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 14)
My car sustained damage in police pursuit
Long overdue.
It is correct that the answer did not match the question but it is also true that the request did not logically match the question. The request was a r...
I had intended, but forgot, to comment on a sentence in the applicant's email (https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/money_to_the_crown_corporation_a#...
Development Information
Long overdue.
Did the applicant telephone the council in response to the first email from them. The last email makes me think so but maybe this is not true.
Note t...
Promissory Notes
Successful.
Whatever is the role of the courts in New Zealand and the United Kingdom and also in Australia, it is not the same role as the role of the Treasury. Th...
Process for determining immunisation status of children aged 14 and over
Partially successful.
@BillTarte The applicant has NOT been issued with a s 24AB notice. The decision maker, says that they might have to issue a s 24AB notice if the scope...
The applicant has submitted a later request for the same material on this page: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/anus_investments_in_nuclear_weap...
ANU's investments in nuclear weapons companies 2015-17
Withdrawn by the requester.
The applicant's earlier request is here https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/anus_investments_in_nuclear_weap .
The applicant's earlier request is here https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/anus_investments_in_nuclear_weap .
Group Certificates/PAYG payment summaries of APSC SES staff - FY2013/14, FY2014/15 and FY2015/16
Refused.
This is an interesting request page. After the agency notifies the applicant that the agency proposes to consult with affected individuals, the applic...
The applicant was a little enthusiastic to ask for a rapid confirmation of receipt by the Australian Broadcasting Commission of the applicant's request...
Yellowtail kingfish farming records for Fitzgerald Bay aquaculture zones
Partially successful.
Note to the applicant: The Freedom of Information Act in South Australia is different than the Commonwealth Act. Secion 29(2) of the South Australian F...
All Cancer donation, etc, in australia in the last 5 years.
Information not held.
This is not an answer to the applicant's questions but it might be of interest to some users.
It is important to remember that the number of cancer c...
Is it Pollution?
Waiting clarification.
The Bureau of Metereorology might have a person who is interesting to answer the request but it is not a valid request under the Freedom of Information...
Illegal phoenix task force
Partially successful.
If you read the title of the way that I read it, you will think that some kind of illegal task force has been created by the Australian government. It...
Binary Options scams 2016
Long overdue.
A description of binary options is available from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission on this webpage: https://www.moneysmart.gov.au/i...
Information related to employment of 457 visa holders
Partially successful.
Note to the applicant. Some of your request might be treated as invalid because it asks for information and not for documents. The part of the request...
Medical conditions & visa grants
Partially successful.
I can understand that a person will become frustrated when they do not receive a letter in the time that the person expects. But the law has not been b...
The applicant seems to have misunderstood how Right to Know works. He writes "Dear Mr Baldwin FOI ... but the hapless Mr James Baldwin is only another...
The meaning of the request is not apparent. Possible meansings:
(1) Have I been issued with an invoice for an amount? If so, what is the amount?
(2)...
Reid Highway Works
Waiting clarification.
I think that officer Karen meant to say "we LIKE it if you make your FOI request with the use of our form", instead of "all requests must be applied fo...
The applicant mentions that the response is "curious". To me, it is also an interesting response from a legal viewpoint. I ask "Does the response give...
Suggestion to the applicant: I suggest (if my assumption is correct) that you immediately write to the agency to say that you do not want the name of a...
Administrative Access Arrangements
Information not held.
The agency said that they could not find any relevant documents under the scope described by Mr Fairless and asked him to clarify the scope. Because he...
Advisory Council minutes from 2016
Long overdue.
This is a very strange response. It is not clear whether the officer is trying to say that the request is not valid, or whether he is trying to say tha...
CCTV footage from the Smithfield Plains SA trainstation on the 15/2/17 between 740am and 500pm
Request to SA Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure by Hope Young. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
Waiting clarification.
In my opinion, this is a good response from an agency. It likely that the officer knows that there will be problems with an FOI request so instead of s...