Our ref: LEX 74498
John Smith
Right to Know
By email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) – Notice of Decision
I refer to your 4 February 2024 request, to the Department of Industry, Science and Resources (the
department), which was subsequently revised by agreement, to seek access under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act) to:
… a list of grants since 18 September 2013, administered by the Department of Industry Science and
Resources (DISR) where DISR holds the policy responsibility. The list need only include the project
title, project description and date executed. It only needs to include grants where the title or
description contain the word space.
Background
On 20 March 2024, the department supplied you with the document requested under administrative
release.
On 15 November 2024, you advised the department that you did not agree to administrative release.
Decision
I am an authorised decision maker under section 23 of the FOI Act.
I am satisfied that al reasonable searches have been undertaken for documents relevant to your request.
As a decision was not reached in the statutory timeframe, the decision is considered to be a deemed
refusal in accordance with section 15AC of the FOI Act.
Had the department reached a decision within the statutory time frame, that decision would have been
to release the documents to you in ful .
Section 17 – Requests involving use of computers etc.
Section 17 of the FOI Act permits an agency to create a document where the information requested is not
available in discrete form in written documents held by the agency.
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Accordingly, the department was able to produce a written document containing part of the requested
information in discrete form by the use of a computer or other equipment available to the department. The
department has therefore, in this particular instance, created one document under section 17 of the FOI
Act that is relevant to your request and wil be released to you in ful .
Publication
Section 11C of the FOI Act requires agencies to publish documents released through an FOI request on our
website within 10 working days of release, except in certain circumstances including when the documents
contain personal or business information that would be unreasonable to publish.
The document being released to you does not contain any personal or business information that would be
unreasonable to publish. As a result, it wil be published on our disclosure log within 10 working days of the
document being released to you.
Review Rights
If you are dissatisfied with my decision, your review rights are set out in the Annexure.
Yours sincerely
Jaye Jeffers
A/g General Manager
Business Grants Hub
16 December 2024
Enclosures
Annexure (Review Rights)
Attachment A – Schedule of Documents
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Annexure
Application for Internal Review
Section 54 of the FOI Act gives you the option to apply for a departmental internal review of my decision.
If you make an application for internal review, it wil be conducted by an officer of the department (other
than me) appointed by the Secretary of the department to conduct a review and make a completely fresh
decision on the merits of the case.
Application for a review of the decision must be made within 30 days after the day of receipt of this letter,
or within 15 days of receipt of the documents to which this decision relates (whichever is the longer
period). You do not have to pay any fees or processing charges for an internal review, except for charges if
further searches are conducted and additional documents are identified as relevant and if the decision
maker chooses to impose a charge. While a specific form is not required, it wil assist the decision maker if
your application specifies the grounds on which you consider the decision should be reviewed.
Application for a review of a decision should be addressed to:
FOI Coordinator
Department of Industry, Science and Resources
GPO Box 2013
CANBERRA ACT 2601
or by e-mail to: xxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx.
Review by the Australian Information Commissioner
If any decision on internal review were not satisfactory to you, section 54L of the FOI Act gives you the
right to apply for review of my decision by the Information Commissioner.
An application for review by the Information Commissioner may be made regardless of whether the
decision was the subject of a departmental internal review. An application for review by the Information
Commissioner must be made within 60 days of receipt of this notice. There is no fee for review by the
Information Commissioner.
You must apply in writing and you can lodge your application in one of the fol owing ways:
Online: www.oaic.gov.au
Post: GPO Box 5218, Sydney NSW 2001
Email: xxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx
An application form is available on the website at www.oaic.gov.au. Your application should include a
copy of this notice and your contact details. You should also set out why you are objecting to the
decision.
Complaints to the Australian Information Commissioner
You may complain to the Australian Information Commissioner concerning action taken by an agency in
the exercise of powers or the performance of functions under the FOI Act. There is no fee for making a
complaint. The Australian Information Commissioner wil make a completely independent investigation of
your complaint. A complaint to the Australian Information Commissioner must be made in writing and can
be lodged online using the Information Commissioner Complaint Application form on the Australian
Information Commissioner’s website at www.oaic.gov.au.
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ATTACHMENT A
Request for Access under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth)
Department of Industry, Science and Resources
FOI Applicant: John Smith – LEX 74498
SCHEDULE OF DOCUMENTS
Doc
Description of document
Decision
Reasons
No
1. Copy of a list of grants since 18 September 2013 that mention
Release in ful
Nil
the word Space
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