Ben Fairless
Joined Right to Know in 2013
I work for the OpenAustralia Foundation. I used to use this account when I was administering the site however now I use this account just to make requests and to provide suggestions to people.
All my requests are made in a personal capacity, and not on behalf of Right to Know, the OpenAustralia Foundation, or any other organisation unless specifically indicated.
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This person's Freedom of Information requests (approximately 470) (page 10)
Law Enforcement Requests - Uber
Follow up sent to Australian Federal Police by Ben Fairless on .
Withdrawn by the requester.
Please consider this request withdrawn.
Yours sincerely,
Ben Fairless
Documents from Telstra to Contact Centre Management
Response by Services Australia to Ben Fairless on .
Information not held.
Dear Mr Fairless,
Please see attached correspondence in relation to your freedom of
information request.
Regards,
FOI Legal Team
F...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Australian Children's Television Foundation to Ben Fairless on .
Information not held.
Dear Ben
Apologies for the delay in responding to your request. It seems that your email was misdirected internally and I have only come across it tod...
Dear Mr Fairless,
To Clarify:
No formal delegations have been issued by the head of the agency under Freedom of Information Legislation.
Kind Regard...
Request for mobile communications via mobile applications
Response by Minister for Education to Ben Fairless on .
Refused.
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Fairless,
Please find attached a response to your recent FOI Request.
Regards,
Office of Senator the Hon Simon...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Australian Grape and Wine Authority to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Fairless,
Freedom of Information Request Number – AGWA051216
I refer to your recent request for access to documents under the Freedom...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Australian Crime Commission to Ben Fairless on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Fairless,
Please see the attached correspondence in relation to your request for an internal review under the Freedom of Information Act 1982....
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Australian Institute of Marine Science to Ben Fairless on .
Information not held.
Dear Mr Fearless,
Thank you for your email clarifying your original request.
The Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Institute of Mar...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Australian Institute of Criminology to Ben Fairless on .
Information not held.
Dear Mr Fairless,
Please see the attached correspondence in relation to your request for
documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982....
Request for mobile communications via mobile applications
Follow up sent to Prime Minister by Ben Fairless on .
Long overdue.
Before I seek IC review of this decision, can you confirm if the Prime Minister's personal mobile devices were searched as part of your searches?...
Dear Mr Fairless.
Please find attached correspondence relating to your above FOI request
recently lodged with this department
Regards
FO...
UNCLASSIFIED
Our references: FA 16/11/00182; ADF2016/65888
Dear Mr Fairless,
Thank you for your FOI request received on 2 November 2016 f...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Australian Bureau of Statistics to Ben Fairless on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Fairless,
In response to your request for an internal review on 1 December 2016,
please find attached the formal response from the ABS.
Sh...
Dear Mr Fairless
It has been brought to my attention that the document to which you seek access is available under the Information Publication Scheme...
UNCLASSIFIED
Good afternoon Mr Fairless,
On the 25 November 2016, Finance, under administrative access, provided you with the Department's FOI delega...
Dear Mr Fairless
I refer to your email below.
Regional Development Australia (RDA) is a partnership between the Australian state and territory and lo...
Request for mobile communications via mobile applications
Response by Minister for Communications to Ben Fairless on .
Information not held.
For Official Use Only
Dear Mr Fairless
Please find attached a decision letter regarding your Freedom of
Information request.
Regards
...
Dear Mr Fairless
Please find attached correspondence in relation to your Freedom of
Information request (LEX 23413).
Regards
FOI Leg...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Follow up sent to Business Advisory Council by Ben Fairless on .
Long overdue.
Can you update me on my request for FOI delegations/authorisations?
Yours faithfully,
Ben Fairless
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Australian Community Pharmacy Authority to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Fairless
I refer to your email below to the mail inbox of the Australian Community Pharmacy Authority (ACPA) regarding a request for access to...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Special Broadcasting Service Corporation to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Fairless
Please find attached the SBS Decision Letter and documents for release.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact...
Documents related to 2016-510597
Response by Commonwealth Ombudsman to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Fairless
I attach the following things in response to your Freedom of Information
request of 1 December 2016:
· My decisio...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Fairless
As requested, please find attached.
Yours sincerely
DFAT FOI TEAM
[DFAT request email]
This email and any attachm...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Follow up sent to National Commission of Audit by Ben Fairless on .
Long overdue.
Can you advise the status of my request made via Right to Know: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/foi_delegations_2016_92
Yours faithfully,...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Follow up sent to Australian Political Exchange Council by Ben Fairless on .
Long overdue.
Can you please advise the status of my request? The details are on Right to Know: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/foi_delegations_2016_115...
This person's 338 annotations (page 10)
Newman's pension for life
Partially successful.
Hi Julie,
I'm not sure that the Department of the Treasury will be able to help you out here, as they generally deal with Federal matters and not Sta...
You should ask the department to send emails in plain text.
Australia's Worst White-Collar Crime
Successful.
No further annotations will be allowed on this request, and I've hidden annotations made after my post which don't comply with our rules. If you have a...
Australia's Worst White-Collar Crime
Successful.
Everyone,
Please don't forget about our policy on annotations:
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/help/requesting#moderation
I will allow the annotati...
Current 8 Month Census
Partially successful.
Hi, you can find the email address to contact the FOI Team of the ABS outside of Right to Know here: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/body/abs/view_email...
Suspected breaches of the APS Code of Conduct by staff in certain Centrelink Service Centres
Long overdue.
8 minutes per page (10.5hrs for 74 pages). That sounds a bit steep in my opinion.
Using the Australian Government Solicitor calculator (a copy was po...
I've sent the below to the FOI Team:
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Hi FOI Team,
Regarding the below request, Vera Lystich (a Right to Know user) has asked me to get b...
Trade Agreements
Refused.
I can confirm that Right to Know successfully delivered the email to DFAT on July 16th 2014, which was accepted by the Department's Mail server.
Australia's Worst White-Collar Crime
Request to Office of the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions by Phillip Sweeney. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Long overdue.
Hi Philip, to make it easier for regular users of the site, would it be possible for you to consider using a more descriptive title for each request?...
I have sent the below email to the FOI Team at the Department:
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My Name is Ben Fairless, and I volunteer with Right to Know. I wanted to get...
Vera, would you be ok with Right to Know contacting the department to offer them an upload link, or the postal address of Right to Know (then we can up...
Surely they can upload the video via email, or upload it to the RTK website (the department can contact Right To Know via contact@righttoknow.org.au fo...
Thanks for the offer of support, at the moment I wouldn't want to pursue the matter any further.
That said, just because my request was refused does...
Request for School Contact Details
Information not held.
Sorry for the confusion, but we've been advised Education Services Australia isn't formally subject to FOI. I've updated the information page to reflec...
Liberal Democratic Party
Long overdue.
Hi Vera,
The first email was hidden at the request of the AEC as it contained an attachment intended for someone else, and the attachment contained t...
In a nutshell, the charge amount was upheld and I withdrew the application.
The Entrance NSW 2261
Information not held.
Hi Tony,
The Minister for Tourism no longer exists I'm afraid.
When I go to www.tourism.gov.au I'm redirected to the Australian Trade Commission. Y...
Visit to Rome with Christopher Pyne
Partially successful.
Hi Jackson, it looks like the Department need payment in order for the remaining documents to be released. Have you made a payment or decided not to pu...
Cancellation of an ABN
Information not held.
It still doesn't change the fact that an FOI request for "documents in the possession of the ATO that would confirm that Section 11 of the FOI Act does...
Cancellation of an ABN
Information not held.
Your argument does not change the law. Laws aren't always fair, but the FOI process is designed to obtain information, not change the law.
even if t...
Cancellation of an ABN
Information not held.
The decision that Phillip refers to is here: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/825/response/2911/attach/2/20150108%20Decision%20letter.pdf
The o...
Death of Ben Zygier a.k.a Ben Alon or Ben Allen cell number 15, an the gag order ruled in June 2010.
Long overdue.
Hi Jamie, has the public information the Department released resolved your request?
Pinar, Right to know provide a unique email address for each request. If you give them your personal email address, then the updates will not be receiv...
Australia's Worst White-Collar Crime
Waiting clarification.
Just a heads up, The authority can technically refuse access to documents which were or received after the date you made your request.
So, if you mak...
Complaints about interpreters used by Immigration Department
Waiting clarification.
Just a heads up, we add this to every single request sent via Right to Know, and you are free to re-state it if you wish:
"This request is being made...