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GPO Box 1672
teqsa.gov.au
Melbourne VIC 3001
xxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx.xx
Level 11, 452 Flinders Street
1300 739 585
Melbourne VIC 3000
Mr Glenn Hamiltonshire
By email:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Mr Hamiltonshire,
Subject: your 27 November 2024 FOI request
1. I refer to your email received by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency
(
TEQSA) on 27 November 2024 and 29 November 2024. You have specifically
requested access under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (
FOI Act) to the following:
Access to the Style Guides/Brand Guides/Writing Guides currently used by the
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency.
Decision on access to documents
2. I am authorised to make decisions under subsection 23(1) of the FOI Act.
3. I have identified five documents, totalling 91 pages, that falls within the scope of your
request. They are listed below as follows:
I.
TEQSA Editorial Style Guide,
II.
TEQSA Preferred Spellings and Acronyms,
III.
TEQSA Style Council,
IV.
TEQSA TNet and TEQSA website content creation guidelines,
V.
TEQSA brand identity guidelines,
4. I have decided to grant access to all five documents in full. The documents for release
are enclosed.
Rights of review
5. If you are dissatisfied with my decision, you may apply in writing within 30 days of
receiving this notice for an internal review of the decision by a different decision maker
within TEQSA under section 54 of the FOI Act. Applications for internal review should be
sent to xxx@xxxxx.xxx.xx and include any submissions regarding the reason(s) for
requesting an internal review of the decision.
6. In accordance with section 54L of the FOI Act, you may also apply to the Australian
Information Commissioner to review my decision. An application for review by the
Information Commissioner must be made in writing within 60 days of the date of this
letter, and be lodged in one of the following ways:
• online using
OAIC’s form (OAIC’s preferred option)
• email: xxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx
• post: GPO Box 5288, Sydney NSW, 2001
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7. More information about Information Commissioner Review is available on the Office of
the Australian Information Commissioner website at
: Information Commissioner review -
Home (oaic.gov.au).
8. If you have any questions about this matter, please contact xxx@xxxxx.xxx.xx.
Yours sincerely
ALLISON BANNAN
[Signed]
Allison Bannan
FOI Decision Maker
18 December 2024
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