Comprehensive FOI resource (Commonwealth Freedom of Information Act 1982), drawn from project review of three decisions: Patrick and Secretary, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet [2020] AATA 4964; Rex Patrick and Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources [2021] AICmr 14; and Rex Patrick and Department of Defence [2019] AICmr 19. This is written to be portable into any future … Read article
Veritas numquam perit. Fiat justitia ruat caelum. Truth never perishes. Let justice be done though the heavens fall.
The following is the analysis of this FOI from 2024.
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Introduction
Most people think of a Freedom of Information request as a way to … Read article
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/coronation_queen_of_australia
| Request Pt 1 | Request | Response |
| Dear Attorney-General’s Department,
Please provide the document/s evidencing the event, signatories of the Coronation of the first Queen of Australia. Yours faithfully, Jillian, |
OFFICIAL Dear Jillian Thank you for your email, which was received by the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department (the department) Freedom of |
From Attorney-General’s website:
[Notation added in square brackets]
… Read articleUnder the Privacy Act 1988, (Privacy Act), you have a right to access your personal information that is held by this department. You also have a right to request corrections to any personal information we hold about you if you think it is inaccurate, out-of-date, incomplete, irrelevant or misleading.
In addition to
… Read articleIssue
Does the payment of general rates to the entity, a local government, constitute the payment of an ‘Australian tax’, for the purposes of subsection 81-5(1) of the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (GST Act)?
Decision
Yes, the payment of general rates to the entity constitutes the payment of an ‘Australian tax’, for the purposes
… Read articleOn 10 January 2024, you emailed the Office of the Attorney-General (the office) requesting access
to:
• A certified copy of the exemption instrument/certificate/notice/document that exempts
government departments and government corporations and government funded
corporations from complying with the Bills of Exchange Act 1909.
• A list of those government departments and government corporations and government
funded corporations and any
FOI-2023-336 – Decision (pdf)
SEH FOI to the Department of the Prime Minister
… Read articleI request the following documents:
1. I request the documents that provide for the Assent to the Parliament of United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and Sri Lanka to the Royal Styles and Titles Act 1973 for the Commonwealth of Australia for the alteration in the
Currently still available from the ATO website.
CG21_ATO_ID_2005_337_Legal_database_Council_not_an_associate_of (pdf)
Please take note of all instances of “local government” and “Local government”, and any other references where “Government” has a capital “G” – they are referring to actual Government entities, not “governing bodies” that are not Government. This is consistent with all of the “Local Government Acts”, all instances of … Read article
Source and full article from Constitution Watch
https://constitutionwatch.com.au/constitutional-commission-reports-freedom-of-information/
For your scrutiny a Freedom of Information Response from the Attorney Generals Office of the Australian Government (Not of the Commonwealth?).
The author wrote to confirm if there had been changes as recommended by the Constitutional Commission, Commissioned by the very same Attorney Generals Office, specifically Bill No 1, and Bill No. … Read article