Kathryn Dan
Associate Director, Records and
Archives
Scholarly Information Services
Division
xxx@xxx.xxx.xx
16 August 2024
Stephen Proust
Via Email:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Freedom of Information Request 202400095
Dear Stephen Proust,
On 3 July 2024, the Australian National University received your request seeking access to
documents under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the Act)
as follows:
‘In a quote to RiotAct yesterday, your spokesperson referred to: In the last 12 months alone, the
university has completed 244 corrective or reactive maintenance work orders at a cost of almost
$1 mil ion across the four heritage buildings where the childcare centres are based.
(See https://the-riotact.com/anu-under-federa. .). I request access to both any document, list or
database that lists those corrective or reactive maintenance work orders, including the dates and
value of that maintenance work’
I, Kathryn Dan, am an officer authorised under section 23(1) of the FOI Act to make decisions in
relation to FOI requests.
On 25 July 2024, The University contacted you and requested an extension of time under section
15AA of the Act. Your response was received the same day, where you advised that you did not
agree to the extension.
On 1 August 2024, the University contacted you and advised you that a practical refusal existed in
relation to your request and on that basis, I intended to refuse your request. The practical refusal
reason was that the work involved in processing your request in its current form would
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substantial y and unreasonably divert the resources of this agency from its other operations. You
were also advised of the request consultation process where you were able to revise your request
to a more manageable form by reducing or narrowing the scope of your request in order to remove
the reasons for the practical refusal.
As no further correspondence has been received from you since 1 August 2024, the reasons for the
Practical Refusal have not been removed.
In accordance with section 24AB(6) of the Act, before the end of the consultation period you were
required to do one of the following, in writing:
• make a revised request that suitably removed the practical refusal reason;
• tell us that you did not wish to revise the request; or
• withdraw the request.
As you have not revised your request to an extent which removes the practical refusal reason and
have not otherwise advised the University in accordance with section 24AB(6), your request is now
taken to have been withdrawn.
Your review rights are outlined on the following page.
Yours sincerely
Kathryn Dan
Associate Director
Records and Archives
The Australian National University
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Your review rights
If you are dissatisfied with my decision, you may apply for internal review or Information
Commissioner review of the decision. We encourage you to seek internal review as a first step as it
may provide a more rapid resolution of your concerns
Application for Internal Review of Decision
Section 54A of the Act, gives you the right to apply for an internal review of my decision.
It must be made in writing within 30 days of receipt of this letter, no particular form is required but
it is desirable to set out in the application the grounds on which you consider the decision should
be reviewed.
The application should be addressed to Freedom of Information at
xxx@xxx.xxx.xx.
Application for Information Commissioner Review of decision
Under section 54L of the FOI Act, you may apply to the Australian Information Commissioner to
review my decision. An application must be made in writing within 60 days of the date of this
letter, and be lodged in one of the following ways:
Form: online
:https://forms.business.gov.au/smartforms/servlet/SmartForm.html?formCod
e=ICR_ 10 or downloadable at
https://www.oaic.gov.au/__data/assets/word_doc/0013/6520/ic-review-form.docx
email:
xxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx
Post: Director of FOI Dispute Resolution, GPO Box 5288, Sydney NSW 2001
More information is available on the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner website.
Go
to https://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-information/your-freedom-of-information-
rights/freedom-of-information-reviews
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