❓ Mr. McGowan (Labor) questions the Attorney General regarding legal advice sought from the State Solicitor's Office and Solicitor General concerning FOI requests from media organisations. The response reveals minimal instances of advice sought and provided, citing legal professional privilege for further details.
AnsweredQoN 4232Legislative Assembly
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I refer to advice requested from the State Solicitor’s Office and Solicitor General by Ministers, regarding freedom of information (FOI) requests from media organisations since 23 September 2008, and I ask:
(a) how many times has advice been requested in response to FOI applications from each of the following media organisations:
(i) The Sunday Times
;
(ii) The West Australian
;
(iii) The Financial Review
;
(iv) The Australian
;
(v) ABC Television;
(vi) Channel 7;
(vii) Channel 9;
(viii) Channel 10;
(ix) WA Today;
(x) ABC Radio; and
(xi) Radio Station 6PR;
(b) how many times has written advice been provided for each media organisation;
(c) how many pages of advice have been provided in total, for each request, for each media organisation; and
(d) what has been the estimated cost of providing this advice in total for each of the media organisations?
(a) how many times has advice been requested in response to FOI applications from each of the following media organisations:
(i) The Sunday Times
;
(ii) The West Australian
;
(iii) The Financial Review
;
(iv) The Australian
;
(v) ABC Television;
(vi) Channel 7;
(vii) Channel 9;
(viii) Channel 10;
(ix) WA Today;
(x) ABC Radio; and
(xi) Radio Station 6PR;
(b) how many times has written advice been provided for each media organisation;
(c) how many pages of advice have been provided in total, for each request, for each media organisation; and
(d) what has been the estimated cost of providing this advice in total for each of the media organisations?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
24 November 2010
Response time
35 days
(a) A search of the records of the State Solicitor's Office and the Office of the Solicitor General has located 2 instances where advice was requested:
(i) 1
(ii) 1
(iii) to (xi) Nil
(b) A search of the records of the State Solicitor's Office and the Office of the Solicitor General has located 2 instances where advice was provided:
(i) 1
(ii) 1
(iii) to (xi) Nil
(c) It is not appropriate to provide the information requested as a response would reveal information about the nature of communications which are subject to legal professional privilege.
(d) The advice was provided by legal officers employed by the State, and no payment was made for the legal work involved. In any event, the provision of the information requested would reveal information about the nature of communications which are subject to legal professional privilege.
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(i) 1
(ii) 1
(iii) to (xi) Nil
(b) A search of the records of the State Solicitor's Office and the Office of the Solicitor General has located 2 instances where advice was provided:
(i) 1
(ii) 1
(iii) to (xi) Nil
(c) It is not appropriate to provide the information requested as a response would reveal information about the nature of communications which are subject to legal professional privilege.
(d) The advice was provided by legal officers employed by the State, and no payment was made for the legal work involved. In any event, the provision of the information requested would reveal information about the nature of communications which are subject to legal professional privilege.
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