OFFICIAL

Reference: 2024/346 

Dear Mr Smith

Thank you for your email of 23 October 2024 in which you made a request
under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act) to the Department
of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (the Department). 

You set out the terms of the request as follows:

Under the FOI Act, I seek all briefs from the department provided to the
PM or Minister for Indigenous Australians on the topic of Australia Day
2025 sent since 27 January 2024.

Timeframe for receiving your decision

The 30 day statutory period for processing your request commenced from the
day after the Department received your request, you should therefore
expect a decision from us by 22 November 2024.

The processing period of 30 days may be extended in certain circumstances
and we will write to you separately regarding any extension of time. 

Charges

Agencies may decide that an applicant is liable to pay a charge in respect
of a request for access to documents. If the Department decides that you
are liable to pay a charge, we will send you a preliminary assessment of
the charge as soon as possible. 

Publication of documents

Please note that information released under the FOI Act may later be
published online on our disclosure log at
[1]https://www.pmc.gov.au/government/depart...,
subject to certain exceptions. 

If you think you might wish to raise any objections to the publication of
your requested document, which may be released to you, please contact us
by email at [2][DPMC request email].  If you do wish to object to the
publication of information, you would need to set out your reasons.

Exclusion of officers’ names and contact details

For documents that fall within scope of the request, it is the
Department’s policy to withhold:

·       any person’s signature;

·       the names and contact details of Australian Public Service
officers not in the Senior Executive Service (SES);

·       the mobile or direct numbers of SES officers;

·       the names and contact details of Ministerial staff at a level
below Chief of Staff.

If you consider the information categorised above is relevant to the terms
of your request please let us know at [3][DPMC request email], otherwise we will
take it that you agree this category of information may be reasonably
regarded as irrelevant and we will delete this information if it appears
in the documents that are otherwise responsive to your request.  The
names and other details of SES officers will not be withheld unless there
is some reason for that information to be exempt from release.  Further
information on FOI processing can be found at the website of the Office of
the Australian Information Commissioner at
[4]https://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-infor...

Yours sincerely

Coordinator | FOI Section

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

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e. [5][email address]  w. [6]pmc.gov.au 

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OFFICIAL

Departmental reference: FOI/2024/346

Dear Mr Smith

I refer your request of 23 October 2024 for access to documents held by
the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982.

The current due date for a decision on this request is 22 November 2024.
Regrettably, the Department is not currently in a position to finalise the
decision by this date. Accordingly, we are seeking your agreement to a
14-day extension of time to 6 December 2024 under section 15AA of the FOI
Act. We will endeavour to notify you of the decision prior to this
extended date if possible. Please be aware; however, that it may be
necessary to apply other extension of time, or ‘stop clock’ provisions
during the processing of this request.

If you agree to this request for a 14-day extension of time, I ask that
you confirm this in writing via return email by COB Thursday 21 November
2024.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind regards

Adviser

Adviser | FOI Section[]

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

p. (02) 6271 5849

Ngunnawal Country, One National Circuit  Barton  ACT  2600  |  PO Box
6500  CANBERRA  ACT  2600
e. [1][email address]  w. [2]pmc.gov.au

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OFFICIAL

Departmental reference: FOI/2024/346

Dear Mr Smith,

I refer your request of 23 October 2024 for access to documents held by
the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982.

The current due date for a decision on this request is 6 December 2024.
Regrettably, the Department is not currently in a position to finalise the
decision by this date. Accordingly, we are seeking your agreement to a
5-day extension of time to 13 December 2024 under section 15AA of the FOI
Act. We will endeavour to notify you of the decision prior to this
extended date if possible.

If you agree to this request for a 5 day extension of time, I ask that you
confirm this in writing via return email by midday 6 December 2024.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind regards,

Adviser | FOI Section[]

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

p. (02) 6271 5849

Ngunnawal Country, One National Circuit  Barton  ACT  2600  |  PO Box
6500  CANBERRA  ACT  2600
e. [1][email address]  w. [2]pmc.gov.au

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OFFICIAL

Departmental reference: FOI/2024/346

Dear Mr Smith,

Please find attached the decision regarding your request under the Freedom
of Information Act 1982.

Kind regards,

Adviser | FOI Section[]

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

p. (02) 6271 5849

Ngunnawal Country, One National Circuit  Barton  ACT  2600  |  PO Box
6500  CANBERRA  ACT  2600
e. [1][email address]  w. [2]pmc.gov.au

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you 
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you 
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