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Our ref: FOI 24-81 (Jimp/Right to Know)
Office of General Counsel
GPO Box 367
CANBERRA CITY ACT 2601
10 December 2024
www.airservicesaustralia.com
ABN 59 698 720 886
Jimp/Right to Know
By email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Jimp
FOI 24-81 - Decision on Access
I refer to your email sent on 10 November 2024 to Airservices Australia (
Airservices), requesting
access to documents under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (
FOI Act). Your request is
as follows:
The audio of the arrival of AAL7 into Brisbane Airport on 28 October 2024. I am requesting
all audio from all frequencies handling this flight.
On 3 December 2024, you responded to our scope clarification email and confirmed that you agree
to the removal of non-related transmissions from any audio recordings located during our
searches, under section 22 of the FOI Act. We have continued processing your request, on this
basis.
Decision
I note that the due date for your decision is
10 December 2024.
I am authorised under section 23 of the FOI Act and the Airservices Instrument of Delegation and
Authorisation to make decisions on primary requests under the FOI Act.
Access in ful
I have identified one document that falls within the scope of your request.
I have decided to provide you with full access to this document.
The document and my decision in relation to it are set out in the Schedule of Documents at
Attachment A (the Schedule).
Review rights and complaints
Information about your rights of review and how you can make a complaint about the handling of
your request is at
Attachment B.
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Contact
If you wish to discuss my decision, please contact me a
t xxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.
Yours sincerely
Saira
Delegated FOI Decision Maker
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ATTACHMENT A
SCHEDULE OF DOCUMENTS: FOI 24-81 (Jimp/Right to Know)
No.
Description
Decision
1
Combined Audio Recording
Full release
Brisbane Airport and Brisbane Tower recordings for the arrival
of AA7 on 27 October 2024 UTC Date: 28 October 2024
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ATTACHMENT B
INFORMATION ON REVIEW RIGHTS
The
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (
the FOI Act) gives you the right to apply for a review of this
decision via:
(a)
an internal review; or
(b)
the Australian Information Commissioner (
Information Commissioner).
Internal review
If you apply for internal review, it wil be carried out by a different decision-maker who will make a
fresh decision on your application. An application for review must be:
(a)
made in writing;
(b)
made within 30 days of receiving this letter; and
(c)
sent to xxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.
No particular form is required, but it is desirable to set out in the application the grounds upon which
you consider the decision should be reviewed.
If the internal review results in you not being provided access to all of the documents to which you
have requested access, you have the right to seek a review of that decision by the Information
Commissioner.
Information Commissioner review
You can opt to instead seek external review by the Information Commissioner. To seek review you
must apply to the Information Commissioner within 60 days of the receipt of this decision letter.
Further details on this process can be found on their website at
ht ps://www.oaic.gov.au/.
You wil also have the opportunity to seek Information Commissioner review of an Internal Review if
you are dissatisfied with its outcome.
Complaints to the Information Commissioner
Information Commissioner
You may also complain to the Information Commissioner concerning action taken by an agency in
the exercise of powers or the performance of functions under the FOI Act. There is no fee for
making a complaint. A complaint to the Information Commissioner must be made in writing. Further
details on this process can be found on their website at
https:/ www.oaic.gov.au/.
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