Email Dave Maher(when Adam Toma ripped off his skirt)

After several months refusing to reply to my fOI,  Dave Maher was eventually made to respond by the Office of the Information Minister.

Adam Toma would have ripped his skirt off and threw a tantrum  when he was informed that ITSA had an obligation to respond with the information I require.

Now I am aware ITSA do not want to disclose any information as would be aparent by their lack of requests on their Disclosure Log

I intend to pursue many lines of enquiries.

From: dave.maher@itsa.gov.au
To: fionabrown01@hotmail.com
Subject: FOI request [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 05:28:53 +0000

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Dear Ms Brown

I refer to the FOI request which you purported to send to ITSA on 22 July 2012 and your subsequent complaint to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC ) about ITSA’s lack of response (copy of relevant e-mails attached).

ITSA has been contacted by the OAIC about this matter.  ITSA advised the OAIC that your e-mails of 22 July and 5 August were not received, as e-mail correspondence from you has been blocked since October 2009 – you were advised of this by e-mail from Adam Toma (scanned copy attached).

The OAIC asked ITSA whether it would be prepared to consider their contact with us as constituting receipt of your FOI request.  ITSA agreed to this on 7 November 2012 and I therefore acknowledge receipt of your FOI request on that date.

Under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) ITSA has 30 days from receipt of an FOI request to make a decision whether to grant access to the documents sought.  This period can be extended if consultation is required with third parties; with the consent of the OAIC if the request is complex or voluminous; or with the consent of the applicant.  If I consider that an extension of time to process your request is required I will contact you.  If I decide to refuse access to one or more documents relevant to your request I will advise you in writing of the reasons for that refusal and of your right to seek a review of the decision.

Please note that the e-mail block remains in place, therefore any e-mails you may send to ITSA will not be received.  If you wish to correspond with ITSA about your FOI request you should write to:

The FOI Coordinator
ITSA
GPO Box 821
CANBERRA  ACT  2601

Regards

Dave Maher
FOI Coordinator
ITSA

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From: fionabrown01@hotmail.com
To: enquiries@oaic.gov.au
Subject: CP12/06891 - RE: Freedom of Information ITSA
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 04:31:14 +0000

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I refer to the following email to which I have received no reply from your department.
I would appreciate a quick response
Fiona Brown