I have made a request for access to the papers regarding my family’s immigration to Australia through recordsearch. I made the request at the beginning of November so the 90 days is almost up and still nothing. What I now realise is that if I can get the material digitised it will be available to all and sundry on recordsearch even though of the family only my father is now dead, the rest of us are alive and it is likely to have personal information that we wouldn’t like openly available. And will cost heaps. If I had made an FOI request I would have a decision in 30 days and it wouldn’t cost. Is this a correct reading of the situation?
Liza
