Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 22:06:57 +1000
Subject: Re: Notification of third party consultation  - FOI LEX - MO 78180 [SEC=OFFICIAL]
From: Ash Roth <[FOI #12041 email]>
To: FOI Contact Officer <[Minister for the Environment request email]>

Dear FOI Contact Officer,

For clarity and to aid in the processing of this request, I am not seeking the personal details of the individuals involved in the communication - I would be satisfied if private information (such as contact information of the relevant parties) was excluded/redacted.

Yours sincerely,

Ash Roth

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[SEC=OFFICIAL]

 Dear Ash

  

 Your Freedom of Information request – Third Party Consultation - LEX 78180

  

 I refer to your request, outlined below and received by the Office of the
 Hon Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Environment and Water (Ministers

 Office) on 10 September 2024 for access under the Freedom of Information
 Act 1982 (FOI Act) to the following documents:

  

 ‘I am seeking copies of all written communication between the Minister /
 her staff and the Environmental Defenders Office / people acting on their
 behalf.

 Please limit to the period between 1 December 2023 and 31 May 2024’

  

 Third party consultation – documents affecting personal privacy and
 business affairs

  

 Your request covers documents which contain an individual’s personal
 information as well as documents that contain information concerning the
 business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation. As such the
 Ministers Office is required to undertake consultation before making a

 decision on the release of those documents.

  

 The consultation mechanism under sections 27 and 27A applies when an
 agency considers an individual or their representative may wish to contend
 that the requested documents are exempt for reasons of personal privacy

 and/or because release would disclose trade secrets or commercially
 valuable information or may adversely affect their business or financial
 affairs.  The Ministers Office will take into account any comments

 received, however, the final decision on whether to grant access to the

 documents requested rests with the decision maker in the Ministers Office.

  

 Time limits for processing your request

  

 Under section 15(6) of the FOI Act, the period for processing your request
 has been extended by 30 days to allow the Ministers Office time to consult
 with the relevant third parties.

  

 Further assistance

  

 If you have any questions, please email [1][email address]

  

 Regards

 Allison

 FOI Contact Officer on behalf of the

 Office of the Hon Tanya Plibersek MP

 Minister for the Environment and Water

 T 02 6272 4704 | E [2][email address]

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 From: FOI Contact Officer <[email address]>
 Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2024 8:56 PM
 To: Ash Roth <[FOI #12041 email]>
 Cc: FOI Contact Officer <[email address]>
 Subject: Minister Plibersek - Acknowledgement of Freedom of Information

 Request No: LEX: 78180 [SEC=OFFICIAL]

  

 [SEC=OFFICIAL]

 Dear Ash Roth

  

 Acknowledgement of Freedom of Information Request No: LEX 78180

  

 The Office of the Hon Tanya Plibersek MP, Minister for the Environment and
 Water, acknowledges receipt of your request received on 10 September 2024
 for access to documents under Freedom of Information Act 1982 which seeks:

  

 ‘I am seeking copies of all written communication between the Minister /
 her staff and the Environmental Defenders Office / people acting on their
 behalf.

  

 Please limit to the period between 1 December 2023 and 31 May 2024’

  

 Your address

  

 The FOI Act requires that you provide us with an address which we can send
 notices to. You have advised your electronic address is
 [8][FOI #12041 email]. We will send all notices
 and correspondence to this address.

  

 Please advise us as soon as possible if you wish correspondence to be sent
 to another address or if your address changes. If you do not advise us of
 changes to your address, correspondence and notices will continue to be

 sent to the address specified above.

  

 Disclosure log

  

 Please note that information released under FOI Act may be published in a
 disclosure log on the department's website. Section 11C of the FOI Act

 requires this publication, however it is subject to certain exceptions,

 including where publication of personal, business, professional or
 commercial information would be unreasonable.

  

 Exclusion of junior department employee details

  

 The Minister’s Office is working towards ensuring that all employees have
 a choice about whether they provide their full name and direct contact

 details in response to public enquiries. Where such details are included
 in the scope of a request, this may add to processing time and applicable
 charges as it may be necessary to consider whether the details are exempt
 under the FOI Act. On this basis, unless you tell us otherwise, we will

 assume that these details are out of scope of your request and they will
 be deleted under section 22 of the FOI Act.

  

 Further assistance

  

 If you have any questions, please email [9][email address].

  

 Kind regards

  

 FOI Contact Officer on behalf of the

 Office of the Hon Tanya Plibersek MP

 Minister for the Environment and Water

 T 02 6272 4704 | E [10][email address]

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