The alleged joint objection from auDU and Identity Digital
Dear Department of Finance,
On 4 Aug 2022, I received both telephone and written confirmation that the .au registrar was "happy to send" a report I requested, for my access.
Later, your department refused that accesses based on the following claim:
"In considering whether or not the Master List should be released to you, Finance consulted with both auDA and Identity Digital who jointly objected to the disclosure of the Master List.".
which, as you can see, is in direct contradiction to the written confirmation I received beforehand.
I do not believe any such legitimate objection was in fact raised, accordingly, I seek access to the actual alleged objection you claim was made, including all dates associated with this alleged objection.
Yours faithfully,
C Drake
Thank you for your email, which has been forwarded to the Department’s FOI
Team for their consideration. A member of the FOI Team will respond to
your email in the next couple of days.
Kind regards
FOI Coordinator
SEC=OFFICIAL
Dear Mr Drake
Freedom of Information Request – FOI 22-23/20
Thank you for your email to the Department of Finance (Finance) requesting
access to the following under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI
Act):
On 4 Aug 2022, I received both telephone and written confirmation that the
.au registrar was "happy to send" a report I requested, for my access.
Later, your department refused that accesses based on the following claim:
"In considering whether or not the Master List should be released to you,
Finance consulted with both auDA and Identity Digital who jointly objected
to the disclosure of the Master List.".
which, as you can see, is in direct contradiction to the written
confirmation I received beforehand.
I do not believe any such legitimate objection was in fact raised,
accordingly, I seek access to the actual alleged objection you claim was
made, including all dates associated with this alleged objection.
Your request was received by Finance on Thursday 16 February 2023. The
statutory period for processing your request commences from the day after
Finance received your request. Finance will be undertaking third party
consultation, and in accordance with the FOI Act, a decision is now due to
you on or before Monday 17 April 2023.
The processing period may be extended if we need to impose a charge or for
other reasons. We will advise you if this happens.
Liability to pay a charge
You will be notified of any charges in relation to your request as soon as
possible, before we process any requested documents or impose a final
charge.
Publication
As required by the FOI Act, any documents provided to you under the FOI
Act will be published on our [1]disclosure log, unless an exemption
applies or the documents are characterised as containing personal
information. Documents will be published the next working day after they
are released to you.
Policy to exclude junior officer contact details, signatures and mobile
phone numbers
Finance has adopted a policy to generally exclude from any documents
released under FOI, the names and contact details of junior staff (non-SES
officers) and staff employed under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act
1984 (adviser level and below). Finance has also adopted a policy to
exclude signatures and mobile phone numbers from any documents released
under FOI (unless publicly available). Finance’s preference is to reach
agreement with FOI applicants to exclude these details from the scope of
the request. Where there is no objection, the names and contact details of
junior officers, as well as any signatures and mobile phone numbers
appearing in identified documents, will be redacted under section 22 of
the FOI Act on the basis that these details are irrelevant to the request.
Please contact the FOI Team on the below contact details if you wish to
discuss your request.
Kind regards
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FOI Officer | Legal and Assurance Branch
Business Enabling Services
Department of Finance
A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603
SEC=OFFICIAL
References
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OFFICIAL
Dear Mr Drake
It has come to our attention that you have made multiple requests to the
Department of Finance (Finance) for the same document/s in relation to the
Master List of .gov.au domain names (Master List) under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).
Finance is aware that you have sought three external reviews of Finance’s
decisions by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC).
Finance considers that until such time that OAIC make a decision on all
three of your external reviews, it is not appropriate that you to make
another request for the same documents that are the subject of those
reviews. Should the department receive another request for the documents
relating to the Master List that are the subject of those reviews, we will
make an application to OAIC for a declaration that would allow Finance to
refuse to consider your request without the written permission of the
Information Commissioner pursuant to section 89K of the FOI Act.
Finance will continue to process your current requests, FOI 22-23/09 and
FOI 22-23/20, which are currently being processed.
Kind regards
FOI Officer | Legal and Assurance Branch
Business Enabling Services
Department of Finance
E: [1][Finance request email]
A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603
Classification: OFFICIAL
Classified by: [email address] on: 22/03/2023 12:12:53 PM
References
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Dear FOI Requests,
Thanks for your response. I do not grant you an extension of time, or any other permission to disregard my request.
I have made this simplified request as a favor to your department since your previous decision to impose fees highlighted an unexpected level of alleged difficulty in supplying the similar information I asked for previously (which I am no longer asking for, because I am unwilling to pay fees).
Nothing in this request satisfies any criteria whatsoever in sections 89K or 89L of the act, and I'm not aware of any OAIC action in this matter.
Yours sincerely,
C Drake
Thank you for your email, which has been forwarded to the Department’s FOI
Team for their consideration. A member of the FOI Team will respond to
your email in the next couple of days.
Kind regards
FOI Coordinator
OFFICIAL
Dear Mr Drake
Please see attached a decision in relation to your FOI request (our
reference FOI 22-23/020).
Kind regards
FOI Officer | Legal and Assurance Branch
Business Enabling Services
Department of Finance
A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603
Classification: OFFICIAL
Classified by: [email address] on: 17/04/2023 5:46:06 PM
Rex Banner left an annotation ()
Would you be able to link what the original FOI you made was?