FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
PRINCIPAL REGISTRY
LEVEL 17
LAW COURTS BUILDING
QUEENS SQUARE
SYDNEY NSW 2000
12 June 2024
Lex
Right to Know
By email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Lex,
Request under the Freedom of Information Act
I refer to your email sent to the Federal Court of Australia (Court) on 13 May 2024 requesting
access to documents under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act). Specifically,
you requested the following:
Alison Legge is a Senior National Judicial Registrar in the Federal Court of Australia. She is
based in Melbourne.
Under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth), I request access to the vacancy notification,
published in the Public Service Gazette, for the Senior National Judicial Registrar vacancy that
Alison Legge applied to fill.
Authorised decision-maker
I am authorised under section 23 of the FOI Act to make decisions on behalf of the Federal
Court in relation to requests made under the FOI Act.
Searches undertaken
Searches were undertaken by a senior staff member in the Court’s People and Culture team to
identify documents falling within the scope of your request, which included searches of the
Court’s Information Management System. As a result of the searches undertaken, (1)
document fell within the scope of your request. I am satisfied that all reasonable steps have
been taken to identify any documents falling within the scope of your request. I am not aware
of any other steps, other than those already outlined, that could reasonably have been taken to
assist in locating a document within the terms of your request.
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Decision
I have decided to grant you access in full to the document requested.
I have taken the following into account in making my decision:
• the terms of your request;
• the relevant provisions of the FOI Act and the case law considering those provisions;
• the
Freedom of Information (Charges) Regulations 2019; and
• the FOI Guidelines issued by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.
Access Format
Given your FOI request was made by email, I assume that you would prefer access to the
document requested in the form of an electronic copy being emailed to you. I have therefore
decided to grant you access to that document in PDF format and release the document to you
by email. The document is entitled “
Vacancy Notification” and accompanies this letter.
Charges
You have not been charged for the processing of your request.
Your Review Rights
If you are dissatisfied with my decision, you may apply for internal review or to the Information
Commissioner for review of those decisions. I encourage you to seek internal review as a first
step as it may provide a more rapid resolution of your concerns.
Internal review
Under section 54 of the FOI Act, you may apply in writing to the Court for an internal review
of my decision. The internal review application must be made within 30 days of the date of
this letter.
Where possible please attach reasons as to why you believe review of the decision is necessary.
The internal review will be carried out by another officer within 30 days.
Information Commissioner review
Under section 54L of the FOI Act, you may apply to the Australian Information Commissioner
to review my decision. An application for review by the Information Commissioner must be
made in writing within sixty (60) days of the date of this letter and be lodged in one of the
following ways:
online:
Information Commissioner Review Application form (business.gov.au)
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emai
l: xxx@xxxx.xxx.xx
post: Director of FOI Dispute Resolution, GPO Box 5288, Sydney NSW 2001
More information about the Information Commissioner review is available on the Office of the
Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) website a
t: https://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-
of-information/freedom-of-information-guidance-for-government-agencies/freedom-of-
information-reviews/information-commissioner-review-process.
Complaints
If you are dissatisfied with the way the Court has handled your FOI request, you may complain
to the Information Commissioner in writing. There is no fee for making a complaint. More
information about making a complaint is available on the OAIC website, including a link to
the online complaints form which the OAIC recommends using for complaints, at:
https://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-information/freedom-of-information-guidance-for-
government-agencies/foi-guidelines/part-11-investigations-and-complaints
Yours sincerely,
R Muscat
Registrar
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