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 13)
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Fairless
Attached are the following:
1. AP 1428 Consolidated Freedom Information procedure (a
consolidation of AP 1428 and A...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Good afternoon,
Please find attached letter for your consideration.
Regards,
Sonya Petreski
FOI Administration Assistant | Corporat...
For Official Use Only
Good afternoon Mr Fairless,
Please find attached Comcare’s decision notice and attached FOI
Delegations per your request...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Follow up sent to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet by Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Thanks for your email! All good.
Yours sincerely,
Ben Fairless
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Department of Education, Skills and Employment to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Fairless,
We refer to your below email and your email of 2 November 2016 to the
Department’s National Workplace Relations Consultative C...
Dear Mr Fairless,
I refer to your request received by the Department of Social Services (the
Department) on 2 November 2016. I note that you hav...
Dear Mr Fairless,
Thank you for your request.
Attached is a copy of Austrade's FOI authorised officers which has been provided to you under administr...
Customer service complaints - St George's Tce post office
Response by Australian Postal Corporation to Ben Fairless on .
Refused.
Good afternoon Mr Fairless,
Find attached letter for your attention.
Regards,
Jan Robinson
Corporate Lawyer
FOI Review Officer
Australia Post...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by National Carbon Capture and Storage Council to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Fairless
I refer to your requests made under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) on 2 November 2016, to the Department of Industry,...
Dear Mr Fairless
I refer to your requests made under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) on 2 November 2016, to the Department of Industry,...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Department of Industry, Science, Energy & Resources to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Fairless
I refer to your requests made under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) on 2 November 2016, to the Department of Industry,...
Dear Mr Fairless
I refer to your requests made under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) on 2 November 2016, to the Department of Industry,...
Dear Mr Fairless
I refer to your requests made under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) on 2 November 2016, to the Department of Industry,...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Fairless
Please find attached a copy of the Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal's FOI authorisation instrument under section 23 o...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Australian Rail Track Corporation Limited to Ben Fairless on .
Information not held.
Dear Mr Fairless,
Thank you for your query dated 2 November 2016 regarding delegations and
directions under the Freedom of Information Act 1982...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Department of Agriculture and Water Resources to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Dear Ben
Thank you for your request. The document relevant to your request is available on our website at the link below:
http://www.agriculture.gov....
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Australian Local Government Association to Ben Fairless on .
Long overdue.
This is the mail system at host openaustralia.org.
I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not
be delivered to one or more recipients....
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Australian Law Reform Commission to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Many thanks
Sabina Wynn | Executive Director
Australian Law Reform Commission | www.alrc.gov.au
[email address] | +61 2 8238 6366 | 0404874159
Cele...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Australian National Maritime Museum to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Dear Ben,
I refer to your email titled “Freedom of Information Request – FOI
Delegations 2016”, sent 2 November 2016, in which you request “…a c...
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Fairless
Please find attached letter from the Deputy Principal Registrar in relation to your FOI request.
Yours sincerely
Feder...
Private Number for Outbound Calls
Response by Services Australia to Ben Fairless on .
Information not held.
Dear Mr Fairless
Please find attached correspondence in relation to your Freedom of
Information request (LEX 22591).
Regards
FOI Pra...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Workplace Gender Equality Agency to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Dear Ben,
The Workplace Gender Equality Agency does not have FOI delegations in
place. The Director, our Agency Head, makes all decisions regarding F...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Federal Circuit Court of Australia to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Dear Sir
Please see attached current Instrument of Authorisation
Kind regards
Customer Service
From: Ben Fairless <[FOI #2584 email]>
T...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Migration Agents Registration Authority to Ben Fairless on .
Information not held.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Your email has been received by the Department of Immigration and Border
Protection’s Freedom of Information (FOI) Section. Pl...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Australian Communications and Media Authority to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Dear Ben
Request for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982
(our ref: ACMA2016/683)
I refer to your Freedom of Information...
This person's 338 annotations (page 13)
Is the Commonwealth of Australia, registered as a coorporation in the USA, a legal entity under the Australian Constitution?
Information not held.
Hi AJ,
If there was any further correspondence from the Department, it would be visible here (Right to Know does not hide responses from Authorities...
I've made a request for the *actual* document which should have been attached here - https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/copy_of_document_staff_emai...
Stats regarding increase or decrease of bullying in high schools.
Information not held.
I've updated the Education Dept email address and resent the request.
Thanks,
Ben Fairless
Right to Know Administrator
Hi Elias, can you tell us if you have decided to withdraw this request?
Thanks,
Ben
Correspondence related to: "A Storyboard on People Smuggling"
Request to Department of Home Affairs by Samuel Pufendorf (Account suspended). Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Withdrawn by the requester.
This request has been marked as withdrawn as the user in question is suspended, and has not replied to a request to update their request from Right to...
GLORICIDE
Request to Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority by Adam Presnell. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Refused.
All,
The last email sent by the requestor has been hidden as it does not comply with our Guidelines. I have put a block on any further comments at th...
myGov Privacy Impact Assessment
Partially successful.
If you get any attachments or PDF documents etc, feel free to send an email from your registered email address on Right to Know to contact@righttoknow....
FOI Request for Detail Incident Report 1-44AA0Y
Waiting clarification.
Perhaps it would be a good idea to ask DIBP to resend with the attachments.
Seach for MH370
Information not held.
Hi, just a note that annotations aren't sent to the agency.
If you want to send a response, you need to select "Write a Reply" at the bottom of the...
Seach for MH370
Information not held.
Right to Know is designed to allow people to easily make FOI requests, and to make the released documents public. As Locutus Sum has already pointed ou...
Request has been reassigned in Right to Know to the Department of Health at the request of DFAT FOI, as the request is now with Health.
Cheers,
Ben...
Manus Island CCTV Footage
Information not held.
How they go from 900 pages to nothing after you clarify what you are looking for seems a bit suss. I don't need to tell you, but perhaps an Internal Re...
Government brief.
Successful.
Hi JS, You've sent them only part of the link. The full link is "https://www.righttoknow.org.au/upload/ request/government_brief" (remove the spaces an...
Government brief.
Successful.
JS,
You can actually ask the Department to upload the document via Right to Know, by using the link at https://www.righttoknow.org.au/upload/request/...
Manus Island CCTV Footage
Information not held.
Can't help but wonder if they are using a Practical Refusal reason to get around your refusal of their request for an extension.... but no, they wouldn...
Australia's Declaration of Independence
Information not held.
To be fair, the request is probably one which isn't received on a regular basis.
If what I've read online is correct (which I'm sure is over simplif...
Australia's Declaration of Independence
Information not held.
Hi Ben, the email sent was just an acknowledgement of the request and detailing next steps. I don't think additional clarification was required :)
Ch...
I've updated Right to Know to reflect that this request has been transferred to Finance
Thanks
Privacy Impact Assessment of the Document Verification Service
Withdrawn by the requester.
I did some googling as I was interested to know what this service does. I found this - http://www.ag.gov.au/RightsAndProtections/IdentitySecurity/Docum...
NDIA Employees Superannuation Benefit
Successful.
Hi,
I've added the National Disability Insurance Agency as an authority on Right to Know and I've moved the request over to them on Right to Know....
East West Link business case
Refused.
I've resent this email as we were advised that the FOI contact email address was incorrect.
How is Australia being protected from the threat of Islam?
Information not held.
The link in question has now been hidden due to it's content. Please email contact@righttoknow.org.au if you wish to discuss this further.
How is Australia being protected from the threat of Islam?
Information not held.
I'm similarly disgusted. For those who aren't aware, the link is for a video which allegedly depicts the beheading of an individual. It is uncensored,...
Subcontract details between Transfield Services and Wilson Security for Manus Island and Nauru Regional Processing Centers
Partially successful.
Hi DT,
I would simply suggest saying that the Right to Know email address is valid for the purposes of the Act. You don't need to give your personal...
FOI Request for Detail Incident Report 1-4449XA
Successful.
Hi Ruth,
Going forward, it would be best to simply say that the Right to Know Email address is valid, so that it gets published here :)
Cheers,
B...