GOVERMENT RADIO

Tyson846 · Post by **Tyson846** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 2:31 pm

Do you think that Government agencies should share there codes and frequencies to the public under the 'Freedom of Infomation ACT'?

Post by **Zebedee** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 7:06 pm

Tyson846 wrote:Do you think that Government agencies should share there codes and frequencies to the public under the 'Freedom of Infomation ACT'?

Good question - you could always try a FOI request and see what happens

Personally I don't think they should be secret. IANAL but as far as I know the codes aren't covered by any kind of secrecy provisions.

dazla · Post by **dazla** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 11:30 pm

I would not class government radio codes as public knowlege as they are specific to the organisation. Not covered by FOI.

Post by **Zebedee** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 3:17 pm

dazla wrote:Not covered by FOI.

Perhaps - perhaps not

An FOI request to the organisation in question would find out for sure...

If anyone's interested in what you can and can't do with the Freedom of Information Act, take a look:

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/wa/c ... index.html

I'm not going to try and interpret the whole Act - that's what we have lawyers for - but section 3(2)(a) is interesting:

"The objects of this Act are to be achieved by creating a general right of access to State and local government documents"

dazla · Post by **dazla** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 6:10 pm

How would this relatate to police codes, does this mean I can walk into a Police Station and say that I want your details because I have the right under the FIA.

jmmw · Post by **jmmw** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 11:00 pm

If you want to try im in!

Post by **Zebedee** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 11:17 pm

dazla wrote:How would this relatate to police codes, does this mean I can walk into a Police Station and say that I want your details because I have the right under the FIA.

Not exactly no, you'd need to follow the proper procedures for requesting information under the FOIA. Then the request would be formally considered and you'd get a response - either the info you requested, or a reason why not

Interestingly enough, one provision of the Act is that an agency needs to help you with the procedure to follow if you don't already know.

jmmw · Post by **jmmw** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 11:20 pm

sounds complex...

Tyson846 · Post by **Tyson846** » Tue May 10, 2005 2:30 pm

ok what is a foi request

Post by **Zebedee** » Tue May 10, 2005 3:30 pm

Tyson846 wrote:ok what is a foi request

A Freedom of Information request

Basically making a request under the Freedom of Information Act...

Tyson846 · Post by **Tyson846** » Tue May 10, 2005 3:52 pm

how do i make one

Post by **Zebedee** » Tue May 10, 2005 7:47 pm

Tyson846 wrote:how do i make one

Try reading the Freedom of Information Act at

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/wa/c ... ia1992222/

and working from there... I've never had to make an application to anywhere for information, so I've no idea on exactly how you'd do it...

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