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 12)
Dear Mr Fairless
Thank you for your email dated 15th November, 2016.
Howard Street has not been recognised for upgrade to 'pay by space'
parking m...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) Advisory Committee to Ben Fairless on .
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Dear Mr Fairless
Thank you for your enquiry. Apologies for our delay in reply.
There are no FOI delegations in force for the Australian Biologi...
Dear Mr Fairless,
Please find attached the information you have sought under the Freedom of
Information Act 1988 (Cth).
Thanks and regards...
Dear Mr Fairless
Attached is correspondence in response to your FOI request.
Regards
David Read
Policy Officer
Administrativ...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Family Court of Australia to Ben Fairless on .
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Dear Mr Fairless
Please find attached below the internal review decision made in respect of
your request for such, as referenced below.
Regards...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Withdrawn by the requester.
These requests go to the OAIC but they have already responded, which is why I've fixed up the email address and withdrawn this request.
UNCLASSIFIED
Our references: FA 16/11/00184; ADF2016/65885
Dear Mr Fairless
The Department has finalised a decision on your FOI request....
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Australian Grand Prix Corporation to Ben Fairless on .
Information not held.
Dear Mr Fairless
The Australian Grand Prix Corporation (Corporation) is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Vic) in regards to all FOI req...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Fairless
I attach APRA's FOI decision and the document you requested.
Kind regards
Ben Carruthers
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Australian Renewable Energy Agency to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Fairless
We acknowledge that you have requested ARENA release to you its ‘current
FOI Delegations, and any related directions issued in...
UNCLASSIFIED
Good afternoon Mr Fairless
Please find attached the AFP’s decision in relation to your Freedom of
Information request.
Kind...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by International Air Services Commission to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Fairless
Thank you for your email. We apologise for the delay in responding.
Please find attached a copy of our current FOI Delegation as req...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Australian Sports Foundation to Ben Fairless on .
Information not held.
Dear Ben
Thank you for your request for a copy of the current FOI Delegations, and
any related directions issued in respect of FOI.
I am a...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Fairless
I can advise you that the decision maker for this request, has agreed to provide you with the document attached, outside of the Freed...
Dear Mr Fairless
Thank you for your correspondence dated 2 November 2016.
In response to your enquiry, I am pleased to advise that the info...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Australian Transport Safety Bureau to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Fairless,
I refer to...
Dear Mr Fairless,
The Department’s current FOI delegations are available through our
Information Publication Scheme:
[1]https://docs.educa...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Australian Skills Quality Authority to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Fairless,
We write in response to your email of 2 November 2016 requesting:
‘… a copy of the current FOI Delegations, a...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Commonwealth Grants Commission to Ben Fairless on .
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Dear Mr Fairless
No authorisations either.
Yours faithfully
Phil Parkins
Director of Corporate Services
Commonwealth Grants Commission
Telephone 02...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Fairless,
Please see the attached in relation to your request. I note that the
Principal Officer of ASADA (the CEO) has delegated the au...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Australian Government Financial Literacy Board to Ben Fairless on .
Information not held.
Dear Mr Fairless,
We refer to your request addressed to the Australian Government Financial
Literacy Board (AGFLB) for "a copy of the current FOI D...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Australian Human Rights Commission to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Ben I will assume that’s an agreement to withdraw unless I hear from you otherwise.
Many thanks
Michelle
Michelle Lindley
Deputy Director
Legal Sectio...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Australian Maritime Safety Authority to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Fairless,
We refer to your email received by AMSA on 2 November 2016 whereby you requested “…a copy of the current FOI delegations, and any re...
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Fairless,
I refer to your email dated 2 November 2016. The Australian Competition
Tribunal does not have any current FOI...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Defence Force Discipline Appeal Tribunal to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Fairless
I refer to your email dated 2 November 2016 addressed to the Defence Force
Discipline Appeal Tribunal. The Defen...
This person's 338 annotations (page 12)
Prohibitions in making an application to Tribunal
Information not held.
Thanks Mark, whilst the request may not technically meet the definitions of the FOI Act, I think it would help others who want to learn about and perha...
Prohibitions in making an application to Tribunal
Information not held.
This request was reported as needing Administrator Attention, however reading it I'm not 100% sure why (I'm sorry, but I haven't gotten the email notif...
Release the Source Code that Counts the Votes
Waiting clarification.
Let me try to dissect the AEC's response for the benefit of the requester or anyone else who may want a simpler version. This is my interpretation of w...
Not sure if its worth pointing out, but you don't have to accept a request to extend the time under the law.
I've complained to the OAIC and asked them to make a review, as it seems to me that Ms. Rossiter is simply pulling the strings of junior department emp...
FOI Request for Detail Incident Report 1-2RIU6K
Successful.
As suggested, I have made an application for IC Review for this decision.
Prime Ministerial communications via social media
Request to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet by Anonymouse-. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Refused.
I decided to make a request to the Prime Minister directly as they are separate under FOI: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/social_media_guidelin...
Thanks to Alex for the annotation at https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/internal_discussions_related_to#comment-523, as it helped me form my reques...
Retired politicians pensions & benifits.
Information not held.
Hey Anne, Darren, Frank and Matt,
If you are interested in finding out information on entitlements, why not make an FOI request to the Department of...
changes
Request to Disability Employment Services Reference Group by Megalfar. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Refused.
I have resent this request as the email address we had was invalid.
Regards,
Ben
Right to Know Volunteer
Hi Alex,
Would it be possible to argue that the fact the Department doesn't have centralised record management is another reason I could contend the...
I've started CrowdFunding for this FOI request, I hope I can rely on your support: http://www.pozible.com/project/181607
Trade Agreements
Refused.
Right to Know has received the below response from DFAT FOI:
"The statement that this request is awaiting response by 19 May is incorrect. Our advice...
All internal communications or emails relating to "Armenian Genocide" from 2010 onwards
Waiting clarification.
If you aren't comfortable sending your Credit Card details, you could ask the Department if they accept EFT as a payment method.
Cheers,
Ben
Migration stream by country of birth
Successful.
Updated the Request to indicate that it has been transferred to Department of Social Services.
Documents containing the phrase "Operation Sovereign Murders"
Information not held.
Request was transferred from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection to the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service. This has been...
SPC workers' conditions
Request to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet by Margo Kingston. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Waiting clarification.
Hi Margo,
You can give them your email address and Right to Know (should) censor it.
Otherwise, you can find the FOI email address for PMC here - h...
Glad we could be of help Michael. It's rather easy when you get the hang of it, and don't ever be afraid to ask a question about FOI here :)
You can...
Sorry, scratch that idea about Internal Review. Looks like I'm no match for Locutus Sum ;)
I've raised a request to change the wording, as I don't think we should be saying "promptly" as there is no obligation for them to be. Just to have it...
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.
Hi Mark,
The change to the email disclaimer was implemented about a month ago (see https://github.com/openaustralia/righttoknow/issues/314 for detail...
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.
Hi Mark, I'm not sure if you are aware but we automatically notify agencies that the RTK email address is valid under s15(2)(c).
Cheers,
Ben
Manus Island Officer Reports
Refused.
A few things I would point out here....
Firstly, EFT is an option if (like me) you don't want to be sending your credit card details around the place...
The last email from the OAIC has been moved from this request: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/media_conferences
It goes without saying that i...
I think this is a record for FOI Charges. $2555.33 for 146 documents!