Henare Degan
Joined Right to Know in 2012
I'm one of the people that made Right To Know. I sometimes annotate requests as an administrator and I try to make that clear. My other requests and annotations are probably done in a personal capacity.
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All internal communications or emails relating to browser extension Stop Tony Meow
Request to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet by Daniel Nolan. Annotated by Henare Degan on .
Refused.
Articles mentioning this request:
* "Stopping 'Stop Tony Meow': how web plug-in caught the Department of Prime Minister's attention" - http://www.smh...
Tony Abbott Calendar request
Request to Department of the House of Representatives by Jason callaghan. Annotated by Henare Degan on .
Information not held.
This department is probably not responsible for this information, I'd say it would be https://www.righttoknow.org.au/body/prime_minister but they'll pr...
Amazing. Unless they're deliberately not writing things down to avoid the FOI Act I find it very hard to believe there's been no internal discussions a...
Pharmaceutical Patents Review Final Report
Successful.
This request was mentioned in, "The High Price of Drug Patents: Australia, Patent Law, Pharmaceutical Drugs and the Trans-Pacific Partnership": http://...
Really interesting, thanks for all those details Brian.
Thanks for those links Alex. What do you mean, "prevent you being able to apply for IC review"?
I really didn't think it would be that hard to get th...
How is Australia being protected from the threat of Islam?
Information not held.
This is vile. The administrators are having a discussion about what to do with this request, and most importantly the link. Here's what I said:
OK, i...
Tony Abbott's expenses claims to attend the weddings of Sophie Mirabella and Peter Slipper
Successful.
This request is mentioned in this SMH story: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/emails-show-finance-department-failed-to-rule-on-ton...
FOI Request for Detail Incident Report 1-6TZKRC
Long overdue.
A note regarding this request:
The requester informed the Right To Know team that, "DIBP have responded promptly direct to my personal email address...
FOI Request for Detail Incident Report 1-3ZI4Q6
Long overdue.
A note regarding this request:
The requester informed the Right To Know team that, "DIBP have responded promptly direct to my personal email address...
Sale of Graincorp
Withdrawn by the requester.
This article may also be of interest to the requester, "Graincorp advice stays secret": http://www.theland.com.au/news/agriculture/agribusiness/general...
Access to Speaker's Brief
Request to Department of the House of Representatives by Daniel Hinds. Annotated by Henare Degan on .
Refused.
It would be interesting to ask them why they are refusing access.
Hopefully they'll be just ask helpful and upfront about this as the Department is i...
I probably don't need to tell you Luke but it's always worth asking for charges to be waived.
Monthly report on the number of asylum seekers arriving by both and via airports in Australia.
Refused.
Hi Allyson,
You could try your request again asking for *documents containing*... "the number of asylum seekers arriving via boat and via aircraft fo...
Hi Kate,
It's a bit late now but I thought I'd mention it's always worthwhile asking for charges to be waived on public interest grounds.
You can e...
Incoming ministerial briefs
Refused.
The department says they didn't have the document when this request was made.
No matter, they refused access to the document later when Delimiter ask...
2012/00009388 - Social Media and the Law
Partially successful.
It would be very sad if they had to post it to you!
You can also send them the link to this request and ask they they used the "Respond to request" l...
Evidence Commonwealth of Australia is registered to do business in Australia
Request to Australian Securities and Investments Commission by Sophia Wrightman. Annotated by Henare Degan on .
Information not held.
Hello,
I've once again had to remove annotations on this request that did not meet our simple moderation policy: annotations are to help people get t...
F0013096
Request to Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General by Elias Housen. Annotated by Henare Degan on .
Refused.
So I guess you have to ask for all *documents* contained in File Number F0013096. Unbelievable.
Piers Akerman appearance on Insider 22 September 2013
Handled by postal mail.
Thanks for pasting that Alex.
See, government departments, it's not that hard to use plain text! https://www.righttoknow.org.au/help/officers#pdf
M...
F0013096
Request to Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General by Elias Housen. Annotated by Henare Degan on .
Refused.
It's a file about "FEDERAL GENERAL ELECTION 2013", I found this by looking in the GG's Harradine Report: http://www.gg.gov.au/files-created-01-jan-2013...
I thanked them on my other request: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/2013_register_of_senate_senior_e#outgoing-980
Results from ACARA Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
Request to Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority by Kylie Smith. Annotated by Henare Degan on .
Successful.
Hi Kylie,
I think you should have got a confirmation too so I'm guessing they still haven't seen these emails. I've emailed Peter and ACARA asking th...
This request was mentioned in this article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/07/electoral_commission_turns_down_source_code_foi_request/
Results from ACARA Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
Request to Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority by Kylie Smith. Annotated by Henare Degan on .
Successful.
Hi Kylie,
I can confirm Right To Know successfully delivered your request to ACARA on Oct 23 at 22:54:54, however I have resent your initial request...