Our reference: FOI 25-258
Tyler (via Right to Know)
By email:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Tyler
Decision on your Freedom of Information Request
On 31 January 2025, you submitted a request to the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional
Development, Communications and the Arts (the Department), seeking access to documents under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).
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Your request
You requested access to:
Provide the following for the Protection of Cultural Objects on Loan Amendment Regulations 2023:
- copy of this set of Regulations as made with signature of the Governor-General; and the relevant
minister.
- documents that were submitted to the Governor-General for the Governor-General's signature of
this set of Regulations (e.g. notes, certificates etc.).
2
Authority to make decision
I am authorised by the Secretary to make decisions in relation to Freedom of Information requests under
section 23(1) of the FOI Act.
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Decision
I have identified 1 document that I consider contains information that is relevant to your request. This
document was in the possession of the Department when your request was received.
I have decided to grant access in full to relevant information in 1 document.
GPO Box 594, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
(02) 6274 7111
infrastructure.gov.au
3.1 Section 22 – deletion of material from documents released to you
Section 22 of the FOI Act applies to documents containing irrelevant material and allows an agency to delete
such material from a document.
I decided that the document captured by your request contains material which can reasonably be regarded
as irrelevant to your request.
The document contains personal identifiers of public servants. When your request was acknowledged, we
notified you that personal information of public servants below the SES level and all email addresses,
signatures and direct telephone numbers would be considered irrelevant to the scope of your request unless
you told us that you were expressly seeking access to that information. On the basis that you did not notify
us otherwise, I decided this information is irrelevant to your request.
As such, an edited copy of the document has been prepared in accordance with section 22(1)(a)(ii) of the FOI
Act. This information is marked ‘s22(1)(a)(ii)’ in the document released to you.
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Material taken into consideration
In making my decision, I had regard to the following:
• the terms of your request
• the content of the document captured by your request
• the provisions of the FOI Act
• the guidelines issued by the Australian Information Commissioner under section 93A of the FOI Act
(the FOI Guidelines)
• advice from departmental officers with responsibility for the subject matter contained in the
document captured by your request
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Legislative provisions
The FOI Act, including the provisions referred to in my decision, are available on the Federal Register of
Legislation website:
www.legislation.gov.au/Series/C2004A02562.
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Your review rights
If you are dissatisfied with my decision, you may apply for a review of it.
6.1 Internal review
You can request an internal review within 30 days of receiving this decision. An internal review will be
conducted by a different departmental officer from the original decision-maker.
No particular form is required to apply for review although it will assist the Department if you are able to set
out the grounds on which you believe that the original decision should be changed.
Applications for internal review can be sent to
xxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
If you choose to seek an internal review, you will also have a right to apply for Information Commissioner
review (IC review) of the internal review decision once it has been provided to you if you remain dissatisfied
with the decision.
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6.2 Information Commissioner review or complaint
An application for IC review must be made in writing to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
(OAIC) within 60 days of the decision.
If you are not satisfied with the way we have handled your FOI request, you can lodge a complaint with the
OAIC. However, the OAIC suggests that complaints are made to the agency in the first instance.
More information about the Information Commissioner reviews and complaints is available on the OAIC
website here: www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-information/foi-review-process.
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Publication of material released under the FOI Act
Where I have decided to release documents to you, we may also publish the released material on our
Disclosure Log. We will not publish personal or business affairs information where it would be unreasonable
to do so.
For your reference our Disclosure Log can be found here
: www.infrastructure.gov.au/about-us/freedom-
information/freedom-information-disclosure-log.
Further information
If you require further information regarding this decision, please contact the Department’s FOI Section
at
xxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx.
Yours sincerely
Ann Campton
Assistant Secretary
Collections and Cultural Heritage Branch
Office for the Arts
Date: 20 February 2025
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