relevant to the
determimation of Western Australia's State of Emergency, declared in March
of 2020.

I am requesting the fee be waived due to financial hardship given the
ambiguity of personal financial security as a result of the COVID-19
pandemic.

Yours faithfully,

J M

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Please use this email address for all replies to this request:

[7][FOI #7294 email]

Is [8][OSSEC request email] the wrong address for Freedom of Information
requests to WA Office of State Security and Emergency Coordination? If so,
please contact us using this form:

[9]https://www.righttoknow.org.au/change_re...

This request has been made by an individual using Right to Know. This
message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet.
More information on how Right to Know works can be found at:

[10]https://www.righttoknow.org.au/help/offi...

Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will
be delayed.

If you find this service useful as an FOI officer, please ask your web
manager to link to us from your organisation's FOI page.

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Good afternoon

I refer to your email below to the Department of the Premier and Cabinet
requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act 1992 (WA) (FOI
Act).

Your correspondence can not be accepted as a valid FOI Application in
accordance with section 12 of the FOI Act. Section 12(1) of the Act states
that for an application to be valid, the access application has to:

(a) be in writing;

(b) give enough information to enable the requested documents to be
identified;

(c) give an address in Australia to which notices under this Act can be
sent;

(d) give any other information or details required under the regulations;

(e) be lodged at an office of the agency with any application fee payable
under the regulations.

At this point, your application has not been accepted by this agency as it
does not comply with the requirements of section 12(1)(c) and (e) of the
FOI Act. Please note that until your application complies with section 12
of the FOI Act, your application remains an invalid application and
cannot be processed by the agency.

You must include an Australian postal address in order to receive notices
and the $30 application fee (section 4, Freedom of Information Regulations
1993). Applications fee can be paid by cheque or money order made payable
to "Department of the Premier and Cabinet”. Alternatively you have the
option of using the application form (attached) to lodge your FOI
application and make electronic payment of the fee by credit card, by
simply holding down the ‘ctrl’ key and clicking on the Bpoint icon (
[1][IMG]).

If we do not receive the relevant information and application fee by
Friday 21 May 2021, we will consider this application withdrawn.

Many thanks

Susan Boath
|
Assistant
FOI
Coordinator
| People
and
Governance
Services

telephone
| 08 6552
5993

________________________________________

From: J M <[2][FOI #7294 email]>

Sent: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 7:21:30 PM (UTC+08:00) Perth

To: OSSEC

Subject: Freedom of Information request - State of Emergency

Dear WA Office of State Security and Emergency Coordination,

Im requesting under the FOI Act any internal documents relevant to the
determimation of Western Australia's State of Emergency, declared in March
of 2020.

I am requesting the fee be waived due to financial hardship given the
ambiguity of personal financial security as a result of the COVID-19
pandemic.

Yours faithfully,

J M

-------------------------------------------------------------------

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:

[3][FOI #7294 email]

Is [4][OSSEC request email] the wrong address for Freedom of Information
requests to WA Office of State Security and Emergency Coordination? If so,
please contact us using this form:

[5]https://www.righttoknow.org.au/change_re...

This request has been made by an individual using Right to Know. This
message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet.
More information on how Right to Know works can be found at:

[6]https://www.righttoknow.org.au/help/offi...

Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will
be delayed.

If you find this service useful as an FOI officer, please ask your web
manager to link to us from your organisation's FOI page.

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