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Let’s cast the net and see what rotten garbage we dredge up.
No doubt a request like the ones below may result in two things;
- Furrowed brows in the Prime Minister’s Department, as Jason Ede and other National Party apparatchiks work out how to fulfil their legal obligations under the Act – without disclosing how this little anti-Cunliffe campaign was orchestrated.
- Other MSM media following suit with their own requests.
National may well find that they have opened a can of worms with their dirty tricks ‘black ops’.
Here we go…
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from: Frank Macskasy <fmacskasy@gmail.com>
to: John Key <john.key@parliament.govt.nz>
date: Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 9:35 PM
subject: Official Information Request
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Kia ora Mr Key.
This is a request lodged under the Official Information Act.
Please provide me with copies of all correspondence, minutes, notes, reports, and any other written or otherwise recording, relating to any and all activities surrounding the procurement; storage; and planned circumstances of the release of the letter between David Cunliffe and Donghua Liu dated 11 April 2003.
This includes a request for all communications relating to the letter between David Cunliffe and Donghua Liu dated 11 April 2003, which may have occurred between yourself; any and all staffmembers in your office; any member of the National Party; any blogger; any media person; and any other group or individual who was contacted on this issue.
Information may be emailed to me, or, if the file is too large, I can supply a postal address for hard copies.
Regards,
-Frank Macskasy
Blogger
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from: Frank Macskasy <fmacskasy@gmail.com>
to: Michael Woodhouse <michael.woodhouse@parliament.govt.nz>
date: Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 10:00 PM
subject: Official Information Request
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Kia ora Mr Woodhouse.
This is a request lodged under the Official Information Act.
Please provide me with copies of all correspondence, minutes, notes, reports, and any other written or otherwise recording, relating to any and all activities surrounding the procurement; storage; and planned circumstances of the release of the letter between David Cunliffe and Donghua Liu dated 11 April 2003.
This includes a request for all communications relating to the letter between David Cunliffe and Donghua Liu dated 11 April 2003, which may have occurred between yourself; any and all staffmembers in your office; any member of the National Party; any blogger; any media person; and any other group or individual who was contacted on this issue.
Information may be emailed to me, or, if the file is too large, I can supply a postal address for hard copies.
Regards,
-Frank Macskasy
Blogger
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from: Frank Macskasy <fmacskasy@gmail.com>
to: Bill English <bill.english@parliament.govt.nz>
date: Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 9:36 PM
subject: Official Information Request
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Kia ora Mr English.
This is a request lodged under the Official Information Act.
Please provide me with copies of all correspondence, minutes, notes, reports, and any other written or otherwise recording, relating to any and all activities surrounding the procurement; storage; and planned circumstances of the release of the letter between David Cunliffe and Donghua Liu dated 11 April 2003.
This includes a request for all communications relating to the letter between David Cunliffe and Donghua Liu dated 11 April 2003, which may have occurred between yourself; any and all staffmembers in your office; any member of the National Party; any blogger; any media person; and any other group or individual who was contacted on this issue.
Information may be emailed to me, or, if the file is too large, I can supply a postal address for hard copies.
Regards,
-Frank Macskasy
Blogger
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Let’s see what the Nat’s reaction is?
And let’s see if anyone in the MSM has the intestinal fortitude to lodge their own applications or craven surrender to the National Party dirty-tricks machine..
My money is on craven surrender.
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References
NZ Herald: National denies dirty tricks campaign against Cunliffe
Other blogs
The Standard: Good news, National are afraid of David Cunliffe
The Daily Blog: The Trap Is Sprung: Why David Cunliffe Must Not Resign
Recommended Reading (note the date)
The Dim Post: What the opposition are up against
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Above image acknowledgment: Francis Owen/Lurch Left Memes
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Go Get’em, Frank!
Haha, nice!
Love it Frank.
Now lets see the worms wriggle.
First response, from Bill English’s office;
Nothing from John Key and MKichael Woodhouse.
If they were planning on ignoring my request, they screwed up. English’s office has confirmed receipt of one of my emails, so they can’t pretend not to have received them.
I’ve no doubt the Prime Minister’s Department has been busy little bunnies in this affair. Let’s see what they’ve been emailing each other.
20 working days to provide the info you requested,
There’s a hell of a stench arising from somewhere, maybe it is time that someone unblocked the Liu
rom: B English (MIN)
to: “fmacskasy@gmail.com”
date: Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 12:06 PM
subject: RE: Official Information Request
Dear Frank Macskasy
On behalf of the Hon Bill English, Minister of Finance, I acknowledge receipt of your letter of 19 June 2014 requesting:
“copies of all correspondence, minutes, notes, reports, and any other written or otherwise recording, relating to any and all activities surrounding the procurement; storage; and planned circumstances of the release of the letter between David Cunliffe and Donghua Liu dated 11 April 2003.
This includes a request for all communications relating to the letter between David Cunliffe and Donghua Liu dated 11 April 2003, which may have occurred between yourself; any and all staffmembers in your office; any member of the National Party; any blogger; any media person; and any other group or individual who was contacted on this issue”.
Your request was received in this office on 20 June 2014 and will be responded to under the provisions of the Official Information Act.
We hope to have a reply to you and at this stage it will be arriving with you on 22nd September, 2014
Yours sincerely
Minnie Mouse
Secretary
OOOPS!!
Good show Frank. Is it really necessary to use their last names? I just remember abbot being referred to as Tony by a Aussie journo. http://youtu.be/c3IaKVmkXuk
Bastables. I thought about using their full names.
The reason I did so is that anyone writing to minister’s offices will receive a similar reply from the same people. So I don’t think I’ve violated their privacy. (Just as anyone writing to me will get my email address, so I’ve left it un-redacted on my emails, above.)
If I received anything unofficial (a-la “DeepThroat”), then I’ll be hammer-and-tongs at protecting their identity.
If anyone from minister’s offices does not want their name published, I’m ok with redacting it.
Ten bucks says you will get a ‘denied under protecting the privacy’ response, and by the time you ask the ombudsman to investigate it will be Febuary 2016. But, fingers crossed. Hollow men part two?
Indeed, oo7…
Response from Michael Woodhouse’s office, recieved this morning;
[…] 20 June: Blogger lodges formal OIA request to John Key, Bill English, and Michael Woodhouse; […]
[…] is also interesting to note that, of the three ministers that I lodged an OIA to on this issue – Michael Woodhouse, Bill English, and John Key – it is the Prime […]
After a week, I wrote to Key’s office again;
One hour later, I received a response,
Let’s see what develops…
[…] 20 June: Blogger lodges formal OIA request to John Key, Bill English, and Michael Woodhouse; […]
[…] is also interesting to note that, of the three ministers that I lodged an OIA to on this issue – Michael Woodhouse, Bill English, and John Key – it is the Prime […]
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