OFFICIAL

 

Reference: FOI/2025/006 

Dear Mr Hamiltonshire

Thank you for your email of 14 January 2025 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:

On 1 December 2022, the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
released a document titled "Australian red ensign fact sheet", accessible
here: [1]https://www.pmc.gov.au/resources/austral...

I request access to all correspondence or records of correspondence
relating to proposing, drafting, and publishing of the red ensign fact
sheet.

For the avoidance of doubt, I agree to remove any personal details of APS
staff at a non-SES level from this request.

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 13 February 2025.

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. 

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Please note information released under the FOI Act may later be published
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your requested document, which may be released to you, please contact us
by email at [3][DPMC request email].  If you do wish to object to the
publication of information, you would need to set out your reasons.

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Department’s policy to withhold:

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Chief of Staff.

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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. 

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there is some reason for that information to be exempt from release.

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Yours sincerely

FOI Coordinator

 

Coordinator | FOI Section

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

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Reference FOI/2025/006

Dear Mr Hamiltonshire

Thank you for your email dated 18 February 2025 enquiring as to the status
of your FOI request dated 14 January 2025, submitted to the Department of
the Prime Minister and Cabinet under the Freedom of Information Act 1982,
seeking access to:

On 1 December 2022, the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
released a document titled "Australian red ensign fact sheet", accessible
here: [1]https://www.pmc.gov.au/resources/austral...

I request access to all correspondence or records of correspondence
relating to proposing, drafting, and publishing of the red ensign fact
sheet.

For the avoidance of doubt, I agree to remove any personal details of APS
staff at a non-SES level from this request.

Please accept our sincere apologies for the delay in providing you with a
decision which was due on 13 February 2025.  Please be assured that we are
continuing to process your request and we will provide you with an update
next week. 

Kind regards

Coordinator

 

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
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-----Original Message-----
From: Glenn Hamiltonshire
<[5][FOI #12727 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 14 January 2025 2:13 AM
To: FOI <[6][email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Australian red ensign fact sheet
documents

 

Dear Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet,

 

This is a Freedom of Information Request for the purposes of the Freedom
of Information Act 1982.

 

On 1 December 2022, the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
released a document titled "Australian red ensign fact sheet", accessible
here: [7]https://www.pmc.gov.au/resources/austral...

 

I request access to all correspondence or records of correspondence
relating to proposing, drafting, and publishing of the red ensign fact
sheet.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, I agree to remove any personal details of APS
staff at a non-SES level from this request.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Glenn Hamiltonshire

 

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