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 18)
Customs criteria on what "substantially duplicates a military firearm" that makes it banned from importation
Successful.
May I recommend to you that send an updated request from the same request page. It is very likely (almost certain) that eventually the department will...
Methods for linking datasets without individual identification
Partially successful.
Mr Warren, you have made a mistake that might cost you a lot of money. The Australian Bureau of Statistics has not agreed to release any information at...
Now it is another week and we can see what has happened when othe councils have replied. We can do a quick survey; it is not a complete answer because...
I think that with every other request that I have seen on Right to Know, where the applicant asks for something like "All documents what-so-ever inclu...
I did not say, but I ought to have said, that it is probably too early to know that the statement "other councils do not require a $30 fee for access t...
The request from the applicant in this application and in the other similar applications is not stated directly to be a request under the Government In...
Police drug testing 2014/15 and 2015/16
Waiting clarification.
Can any person explain to me why the Victoria Police (and the NSW police, I think) always tell an applicant that they must provide proof of identify. T...
Correspondence related to Right to Know
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Ben Fairless. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
Successful.
I think that some of the comments from the ATO General Counsel (as a person can read in the documents from the Office of the Australian Information Com...
Social media policy
Refused.
Note to administrators: I cannot send you a note because RtK ("Notify an administrator") is now always rejecting my messages an I get a bounce in my em...
Social media policy
Refused.
It is not good sense only to ask for an internal review. You will have very little chance. It is much better when you can explain why you think that th...
Requests made via Right to Know
Awaiting internal review.
It looks as if the correct thing to do now is to lodge a formal complaint with the OAIC. I cannot see anything in the Act that could allow an agency to...
Trailer complaint
Partially successful.
I have said that this request is partially successful because it is a duplicate of https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/i_am_still_awaiting_response_...
Student payment claims auto-rejected
Refused.
I think that the estimate of time is wrong. Also, if it is not wrong, then the Department of Human Services is not filing its information correctly. Th...
To the applicant: You should not think that you have reached the end of the road. All the correspondence on this page is about an informal application...
Social media policy
Successful.
I can see from the other requests made by the applicant for "Social Media Policy" that almost every other agency says, "Yes. Here is the document you w...
Pollution levels from 2006 through 2016 for the Murray River
Request to Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation by Andrew Demetriou. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
Refused.
To the applicant. I do not like to say this but Beth Maloney, Legal Counsel, CSIRO does not understand the FOI law. She says "Unfortunately the Freedom...
Mr Cummings, something is wrong with this request. I think maybe you clicked the "Request internal review" button sometime but I cannot see you to requ...
DisabilityCare Australia Fund Allocations for 2016-2017
Partially successful.
I am sorry that I did not see this request before today. This is a note for the applicant who has not made a valid request. Also it is a note to Clare...
Social media policy
Successful.
The estimate of charges looks like some nonsense. What social media policy contains absolutely exempt matter? None. If it did contain exempt matter the...
How many 3rd parties work with vulnerable persons and abuse them
Request to ACT Legal Aid Commission by idonthavealifeandwouldliketoendmyreminderofbeingabusedbycommittingsuicide. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
Awaiting internal review.
To the applicant:
(1) It is not necessary to explain on every request why you have chosen your user name. A user of Right to Know can choose any name...
I am still awaiting response from april the 12th ?????
Partially successful.
It is good to see that the Council officer has given the applicant the same warning that I gave him. He can apply for the information if he pays the fe...
I am still awaiting response from april the 12th ?????
Partially successful.
This is a follow-up email to a request on this page: It would be best if the applicant made the followup on the same (old) page and did not make a new...
Trailer complaint
Partially successful.
On this page (https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/i_am_still_awaiting_response_fro) the applicant asks :
Am i going to hear from you?
What is...
FOI Applications over 2015
Partially successful.
The reason I write a comment here is to show something interesting. In the 14 March 2016 email (https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/foi_applications...
I think that officer Stinson did not do her duty. Section 15(3) of the Act says "(3) Where a person: (a) wishes to make a request to an agency; or (b)...