LEX 76272 FOI Notice of Decision.pdf

Our ref: FOI  76272

Glenn Hamiltonshire
By email: foi+request‐12502‐xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx

Dear Glenn,

Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) – Notice of Decision

I refer to your 8 December 2024 request, to the Department of Industry, Science and Resources
(the department), to seek access under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act) to:
I request access to the Style Guides/Brand Guides/Writing Guides currently used for the Department
of Industry, Science, & Resources.

Background

On 17 December 2024 you agreed to a 30‐day extension under section 15AA of the FOI Act for the
processing of your FOI request.

On 29 January 2025, you corresponded with the department and agreed to remove personal
information relating to Commonwealth staff and third parties and any internal email addresses that
appear in the documents.

Decision
I am an authorised decision maker under subsection 23(1) of the FOI Act.

I have decided not to impose any charges for the processing of your request.

I am satisfied all reasonable searches have been undertaken for documents relevant to your request and
ten (10) documents has been identified as relevant to your request. The document is described in the
Schedule of Documents at Attachment A.

I have decided to grant access to 10 documents in part.

I have found that the requested documents contain material that is irrelevant to your request.
Accordingly, I have removed this information under section 22(1)(a)(ii) of the FOI Act.

The reasons for my decision are set out below, as required by section 26 of the FOI Act, in Part A of the
Annexure.

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Review Rights

If you are dissatisfied with this decision, your review rights are set out in Part B of the Annexure.

Yours sincerely

Louise Wallensky
General Manager
Communications Branch
3 February 2025

Enclosures
Annexure (Part B – Review Rights)
Attachment A – Schedule of Documents

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Annexure
Part A – Reasons for Decision (section 26 FOI Act)
Request: Glenn Hamiltonshire – 8 December 2024
Decision Maker: Louise Wallensky, General Manager, Communications Branch

1.  Evidence/Material on which my findings were based.

1.1
In reaching my decision, I relied on the following information and documentary evidence:

  the FOI Act.
  the documents subject to the request.
  your correspondence setting out the particulars of your request.
  advice from departmental officers as to the nature of the documents.
  the Guidelines issued by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner under
section 93A of the FOI Act (FOI Guidelines).

2.  Section 22 – Deletion of irrelevant material

2.1
Under section 22 of the FOI Act, the department may edit documents to remove material
reasonably expected to be considered irrelevant to the scope of your request.

2.2
In your correspondence of 29 January 2025, you excluded personal information and internal email
addresses from the scope of your request. Accordingly, this information has been deleted under
section 22 of the FOI Act.

3.  Publication

3.1   Section 11C of the FOI Act requires agencies to publish documents released through an FOI
request on our website within 10 working days of release, except in certain circumstances including
when the documents contain personal or business information that would be unreasonable to publish.

3.2
The documents being released to you do not contain any personal or business information that
would be unreasonable to publish. As a result, they will be published on our disclosure log within 10
working days of the documents being released to you.

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Industry House – 10 Binara Street, Canberra City, ACT 2601
GPO Box 2013 Canberra ACT 2601 ABN:74 599 608 295

Part B – Review Rights

Application for Internal Review

Section 54 of the FOI Act gives you the option to apply for a departmental internal review of my
decision.  If you make an application for internal review it will be conducted by an officer of the
department (other than me) appointed by the Secretary of the department to conduct a review and
make a completely fresh decision on the merits of the case.

Application for a review of the decision must be made within 30 days after the day of receipt of this
letter, or within 15 days of receipt of the documents to which this decision relates (whichever is the
longer period). You do not have to pay any fees or processing charges for an internal review, except for
charges if further searches are conducted and additional documents are identified as relevant and if
the decision maker chooses to impose a charge. While a specific form is not required, it would assist
the decision maker if your application specifies the grounds on which you consider the decision should
be reviewed.

Application for a review of a decision should be addressed to:

FOI Coordinator
Department of Industry, Science and Resources
GPO Box 2013
CANBERRA ACT 2601

or by e‐mail to: xxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx.

Review by the Australian Information Commissioner

If any decision on internal review were not satisfactory to you, section 54L of the FOI Act gives you the
right to apply for review of my decision by the Information Commissioner.

An application for review by the Information Commissioner may be made regardless of whether the
decision was the subject of a departmental internal review. An application for review by the
Information Commissioner must be made within 60 days of receipt of this notice. There is no fee for
review by the Information Commissioner.

You must apply in writing and you can lodge your application in one of the following ways:

Online: www.oaic.gov.au
Post: GPO Box 5218, Sydney NSW 2001
Fax: +61 2 9284 9666
Email: xxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx

An application form is available on the website at www.oaic.gov.au.  Your application should include a
copy of this notice and your contact details.  You should also set out why you are objecting to the
decision.

Complaints to the Australian Information Commissioner
You may make a complaint to the Australian 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. The Australian Information Commissioner will make a completely independent
investigation of your complaint. A complaint to the Australian Information Commissioner must be
made in writing and can be lodged online using the Information Commissioner Complaint Application
form on the Australian Information Commissioner’s website at www.oaic.gov.au.
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Industry House – 10 Binara Street, Canberra City, ACT 2601
GPO Box 2013 Canberra ACT 2601 ABN:74 599 608 295

Request for Access under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth)
Department of Industry, Science and Resources
FOI Applicant: Glenn Hamiltonshire – FOI 76272
SCHEDULE OF DOCUMENTS

Doc
Description of document
Decision
Reasons
No
1.    ARWA_style guide update 2023.pdf
Release in part
Section 22 (Irrelevant Material)
2.    Australian_Space_Agency_Style_Guide_FA.pdf
Release in part
Section 22 (Irrelevant Material)
3.    NAIC visual guide.pdf
Release in part
Section 22 (Irrelevant Material)
4.    DISR_CRC Brand Guidelines V1.1.pdf
Release in part
Section 22 (Irrelevant Material)
5.    Sponsorships visual guide.pdf
Release in part
Section 22 (Irrelevant Material)
6.    DISR‐corporate‐brand‐and‐visual‐identity‐manual.pdf
Release in part
Section 22 (Irrelevant Material)
7.    Ausindustry VI guidelines & First Nations artwork v6.2.5.pdf
Release in part
Section 22 (Irrelevant Material)
8.    CCH visual identity cheat sheet.pdf
Release in part
Section 22 (Irrelevant Material)
9.    NMI visual identity guidelines WEB.pdf
Release in part
Section 22 (Irrelevant Material)
10.    OCS_Brand_guide_V1_July2021.pdf
Release in part
Section 22 (Irrelevant Material)

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Industry House – 10 Binara Street, Canberra City, ACT 2601
GPO Box 2013 Canberra ACT 2601 ABN:74 599 608 295