OFFICE OF THE HON CLARE O’NEIL MP
MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS
MINISTER FOR CYBER SECURITY
In reply please quote:
FOI Request:
MO24/05/00002
File Number:
ADF2024/126044
Dear Oliver Smith,
Acknowledgement of Freedom of Information Access request
I refer to your correspondence received on 30 May 2024, seeking access to documents held by the
Office of the Minister for Home Affairs, under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act).
Scope of request
You have requested access to the fol owing:
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Under the FOI act, I am seeking all correspondence, including emails, from the offices of the
Minister for Home Affairs and the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs
sent from 1 January 2024 that references "Peter Dutton".
Timeframe for receiving your decision
The statutory timeframe for processing a request is 30 days from the date upon which your application
was received by the Office of the Minister for Home Affairs. The current due date for your request is 29
June 2024.
Your review rights in relation to your request are available on the website of the Office of the
Australian Information Commissioner
here.
Request for an extension of time
The Department seeks your agreement under s.15AA of the FOI Act to extend the timeframe for the
processing of your request by 30 days. You may confirm your agreement to the extension of time by
writing to the Department at:
Email to: xxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
If you agree to the extension of time please advise the Department within 14 days from the date of
this email. If you are unable or unwil ing to provide an extension of time you are not required to
respond to this email.
Duplicate documents
If the FOI decision-maker deems a document to be a duplicate, they wil not assess those pages as
part of your FOI request. This means that if a there is a decision to release the document to you, you
wil receive only one copy, even if multiple copies of that document exists.
Publication of document
Where documents are released to you in response to your request, the Office of the Minister for Home
Affairs may be required to publish these documents within 10 working days in accordance with section
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11C of the FOI Act. Publication wil not be required where the documents contain personal or business
affairs information.
Contacting the FOI Section
Should you wish to discuss your request you may contact the Department of Home Affairs, Freedom of
Information Section at xxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx.
Kind regards
The Office of the Minister for Home Affairs
xxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
