Dear Ms Ryan

Acknowledgement of Freedom of Information Request No: LEX 22229

I refer to your request received by the Department of Agriculture, Water
and the Environment (department) on 14 March 2021 for access to documents
under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI) made in the following
terms:

May you please provide copies of the applications made to protect Mount
Panorama/Wahluu under sections 9 and 10 of the Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act.

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FOI Contact Officer | Information Law Team  |  Commercial, Information
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-----Original Message-----
From: Eleanor Ryan <[FOI #7146 email]>
Sent: Sunday, 14 March 2021 10:22 AM
To: FOI requests at Department of the Environment and Energy
<[Department of the Environment and Energy request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Applications to protect Mount
Panorama/Wahluu [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

Dear Department of the Environment and Energy, May you please provide
copies of the applications made to protect Mount Panorama/Wahluu under
sections 9 and 10 of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage
Protection Act.

Yours faithfully,

Eleanor Ryan

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Dear Ms Ryan,

Please find attached correspondence from the Department of Agriculture,
Water and the Environment.

Kind Regards

Freedom of Information Team

Email [1][email address]

Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment

John Gorton Building, King Edward Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Australia

GPO Box 858 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia

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Dear Ms Ryan,

Thank you for your email of 6 April 2021 with your revised scope. We note
in your revised scope you are seeking:

o correspondence to and from the Wiradyuri Traditional Owners Central
West Aboriginal Corporation, Bathurst Regional Council and Bathurst
Kart Club;
o any reports carried out, excluding the one by Extent Heritage; and
o Not any culturally sensitive information.

The department has completed preliminary searches of the above revised
request and consider that your request is likely to still be too big to
process as the department has estimated over 850 pages of information
within the scope of your request, which includes material relating to
third parties which the department is required to consult with.

As the consultation period for your request has not yet ended, it is open
to you to consider revising your request further. If you wish to revise
your request, you may consider:

o excluding university academic material;
o excluding personal and business information relating to third parties;
o reducing the type of documents you are seeking; and
o asking for specific documents rather than seeking "any documents" or
"all documents" and
o seeking documents withing a short and specific timeframe.

If you wish to revise your request, please let us know by COB Monday 12
April 2021. If we do not hear from you by then, we will continue
processing your revised request:

o correspondence to and from the Wiradyuri Traditional Owners Central
West Aboriginal Corporation, Bathurst Regional Council and Bathurst
Kart Club;
o any reports carried out, excluding the one by Extent Heritage; and
o Not any culturally sensitive information.

Kind Regards

Freedom of Information Team

Email [1][email address]

Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment

John Gorton Building, King Edward Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Australia

GPO Box 858 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia

[2]www.awe.gov.au

-----Original Message-----

From: Eleanor Ryan <[3][FOI #7146 email]>

Sent: Tuesday, 6 April 2021 12:59 PM

To: Foi <[4][email address]>

Subject: Re: FOI 22229 - Applications to protect Mount Panorama/Wahluu - s
24AB Notice [SEC=OFFICIAL]

Dear Foi,

Thank you for your response.

I would only seek correspondence to and from the Wiradyuri Traditional
Owners Central West Aboriginal Corporation, Bathurst Regional Council and
Bathurst Kart Club.

I would seek any reports carried out, excluding the one by Extent
Heritage.

I do not require culturally sensitive information.

Yours sincerely,

Eleanor Ryan

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Dear Ms Ryan,

Thank you for your email of 9 April 2021 and for revising your request. We
appreciate your continued engagement with us as we seek to revise the
scope to a processable size. Unfortunately your latest revision has not
significantly reduced the number of documents and pages within the scope
of your request.

We ask that you consider revisions that may reduce the number of documents
that fall within the scope of your request as well as the documents’
content. On 6 April 2021 we provided the following suggests which you may
wish to consider:

o excluding university academic material;
o reducing the type of documents you are seeking;
o specifying the party for which the documents you are seeking
originated from;

o asking for specific documents rather than seeking "any documents" or
"all documents"; and
o seeking documents withing a short and specific timeframe.

If you wish to further revise your request you can do this by COB Tuesday
13 April 2021 as your consultation period ends on this date.

If we do not hear from you by this date, we will continue processing your
request based on your latest revised request of:

‘Copies of the applications made to protect Mount Panorama/Wahluu under
sections 9 and 10 of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage
Protection Act, specifically:

o correspondence to and from the Wiradyuri Traditional Owners Central,
West Aboriginal Corporation, Bathurst Regional Council and Bathurst
Kart Club;
o any reports carried out, excluding the one by Extent Heritage; and
o Not including;

o any culturally sensitive information; and/or
o personal and business information of third parties.’

Kind Regards

Freedom of Information Team

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Good Afternoon Ms Ryan,

Thank you for your email of 13 April 2021. Your request is now of
acceptable size and the Department of Agriculture Water and Environment is
processing your revised request.

Please find attached correspondence from the department in regards to your
request.

Kind Regards

Freedom of Information Team

Email [1][email address]

Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment

John Gorton Building, King Edward Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Australia

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Dear Ms Ryan,

Please find attached the invoice and receipt in relation to payment of
charges for your freedom of information request.

Regards,

Freedom of Information Team

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Dear Eleanor Ryan

Please find attached correspondence from the department of Agriculture,
Water and the Environment.

Regards,

Freedom of Information Team

Email [1][email address]

Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment

John Gorton Building, King Edward Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Australia

GPO Box 858 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia

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