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Office of General Counsel
GPO Box 367
Catherine Minnucci
CANBERRA CITY ACT 2601
www.airservicesaustralia.com
By email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
ABN 59 698 720 886
Dear Ms Minnucci
Your Freedom of Information Request – Notice of charges
I refer to your email of 11 April 2024 where you requested access under the
Freedom of Information
Act 1982 (Cth) (
FOI Act) to:
Board minutes from July 2017 - April 2024 that includes references to Hobart Airport Flight Path
changes 2017 to present.
In particular I am requesting minutes that refer to:
- Environmental assessments that would have been completed
- Runway 30 RNP-AR
- other tabled and discussed issues around community engagements, lawsuits,
flight path decision-making, noise and emissions.
Preliminary assessment of the charge
In accordance with section 29 of the FOI Act and the
Freedom of Information (Charges) Regulations 1982
(Cth), my preliminary assessment of the charge you are liable to pay is
$134.89.
An assessment of the work that would be involved in processing your request has been undertaken. The
following is a breakdown of the charges calculation:
Task
Cost
Search and retrieval of relevant files and documents
$27.00 (@$15/h)
Preparation of schedule of documents
Decision-making process, including examination of documents,
third party consultation and preparation of documents for release.
$207.89 (@$20/h)
Subtotal before deduction of 5 hours
$234.89
Subtotal after deduction of first 5 hours of free decision-
making time
$134.89
TOTAL CHARGE AND DEPOSIT
ESTIMATED TOTAL
$134.89
REQUIRED DEPOSIT*
$20.00
*Note: Where the charge exceeds $25 but is less than $100, a deposit of $20 is required. Where the charge exceeds
$100, a deposit of 25% of the total charge is payable.
Your right to contend the charge
Under the FOI Act, you have a right to contend that the charge:
• has been wrongly assessed; or
• should be reduced; or
• should not be imposed.
In deciding whether a charge should be reduced or not imposed, the decision-maker must take into account:
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• whether payment of the charge, or part of it, would cause you financial hardship;
• whether giving access to the document(s) is in the general public interest or in the interest of a
substantial section of the public;
• any other relevant matter.
If you wish to make a contention in relation to the imposition of charges, please provide reasons and evidence
in support of your submission.
Required action
You have 30 days to respond in writing to this notice and do one of the fol owing things:
• pay the charge (and pay any required deposit);
• contend that the charge has been wrongly assessed, or should be reduced or not imposed; or
• withdraw your request.
You may also wish to consider narrowing the scope of your request, which may result in a reduction to the
amount of charge payable.
If you do not respond to this notice within 30 days, your request wil be taken to have been withdrawn.
The 30-day statutory period for processing your request is suspended from the date you receive this notice,
and resumes on either:
• the day you pay the charge (in ful or the required deposit); or
• if applicable, the day on which Airservices decides not to impose the charge following a review under
the FOI Act.
How to pay
You can pay via direct deposit
1) When paying by
direct deposit to the fol owing bank account:
Bank: Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Account Name: Airservices Australia
BSB Number: 064 008
Account Number: 10010887
When paying it is important that you quote the FOI reference (FOI 24-34) in the description field
Once you have made the payment please ema
il xxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx to inform me that you have
made a payment.
Contact
If you wish to discuss this notice further, please contact me via email at xxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Yours sincerely
Ben Ackhurst
FOI Coordinator & Authorised FOI Decision Maker
Legal Services Team
Airservices Australia
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