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GOVERMENT RADIO
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 2:31 pm
by Tyson846
Do you think that Government agencies should share there codes and frequencies to the public under the 'Freedom of Infomation ACT'?
Re: GOVERMENT RADIO
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 7:06 pm
by Zebedee
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.
No
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 11:30 pm
by dazla
I would not class government radio codes as public knowlege as they are specific to the organisation. Not covered by FOI.
Re: No
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 3:17 pm
by Zebedee
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"
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 6:10 pm
by dazla
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.
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 11:00 pm
by jmmw
If you want to try im in!
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 11:17 pm
by Zebedee
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.
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 11:20 pm
by jmmw
sounds complex...
FOIA
Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 2:30 pm
by Tyson846
ok what is a foi request
Re: FOIA
Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 3:30 pm
by Zebedee
Tyson846 wrote:ok what is a foi request
A Freedom of Information request
Basically making a request under the Freedom of Information Act...
foi req
Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 3:52 pm
by Tyson846
how do i make one
Re: foi req
Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 7:47 pm
by Zebedee
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...