Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

Part of the Attorney-General portfolio and a Federal authority, also called OAIC

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has three sets of functions. They are: freedom of information functions, in particular, oversight of the operation of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 and review of decisions made by agencies and ministers under that Act. - privacy functions, conferred by the Privacy Act 1988 and other laws - government information policy functions, conferred on the Australian Information Commissioner under theAustralian Information Commissioner Act 2010.

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FOI matters disposed of under s 54W(a)(i) and s 73(e)
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Julie on .

Partially successful.

FOIREQ22/00270 Dear Julie,   Please find attached our decision in the above internal review matter.   Kind regards,   Llewellyn [1]O A...
Policy on management of service complaints, foi complaints, and privacy complaints about the OAIC
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Julie on .

Long overdue.

FOIREQ22/00272 Dear Julie, Please find our attached decision in the above matter. Kind regards, Llewellyn Notice: The information contained i...
AICmr numbers (decisions) not available publicly
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Ben Fairless on .

Successful.

Dear Ben Fairless,   Please find attached decision, documents, and schedule in the above matter.   Kind regards,   Llewellyn     [1]...
RQ22/02493 s 15AB DVA Application
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Verity Pane. Annotated by Verity Pane on .

Long overdue.

Part VII review
s 55G decisions the OAIC received in July 2022
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Verity Pane. Annotated by Verity Pane on .

Long overdue.

Part VII review
s 55G decisions received in June 2022
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Julie. Annotated by Julie on .

Long overdue.

Review has been requested
Freedom of Information Act complaints received in June 2022
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Julie. Annotated by Julie on .

Long overdue.

Review applied for
s 55G substitions
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Julie on .

Long overdue.

OFFICIAL: Sensitive   OAIC ref: FOIREQ22/00240   Dear Julie,   I refer to your request for access to documents made under the Freedom of I...
s 54W decline review recommendation letters
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Verity Pane. Annotated by Verity Pane on .

Long overdue.

Ic review
Copy of Commissioner Briefs
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Julie. Annotated by Julie on .

Long overdue.

IC review
Code of Conduct Reviews
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Julie. Annotated by Julie on .

Long overdue.

A significant lack of transparency from the OAIC given the non-identified information in scope could not reasonably be made identifiable. Sent for revi...
Staffing FOI Department
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Lucy Lovich on .

Awaiting classification.

Good afternoon,   Please find attached decision, schedule and documents in relation to your request FOIREQ22/00171.   Regards,     [1]O...
MR18/00860 - Refusal to deal with s 70 complaint made as part of IC Review
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Verity Pane on .

Successful.

OAIC reference: FOIREQ22/00206   Dear Verity Pane,   I refer to your request for access to documents made under the Freedom of Information Act...
Purpose of s 15AC extensions of time
Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Julie on .

Long overdue.

Unfortunately as you did not address the context of my questions which was on the OAIC retrospectively approving substituting decisions made years a...
Documents from CTARS in relation to data breach
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Steven Roddis. Annotated by Steven Roddis on .

Refused.

Marked as refused as the only document released is very generic and appears to be an automated response.
OAIC findings against PM&C
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to D Forker on .

Partially successful.

Our reference: FOIREQ21/00277   Dear Ms D Forker,   I refer to your request for access to documents made under the Freedom of Information Act...
s 70 complaints made under the FOI Act about Veterans Affairs
Request to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Julie. Annotated by Julie on .

Long overdue.

On 1 July I asked the OAIC "Has the OAIC received over 100 foi complaints about any other foi agency? I'm just trying to gauge how much of an outlier t...
Recruitment at the OAIC
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Taylor K on .

Successful.

Our reference: FOIREQ22/00111   Dear Taylor K,   Please see a decision of today’s date and related document attached.   Yours sincerely,...
Briefing Books from Senate Estimates Appearances
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Julie on .

Partially successful.

OAIC ref: FOIREQ22/00096   Dear Julie   I refer to your internal review application lodged on 10 April 2022 with the OAIC pursuant to the Free...
s 55G substitions
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Julie on .

Long overdue.

OFFICIAL: Sensitive Dear Julie,   Please find attached a Decision in the matter of FOIREQ22/00113.     Best Regards Mark   [1]O A I C...
Post-employment policy
Follow up sent to Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by Julie on .

Long overdue.

The scope of my FOI was for any restriction on OAIC employees immediately working, post-seperation, for FOI/APP entities they made decisions about....
s 70 complaints made about OAIC
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Julie on .

Partially successful.

Dear Julie, Please find attached decision, schedule, and documents in relation to your request FOIREQ22/00082. Regards, Emily Emily Elliott | Senio...
Contraventions of the FOI Act by PM&C
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to L Cameron on .

Awaiting classification.

Dear Cameron L,   I refer to your request for access to documents made under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (the FOI Act) and received...
Corruption at DPMC – Phil Gaetjens, Stephanie Foster and Brittany Higgins
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to S Volker on .

Partially successful.

OAIC ref: FOIREQ21/00263   Dear S Volker   I refer to your request for access to documents made under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth...
Disclosure logs
Response by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to Julie on .

Partially successful.

Dear Julie The Information Commissioner has received complaints regarding agency disclosure log practices in the past. See, for example, the issues, o...

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