DEFENCE FOI 142/24/25 
STATEMENT OF REASONS UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 
1. 
I refer to the request by James Smith (the applicant), dated and received on  
15 August 2024 by the Department of Defence (Defence), for access to the following 
documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act): 
 
“Please provide a list of all Work Health and Safety notices and reports, including 
Sentinel Event Incident Reports and Notifications to Comcare in relation to the MRH-
90 Taipan helicopter, tabulating: 
Author 
Agency 
Date 
Title 
Subject matter 
Type of document (email, report, notice, etc) Number of pages.” 
FOI decision maker 
2. 
I am the authorised officer pursuant to section 23 of the FOI Act to make a decision on 
this FOI request. 
Documents identified 
3. 
Relevant business areas that could reasonably be expected to hold documents have 
conducted preliminary searches. I confirm that the information requested is not 
centrally recorded and there is not an existing in-scope document.  
Decision 
4. 
I have decided to refuse the request under section 24A [Requests may be refused if 
documents cannot be found, do not exist or have not been received] of the FOI Act.  
Material taken into account 
5. 
In making my decision, I have had regard to: 
a.  the terms of the request; 
b.  relevant provisions of the FOI Act;  
c.  the Guidelines published by the Office of the Australian Information 
Commissioner under section 93A of the FOI Act (the Guidelines); and  
d.  advice provided from Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group, Defence 
People Group and Army.
REASONS FOR DECISION 
 

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