OFFICIAL

Dear CR

Acknowledgement

I refer to your correspondence of 8 August 2024 seeking access to the
following documents held by the Department of Defence (Defence), under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act):

Total expenditure on advertising for each financial year from 2010 to
present, including a breakdown by media type (e.g., television, radio,
print, online, etc.).

Revision of scope

During the processing of your request, it has been identified that some of
the information you are seeking access to is publicly available and is
contained within Defences’ Annual Reports. This information can be
accessed through the following links:

·       Page 59 of [1]Defence Annual Report 2022-23;

·       Page 73 of [2]Defence Annual Report 2021-22

·       Page 75 of [3]Defence Annual Report 2020-21;

·       Page 73 of [4]Defence Annual Report 2019-20;  

·       Page 62 of [5]Defence Annual Report 2018-19;

·       Page 133 of [6]Defence Annual Report 2017-18;

·       Page 139 of [7]Defence Annual Report 2016-17;

·       Page 145 of [8]Defence Annual Report 2015-16;

·       Page 194 of [9]Defence Annual Report 2014-15;

·       Page 175 of [10]Defence Annual Report 2013-14;

·       Page 166 of [11]Defence Annual Report 2012-13;  

·       Page 329 of [12]Defence Annual Report 2011-12; and

·       Page 3 of [13]Defence Annual Report Appendix 2 2010-11.

Unless you advise otherwise, Defence now considers the scope of your
request to be for the total expenditure on advertising for the 23/24 and
24/25 financial years only.

Disclaimer

Where staff details are captured in documents within the scope of your FOI
request, this information will be redacted; this includes private email
addresses, signatures, personnel (PMKeyS) numbers and mobile telephone
numbers, unless you specifically request such details. Defence excludes
duplicates of documents and any documents sent to or from you.
Furthermore, Defence only considers final versions of documents.

Charges

Defence may impose a charge for the work involved in providing access to
the documents in accordance with the Freedom of Information (Charges)
Regulations 2019. We will notify you if your request attracts a charge.
Please note that there is no charge for documents that contain the
personal information of the applicant.

Timeframe

The statutory timeframe to provide you with a decision on your request
ends on 7 September 2024. This period may be extended if we need to
consult with third parties, or for other reasons. We will advise you if
this happens.

Please note that where the due date falls on a Saturday, Sunday or public
holiday, the timeframe will expire on the next working day. This is in
accordance with the FOI Guidelines issued by the Office of the Australian
Information Commissioner under section 93A of the FOI Act.

Disclosure Log

Documents released under the FOI Act may be published on Defence’s
disclosure log, located on our website.

Contact Details

We will contact you via the email address you have provided. Please advise
if you would prefer us to use an alternative means of contact.

Should you have any questions relating to your request, please do not
hesitate to contact the FOI team via email:
[14][email address].

Kind regards

Freedom of Information Team

Media and Information Disclosure Branch

Ministerial & Executive Coordination and Communication Division

Department of Defence

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OFFICIAL

Dear CR

Thank you for agreeing to revise the scope of FOI 124/24/25 to be for
documents containing total expenditure on advertising for the 23/24 and
24/25 financial years only.

Due to ongoing considerations of the material our office is seeking your
agreement to a 14-day extension of the statutory deadline under
section 15AA [extension with agreement] of the FOI Act, to ensure that we
have considered all aspects of your request, and to make a robust decision
on access.

Should you agree, the statutory deadline for you to receive a response to
your request will expire on 21 September 2024.

It would be much appreciated if you could confirm your agreement to this
extension of time via e-mail by 5:00pm 2 September 2024.

Should you have any questions regarding this matter please do not hesitate
to contact [1][email address]. 

Kind regards

Freedom of Information Team

Media and Information Disclosure Branch

Ministerial & Executive Coordination and Communication Division

Department of Defence

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OFFICIAL

Dear CR

Thank you for your support to date regarding the processing of your FOI
request 124/24/25.

Further searches for documents have identified that at the date of your
request, this being 8 August 2024, a document satisfying the revised scope
was not in existence.

I would like to advise that a document is now in production, however it is
not yet finalised and is unable to be released to you as part of your
current FOI request. Noting this, the document containing the 2023-24
Financial Year data is anticipated to be finalised towards the end of
October and as such, we are writing to seek you agreement to withdraw your
current FOI and to resubmit on 31 October 2024.

If you are agreeable, I would be grateful for your return email confirming
your withdrawal by 5:00pm Monday, 16 September 2024.

Thank you for your consideration of this request.

Kind regards

Freedom of Information Team

Media and Information Disclosure Branch

Ministerial & Executive Coordination and Communication Division

Department of Defence

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IMPORTANT: This email remains the property of the Department of Defence.
Unauthorised communication and dealing with the information in the email
may be a serious criminal offence. If you have received this email in
error, you are requested to contact the sender and delete the email
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