OIA 25794
James
[FYI request #32854 email]
Dear James
Thank you for your Of icial Information Act 1982 (OIA) request of 14 November 2025 in
which you sought:
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Under the OIA please provide all emails if any, received by your office containing
allegations against Jevon McSkimming in which media were also cc'd into.
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As this is reportedly limited to just36 emails which have already been identified and
given this matter is a nationwide story at present, can this OIA please be treated with
urgency.
Your request for these emails is refused in full under section 9(2)(a) of the OIA, to protect the
privacy of natural persons.
If the sender of the emails is comfortable sending their correspondence to the media, that is
a matter for them. It is not for me as the recipient of the communications to disclose that
information publicly where there are privacy interests.
I consider the interests requiring protection by withholding the information are not
outweighed by the public interest in release of the information. In particular, I wish to ensure
that victims of alleged offending or inappropriate behaviour by officials can do so without fear
that their correspondence to me wil be shared publicly.
You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review my decision if you are not satisfied with
my response to your request.
Yours sincerely
Hon Mark Mitchell
Minister of Police