Locutus Sum
Joined Right to Know in 2013
Just a girl who likes to write, and likes the law, and likes to write about the law.
Christmas Day 2018: I have returned after a long study absence. My English is now almost professional legal standard but not perfect. I understand most idioms but do not always produce them correctly.
I am just another user of Right to Know but I know a little bit about the Freedom of Information law in Australia. If you need any help with an application you can send me a message through Right to Know.
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This person's 599 annotations (page 11)
It can cause problems when an applicant sends out a very large number of requests together in a bulk request. It is convenient for the applicant when s...
Mostly I classify a response like this one to say "clarification requested" because the agency has told the applicant that some more information (and m...
The agency says that the following request: "I request documents related to the ten most recent instances where an employee has sought information, adv...
Refused on the ground of s 24A(1) of the Act:
24A Requests may be refused if documents cannot be found, do not
exist or have not been received...
Ministerial staff
Refused.
Deemed to have been refused under s 24AB because the applicant did not respond to a request to consult with the agency about a "practical refusal reaso...
Private use of social media advice provided to employees
Request to Department of Industry, Science, Energy & Resources by James Smith. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
Information not held.
Refused on the ground of s 24A(1) of the Act:
24A Requests may be refused if documents cannot be found, do not
exist or have not been received...
Private use of social media advice provided to employees
Information not held.
Refused on the ground of s 24A(1) of the Act:
24A Requests may be refused if documents cannot be found, do not
exist or have not been received...
Mostly I classify a response like this one to say "clarification requested" because the agency has told the applicant that some more information (and m...
Mostly I classify a response like this one to say "clarification requested" because the agency has told the applicant that some more information (and m...
First the ATO pretended to serve a notice to the applicant but they did not bother to send the notice to him. Instead, they sent the notice to the ATO....
Group Certificates/PAYG payment summaries of ACMA’s SES staff - FY2013/14, FY2014/15 and FY2015/16
Request to Australian Communications and Media Authority by Name withheld. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
Refused.
The letter attached to the preceding email explains that there will be a consultation period. The consultation period extends the time for processing t...
Taskforce on Hospital Funding
Waiting clarification.
The applicant has until 23 July 2017 to make a contest to the charges.
Lawfulness of the Infringements Court
Request to Victorian Department of Justice and Community Safety by John Andrews. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
Refused.
I must begin to say that I know nothing of the Infringements Court but I have a suggestion of something that you might find interesting to read and con...
Internet Censorship Blacklist
Refused.
@James Baldwin (https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/internet_censorship_blacklist#comment-1879 ) I am sorry that I did not see your comment sooner;...
Report on surveyed gum tree at my property
Long overdue.
The council has not responded properly but also, the request is not truly valid because it is not accompanied by an application fee.
Australia Post Briefings
Refused.
A response has been delayed so that the agency can consult. A response is due by 20 July 2017.
Methods for paying FOI request charges to the Department of Human Services
Withdrawn by the requester.
The applicant has been allowed 30 days from 21 June 2017 to agree to the new charges or to request an internal review. If these things are not done the...
Costs associated with the Pacific Adventurer incident 2009
Information not held.
The agency does not have the information requested by the applicant. Even so with this, the agency has given two links in their decision letter. The li...
It is in fact not obvious on Right to Know what the status of this request is. The applicant has to look somewhere else for the information. If a perso...
Privacy training in the Defence Department
Successful.
I agree with the applicant; the response from the agency was very informative. Also, it was prompt, and managed administratively without the machinery...
Note to the applicant: If you are familiar with section 15(5)(a) of the Act then you will also know that the agency is required to acknowledge your req...
Copy of DA and BA for flats at 3 Lachlan Street, Warwick Farm
Partially successful.
This is an interesting decision because it makes a reference to copyright. I have not already seen this happen. Here, the council will not give a copy...
Reporting of CN3174232
Request to Department of Education, Skills and Employment by Jackson Gothe-Snape. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
Partially successful.
The applicant incorrectly marked this request as if it were awaiting an internal review. That was not correct. Internal review has a specific meaning u...
This is a very strange and interesting request. Mr Fairless writes with a request to the department of the Attorney General (the "AGD"). AGD replies to...
Strange. The agency tries to quote s 59 of the GIPA Act but instead of copying the words from an original text, they retype it, and then make spelling...