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 5)
FOI Delegations
Response by Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service to Ben Fairless on .
Withdrawn by the requester.
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Fairless
The list of the Current Ministry (as at 28 August 2018) is available online at https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/P...
FOI Delegations
Response by Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Mental Health Reform to Ben Fairless on .
Withdrawn by the requester.
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Fairless
The list of the Current Ministry (as at 28 August 2018) is available online at https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/P...
FOI Delegations
Response by Australian Communications and Media Authority to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Dear Ben
I refer to your Freedom of Information Act (FOI Act) request, dated and received 14 November 2018, in which you sought access to the arrange...
FOI Delegations
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Fairless
Thank you for your email dated 14 November 2018 in which you seek access under administrative release to:
" Under sect...
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Fairless
The Department of Education and Training (the department) acknowledges
receipt of your email below.
Please...
FOI Delegations
Response by Assistant Minister for Education and Training to Ben Fairless on .
Withdrawn by the requester.
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Fairless
The Department of Education and Training (the department) acknowledges
receipt of your FOI request below which y...
FOI Delegations
Response by Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education to Ben Fairless on .
Withdrawn by the requester.
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Fairless
The Department of Education and Training (the department) acknowledges
receipt of your FOI request below which y...
Dear Mr Fairless,
We refer to your email received by AMSA on 14 November 2018 whereby you requested a copy of the FOI delegations.
AMSA will disclose...
FOI Delegations
Response by Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity to Ben Fairless on .
Refused.
UNCLASSIFIED
Good afternoon,
Please find attached ACLEI's response to your FOI request below, dated 23 November 2018.
Many thanks,
Australian Com...
FOI Delegations
Response by Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Fairless
Thank you for the email below. I can confirm that the Department has already provided access to the section 23 FOI Authorisation inst...
FOI Delegations
Response by Commonwealth Consumer Affairs Advisory Council to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Fairless
The Commonwealth Consumer Affairs Advisory Council is administered by the Treasury, so the Treasury’s section 23 arrangements apply t...
Dear Mr Fairless,
Thank you for your e-mail request dated 14 November (copied below).
I can advise you that there is no arrangement in place ei...
Good morning Mr Fairless.
Please find attached letter for your consideration.
Regards.
Will Herron
FOI Coordinator
Corporate Law U...
FOI Delegations
Response by Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment to Ben Fairless on .
Refused.
Thanks very much
Sent from my iPhone
FOI Delegations
Response by Department of Education, Skills and Employment to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Fairless,
I refer to your request, received by the Department of Jobs and Small
Business (the department) on 14 November...
Dear Mr Fairless,
Under s 23(1) of the Act, a decision in respect of a request made to an agency may be made, on behalf of the agency, by the responsi...
FOI Delegations
Response by Australian Institute of Health and Welfare to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Dear Ben Fairless
Please find attached the current arrangements for the 'Authorisation of Decision Maker and Review Officer', made pursuant section 23...
FOI Delegations
Response by Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation to Ben Fairless on .
Withdrawn by the requester.
Dear Mr Fairless
I refer to your request of 14 November 2018 addressed to the Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation (below).
I am unable...
Dear Mr Fairless
Background
I refer to four requests from you, received on 14 November 2018,
regarding:
1. The Department of Healt...
FOI Delegations
Response by Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on the Centenary of ANZAC to Ben Fairless on .
Withdrawn by the requester.
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Fairless
I am writing in relation to your request received on 14 November 2018 to
the Department of the Prime Minister and C...
Dear Mr Fairless
We acknowledge receipt of your request for information as outlined below,
received via email 14 November 2018.
In accorda...
FOI Delegations
Response by Minister Assisting on Queensland Floods Recovery to Ben Fairless on .
Withdrawn by the requester.
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Fairless
I refer to your below request which is directed to the Minister Assisting on Queensland Floods Recovery. No such Ministe...
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Fairless
I refer to your below request which is directed to the Minister for Justice. No such Minister exists. Given this, can yo...
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Fairless,
Please find below our response to your enquiry regarding FOI delegations.
ASIS is an 'exempt agency' under Division...
I don’t think I pursued this any further to be honest.
You’re welcome to make the same or similar request if you wanted ;)
This person's 338 annotations (page 5)
Australian Financial Conduct Authority & the FIO Act
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Phillip Sweeney. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Whoops, sorry the AFCA doesn’t have the same abn but the FOS website was updated to use the AFCA’s ABN on its footer.
Of note, the AFCA website is ac...
Australian Financial Conduct Authority & the FIO Act
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Phillip Sweeney. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
This is a really easy question to answer - it’s not subject to the FOI Act because it’s not a government agency. In Fact, it has the same ABN as the Fi...
Regulatory documents about exposure of a worker at ANSTO Health, Lucas Heights on 22 August 2017
Successful.
Hi Everyone,
The delay in releasing the documents was caused by Right to Know, not the authority. We sincerely apologise for the delay in fixing this...
Request for Information - Requirements for exercises of delegation under FOI Act
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Kieran (Account suspended). Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Partially successful.
Hi Everyone,
Ben here, one of the volunteers that look after the site. Just a reminder that the purpose of annotations are to help people with reques...
Freedom of Information Act
Request to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet by john wilshire. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Refused.
This has been requested a few times before:
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/seeking_valid_imformation#incoming-11577
https://www.righttoknow...
Regulatory documents about exposure of a worker at ANSTO Health, Lucas Heights on 22 August 2017
Successful.
Hi All,
The Right to Know team are working with ComCare to understand the issue here - Please bear with us!
Thanks,
Ben
Systems integrator panel for WPIT
Successful.
Hi David, there was an issue with Right to Know which prevented some emails from being received for several days. This wasn’t caused by the authority....
Request for email document
Successful.
There was a technical issue which prevented responses from appearing on the site - If a response isn't received in a few hours, we have asked the APSC...
Footage of animals on board live animal export ships
Request to Department of Agriculture and Water Resources by Shane Townsend. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Refused.
Right to Know is working with the Department of Agruculture to understand why their responses are not appearing on the site.
Commissioner responsible for people smuggling
Withdrawn by the requester.
I've removed the name of the Media Team advisor at the request of the AFP Media Team and in line with our Takedown Policy.
Freedom of information officers
Refused.
The below is the response from the Department:
Dear SB
In its current form, your request does not meet the requirements of the FOI Act.
This is b...
In a recent OAIC decision the ATO was told they needed to respond to requests made via this site.
It’s disappointing to see the ATO not following th...
Enterprise Agreement ballots - were employees informed of what data about them was used in the ballot?
Partially successful.
The Information Commissioner has made a formal recommendation to the ATO to start processing to Freedom of Information requests made via Right to Know....
Tax return retention period
Refused.
The Information Commissioner has made a formal recommendation to the ATO to start processing to Freedom of Information requests made via Right to Know....
The Information Commissioner has made a formal recommendation to the ATO to start processing to Freedom of Information requests made via Right to Know....
The Information Commissioner has made a formal recommendation to the ATO to start processing to Freedom of Information requests made via Right to Know....
Employee information provided to ballot agents in Enterprise Agreement bargaining
Partially successful.
The Information Commissioner has made a formal recommendation to the ATO to start processing to Freedom of Information requests made via Right to Know....
The Information Commissioner has made a formal recommendation to the ATO to start processing to Freedom of Information requests made via Right to Know....
The Information Commissioner has made a formal recommendation to the ATO to start processing to Freedom of Information requests made via Right to Know....
Tax Evasion Investigation
Refused.
The Information Commissioner has made a formal recommendation to the ATO to start processing to Freedom of Information requests made via Right to Know....
FOI Delegations - 2016
Successful.
The Information Commissioner has made a formal recommendation to the ATO to start processing to Freedom of Information requests made via Right to Know....
The Information Commissioner has made a formal recommendation to the ATO to start processing to Freedom of Information requests made via Right to Know....
The Information Commissioner has made a formal recommendation to the ATO to start processing to Freedom of Information requests made via Right to Know....
Squat toilets at the ATO
Partially successful.
The Information Commissioner has made a formal recommendation to the ATO to start processing to Freedom of Information requests made via Right to Know....
Policies and documents pertaining to the protection of information incase of societal upheaval
Refused.
The Information Commissioner has made a formal recommendation to the ATO to start processing to Freedom of Information requests made via Right to Know....