In reply please quote:
FOI request: As below
File number: As below
Dear Oliver Smith
Notification of invalid Freedom of Information internal review request
I refer to your email received by the Department of Home Affairs (the Department) on 18
September 2024 in which you requested an internal review of Freedom of Information request as
below references.
FA reference FOI request Statutory Date due Internal review FOI decision
received date
received date
02/10/2024
18/09/2024
Pending
(Extension of time
FA 24/08/01140
19/08/2024
EOT granted)
29/09/2024 (EOT
18/09/2024
Pending
FA24/08/01037
16/08/2024
granted)
29/09/2024 (EOT
18/09/2024
Pending
FA24/08/01004
16/08/2024
granted)
29/09/2024 (EOT
18/09/2024
Pending
FA24/08/01034
16/08/2024
granted)
The Department has determined that your above requests for internal review are invalid. This
means that the Department is unable to take any further action on your request for internal review.
Whether internal review request valid
The right for an applicant to seek internal review is specified in Part VI of the FOI Act, which
provides that an applicant may request an internal review of an ‘access refusal decision’ made by
an agency. The types of decisions that are reviewable access refusal decisions are specified in
section 53A of the FOI Act.
As of 18 September 2024, the date on which you made your internal review requests, the
Department had not yet made decisions in response to these requests. Consequently your internal
review requests are invalid and we cannot review the decisions.
The Department has not yet made a decision in response to your request. Consequently your
above internal review requests are invalid and we cannot review the decision.
Further information about Information Commissioner reviews
is available on the OAIC website.
Kind regards,
Nurun
Freedom of Information Reviews Team
Privacy, FOI and Records Management Branch | Legal Group
Department of Home Affairs
E:
xxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Date: 20/09/2024
