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 23)
How is Australia being protected from the threat of Islam?
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A few things of note, in no particular order.
The decision maker was correct to refuse the request but the refusal is not based on a valid reason. Al...
Australia's Declaration of Independence
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Some history: The British claim of sovereignty over territory is traditionally effected by a person (usually a person authorized by the Crown) claiming...
Religious make up of Boat People
Awaiting internal review.
This looks like a wrong, and silly, decision. It looks as if it should be obvious to the decision maker that it is a wrong decision. The decision maker...
Because I am curious, I look to see who is Matthew Landauer, and I discover that I should have asked this question before I wrote my annotation. Matthe...
I can make two suggestions.
I guess that you hope that there is something hidden in the electronic document to tell you something. I also imagine tha...
I think that this is a very fascinating requests for two reasons. Reason one is only the content of the archive; that is naturally the reason for the r...
What are eligible Australians
Long overdue.
It is not very obvious to a Right to Know user, but this request was answered by the Australian Electoral Commission in another email thread. The lette...
This is a very interesting question and it will be of interest to see what is the response from the Australian Electoral Commission. I think one must e...
For the reasons explained in another annotation (https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/who_owns_the_right_to_vote#comment-330) this request must be re...
What are eligible Australians
Long overdue.
For the reasons explained in another annotation (https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/who_owns_the_right_to_vote#comment-330) this request must be re...
Title holder of Australian citizenship
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For the reasons explained in another annotation (https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/who_owns_the_right_to_vote#comment-330) this request must be re...
Who owns the right to vote
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I write because I hope you will accept my advice and my suggestions. Maybe an annotation is not the best place but I have a try anyway.
You have made...
Evidence Commonwealth of Australia is registered to do business in Australia
Request to Australian Securities and Investments Commission by Sophia Wrightman. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
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If you combine what Mr Grant Moodie has said and the section 5 of the Corporations Act, you can obtain the following.
The Commonwealth is not a corpo...
Evidence Commonwealth of Australia is registered to do business in Australia
Request to Australian Securities and Investments Commission by Sophia Wrightman. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
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The decision maker has been very kind to give more explanation and not only to say, "No, the document does not exist".
You might ask why he says, "th...
Agreed on terms for not voting penalties
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I apologise if you thought I meant to say that your application was not in good faith. When people have a difficult time to learn about their governmen...
F0013096
Request to Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General by Elias Housen. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
Refused.
Please can you tell me what the file is about. It is perhaps of interest to other people also using Right to Know. Also, I am interested to know where...
I wish to make a comment and a suggestion. The request you have made will be refused. The Department will tell you that there is a "practical refusal r...
Agreed on terms for not voting penalties
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This request and the other emails look similar to some other requests where an applicant seemed not to be trying to get a document but to be trying to...
Australian Taxation Office Definitions
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If the following is already known to you, I apologise. Perhaps another user will find it to be useful. I try to annotate on the response of the Austral...
Evidence Commonwealth of Australia is registered to do business in Australia
Request to Australian Securities and Investments Commission by Sophia Wrightman. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
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It looks as if this is intended to be a request for Internal Review. But, if it is a request for Internal Review, it is helpful to the agency (and to y...
The correct name please: 'The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia' or 'Parliament of Australia'?
Partially successful.
Mr Garrett, thank you. I am not so sure how much I should answer. My answer (and also your comment) would be better to appear on a blog than to be here...
The correct name please: 'The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia' or 'Parliament of Australia'?
Partially successful.
I write this annotation because I do not think that you will get the answer from Attorney-General's Department. Mr Grey tried to make a request like th...
Evidence Commonwealth of Australia is registered to do business in Australia
Request to Australian Securities and Investments Commission by Sophia Wrightman. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
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It was predictable.
It is worthwhile to read the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 (http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/c...
Copies of 2013 Senate below-the-line preference data files
Partially successful.
Writer's most recent email says a "detailed reply and response to this request is outstanding". That is simply true; there is yet no reply. But the AEC...
Evidence Commonwealth of Australia is registered to do business in Australia
Request to Australian Securities and Investments Commission by Sophia Wrightman. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
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The request must be refused but to get the information is easy. Section 12(1)(b) of the FOI Act (http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/foia...