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 11)
Request for mobile communications via mobile applications
Response by Minister for Human Services to Ben Fairless on .
Information not held.
Good morning Mr Fairless,
Yes, the Minister’s devices were searched as part of your request.
Kind regards,
FOI Legal Team
FOI and L...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Follow up sent to National Portrait Gallery of Australia by Ben Fairless on .
Long overdue.
Can you advise when my request for your FOI Delegations/Authorisations will be processed?
Yours faithfully,
Ben Fairless
FOI Delegations - 2016
Information not held.
They Attorney-General responded on behalf of the Solicitior General
FOI Delegations - 2016
Follow up sent to Australian Postal Corporation by Ben Fairless on .
Long overdue.
Can you please advise when this information will be released?
Yours sincerely,
Ben Fairless
FOI Delegations - 2016
Request to Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation by Ben Fairless. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
This request was answered by the Department of Defence :)
FOI Delegations - 2016
Information not held.
DIO are not subject to the FOI Act
Dear Mr Fairless,
On 2 November 2016, you put in a FOI request for the following:
‘A copy of the current FOI Delegations, and any related d...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Australian Broadcasting Corporation to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Fairless
My decision in relation to your recent FOI request is attached.
Regards
[1]ABC Judith Maude
Head Corporate Governan...
Dear Mr Fairless
As requested, please see attached a copy of the current FOI delegation of
the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. The Department i...
UNCLASSIFIED
Good morning Ben,
Please find attached a copy of the current FOI delegations for
Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC). ...
Thank you for releasing the information outside of FOI. I'm happy to withdraw my FOI Request.
Yours sincerely,
Ben Fairless
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission to Ben Fairless on .
Information not held.
UNCLASSIFIED
Good afternoon Mr Fairless,
Please find attached the decision notice in relation to your FOI request
to the Safety, Rehabilitatio...
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Fairless
As requested in your email below, please see attached a copy of the
current FOI delegations for the Attorney‑G...
UNCLASSIFIED
Good morning Ben,
Further to the e-mails below, the Defence FOI delegations are available on the Defence internet at the following URL...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Australian Military Forces Relief Trust Fund to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Fairless,
I can advise you that the decision maker for this request has agreed to provide you with the document attached outsid...
Australian Government
Productivity Commission
Melbourne Office
Level 12, 530 Collins Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Locked Bag 2 Collins Street E...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Department of Communications and the Arts to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
For Official Use Only
Dear Mr Fairless,
On 2 November, the Department received two emails from you, one addressed
to the Department and the ot...
Your message has expired without any moderator decision for the following
recipients.
Info Healthdirect
Subject: [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] Re: Freedom of...
UNCLASSIFIED
Good afternoon Mr Fairless,
Thank you for your email and FOI request. Finance has agreed that the document you have sought can be releas...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Fairless,
Please find attached correspondence relating to your FOI request.
Regards,
Alison Savary
Manager, Finance
Australian Reinsurance P...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Australian Heritage Council to Ben Fairless on .
Information not held.
Dear Mr Fairless
There are no delegations in place for the AHC.
Regards
FOI Contact Officer | Climate Change, Science and Corporate Legal Section |G...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Department of the Environment and Energy to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Fairless
Please find attached the Department of the Environment and Energy's FOI delegations. The document is released to you outside the form...
Dear Mr Fairless
I refer to your recent FOI request seeking a copy of our current FOI
Delegations and any related directions issued in respect of FO...
Request for mobile communications via mobile applications
Response by Attorney-General to Ben Fairless on .
Refused.
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Fairless
Please refer to the attached email of 7 November 2016 which explains that your request was finalised, as the Attorney-G...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Thanks for the information. OAIC setting the Gold Standard as always for the release of information timely, and with minimal fuss.
Yours sincerely...
This person's 338 annotations (page 11)
Centrelink phone call statistics and QoS
Long overdue.
Hi Anonymouse, was there any further updates on this request at all that we can't see?
Documents & procedures relating to the operation, backup and disaster recovery of the EasyCount Senate software application
Partially successful.
I think (I'm not a lawyer) that the way it works is that when the 14 days is up, the original 30 day clock starts. If I'm right (which I'm not sure on)...
Documents & procedures relating to the operation, backup and disaster recovery of the EasyCount Senate software application
Partially successful.
I've resent the August 12, 2014 Follow-Up to Owen as requested by Sam.
If anyone cares for it, the AEC Mail Server (mailin-aec1.humanservices.gov.au)...
I find it really odd that they don't have this information in written form. They provided similar information to another user on RTK here - https://ww...
4CHD FSA Build Dates
Information not held.
I find it really odd that they don't have this information in written form. They provided similar information to another user on RTK here - https://ww...
Program Summary Report (Most recent available)
Waiting clarification.
Hi David, to keep everything on the one request I moved the email from https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/list_of_distribution_areas_premi to here....
Documents and correspondence in relation to Michael Cordover and Matthew Landauer
Information not held.
I find it incredulous there is no internal documents in relation to this request. Surely there has to be something?
Copy of advice regarding access to Curtin Detention Centre
Partially successful.
Hi Daniel,
Just so you know, you don't need to accept a request for extension. You can refuse it if you prefer.
Cheers,
Ben
Build Commencement Dates for all FSAMs
Successful.
I've cleaned up the Spam here and stopped any further replies from coming to this request.
If you have any questions, please get in touch with the Ri...
Documents pertaining discussion on the payment threshold and rates for HELP.
Waiting clarification.
Hi James, you might want to consider creating a campaign on Pozible or crowd sourcing the funds from friends or others who are interested in the docume...
FOI Request for Detail Incident Report 1-2P43C9
Request to Department of Home Affairs by Bartolomeo Anthony Portelli. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Refused.
Odd, I only paid $9.90 for my request and it also contained 2 pages!
You are free to make another request if you want Robin, I think I'm going to leave this one be to be honest.
I've spoken with the FOI Officer and asked if I can discuss the matter informally with the Decision Maker prior to proceeding to Internal Review.
I have made an application to the Information Commissioner.
Complaint lodged with DIBP Feedback Unit (Ref: IMMI-14-12891) about the lack of contact regarding this request as I couldn't call to speak to Linda abo...
FOI Request for Detail Incident Report 1-2RX42D
Partially successful.
Looks like I marked it as "not held" and I don't know why. Should show "Partially Successful" and i'll update now :)
Cheers,
Ben
I've had a chat with Nicole by phone and indicated I would prefer the request is paused instead of withdrawn, as I don't want the clock to restart.
Document Containing the Word or Phrase "portrayal" or Similar
Request to Inspector General of Intelligence and Security by knav2013. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Long overdue.
I would point out that just because an agency is exempt under FOI, doesn't mean they can't answer the questions voluntarily....
I wouldn't expect the email server and the proxy server to be the same..... I present a different IP address when browsing as the mail server at work....
Thanks Peter and Alex, I've used that information to respond to Steven. Hopefully the answer will be a bit more restricted!
Guy,
There are several reasons why this information could be useful.
For example, website owners (such as Right to Know) could be interested in re...
It has taken the department 6 pages to ask you to clarify which Border Force you are referring to.
There is already one setup for Customs ("Border Fo...
I would really appreciate some help from the RTK community on this. I find it odd that there is only 1 IP address for the entire department... Is that...
List of attendees and documents from official briefing on May 27th 2014
Request to Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General by Anthony Dunbar. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Long overdue.
I'm terribly sorry to the person who marked this for Administrator Attention, but the alert detailing why you flagged it as such hasn't been received....
Privacy Impact Statement relating to a Unique Student Identifier
Request to Department of Industry, Science, Energy & Resources by Mark R. Diamond. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
The Department has the ability to upload the files directly to Right to Know if email isn't an option. You can ask them to contact us (contact@righttok...