Verity Pane
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Ridiculous calculation of charges that have no legitimate basis in fact, but are a thinly guised attempt to unlawfully frustrate access, are unfortunat...
Letter in relation to the Consumer Protection Inquiry
Request to Australian Securities and Investments Commission by Phillip Sweeney. Annotated by Verity Pane on .
Successful.
Even though released administratively so as not to use FOI as a barrier, worth noting they still took a month to do so (so no difference really in how...
IPA and HR Hicholls Society documents
Partially successful.
Agencies should not white out redactions, on white backgrounds, as it makes it very difficult to confirm the extent of a redaction. Agencies should use...
Group Certificates/PAYG payment summaries of the ABS’ SES staff - FY2013/14, FY2014/15 and FY2015/16
Refused.
The OAIC will rubber stamp just about any s 15AB application by an agency, whether or not justified grounds exist, unfortunately. See http://foi-privac...
For the benefit of those who don't want to wade through three screens to see the decision (shame on ATO for being deliberately obstructive to RtK), hav...
Schedule of Special Purpose Flights
Refused.
Not quite correct that Defence "cannot" action Part 1 (more a case of choosing not to here). Part 1 request could be treated administratively or taken...
Schedule of Special Purpose Flights
Refused.
Hi Alan,
Regarding your request for reasons as to why there has been no publication of special purpose flight information lately, it's worth remember...
Use of Privacy Act s44 and s45 powers
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Verity Pane. Annotated by Verity Pane on .
Refused.
It's worth pointing out that any use of s 44 Privacy Act coercive powers (which given the lack of any publicly available evidence to that effect, is ve...
Use of Privacy Act s44 and s45 powers
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Verity Pane. Annotated by Verity Pane on .
Refused.
Under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) the agency bears the onus of proof in establishing that processing the applicant’s request would substa...
Privacy Act s 98 Information Commissioner Initiated Applications
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Verity Pane. Annotated by Verity Pane on .
Partially successful.
While technically a refusal, have decided to mark this response as partial successful, given this is an FOI response that went a little above and beyon...
Email correspondence on school funding changes
Waiting clarification.
Now this is a much better notification of practical refusal intention than you usually see. The agency's intention response, while very summary, at lea...
Information regarding granting of 457 visas
Partially successful.
The agency's decision here raises some issues worth commenting on.
Parts 1 and 3 of the Applicant's FOI request were given a practical refusal reason...
Documents Relating to U.S. Department of Defense Research into Neurotoxicity and/or Adverse Neuropsychiatric Effects of the Anti-malarial Drug Mefloquine
Waiting clarification.
It would be worth reminding this agency that where charges sought are typically less $100, the Information Commissioner has generally been of the view...
When making an FOI application, just note that, with the exception of s 17, you really need to request records/documents rather than information (which...
Refusal to Provide a Statement of Reasons
Request to Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority by Adam Presnell. Annotated by Verity Pane on .
Refused.
Now that the APVMA have reduced their charges estimate to $50 I definitely think Rita Lahoud and Department of Education and Training [2016] AICmr 5 ap...
Refusal to Provide a Statement of Reasons
Request to Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority by Adam Presnell. Annotated by Verity Pane on .
Refused.
Can I suggest, if you seek review, that you may wish to focus on the time the APVMA have allocated for assessing any documents discovered.
The APVMA...
Refusal to Provide a Statement of Reasons
Request to Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority by Adam Presnell. Annotated by Verity Pane on .
Refused.
You may find this useful - it outlines the process on Charges Decisions for agency staff. It can help you identify a ground of review https://www.oaic....
Refusal to Provide a Statement of Reasons
Request to Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority by Adam Presnell. Annotated by Verity Pane on .
Refused.
Hi Adam,
I read your annotation, and while it is true that some public servants view FOI as a pain in their backside, and don't administer FOI reques...
Refusal to Provide a Statement of Reasons
Request to Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority by Adam Presnell. Annotated by Verity Pane on .
Refused.
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While obviously everyone may hold their own opinions, in communicating them, due regard must be given to wheth...
Documents Relating to U.S. Department of Defense Research into Neurotoxicity and/or Adverse Neuropsychiatric Effects of the Anti-malarial Drug Mefloquine
Waiting clarification.
While it is positive that this agency has reduced its the charges estimate by 50% to $83.50, it is worth saying that the agency really wasn't intereste...
Airsoft in the defence force
Waiting clarification.
This appears to be notification of intention to make a practical refusal decision, on the grounds the work involved in processing the request would sub...
Airsoft in the defence force
Waiting clarification.
Given the vast bulk of the preliminary estimate of charges is for "assessing" the documents sought (the agency only estimates 2 hours to conduct the se...
Airsoft in the defence force
Waiting clarification.
The agency's statement "Under the provisions of the FOI Act, we are required to provide documents not information" is somewhat misleading given s 17 do...
The agency's claim "Your request is not considered to be a valid request under the FOI Act as you have sought access to publicly available information"...
Statistics on the whole of ADF IR status and medical restrictions
Waiting clarification.
There may be some merit to a claim of "security risk" in providing 10 years of historical Individual Readiness statistics, but it does seem a bit of a...