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emails making FOI requests to the OAIC. For information on how to make an
FOI request to the OAIC, and to ensure that your request complies with the
requirements of the FOI Act, please refer to the FOI page on the OAIC’s
website at:
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Once your request has been assessed by the OAIC, and registered on our
system, a separate acknowledgement email will be sent to you with a
reference number.

The OAIC does not hold all documents of other Commonwealth government
agencies, other state government agencies, or private organisations.

Accordingly:

1)      if you are seeking to access documents of a particular
Commonwealth agency, you will need to make your request directly to the
relevant agency. For example, if you are requesting a copy of your visa
records, please make an FOI request and send it to the Department of Home
Affairs.

2)      if you are seeking to access documents of a state or local
government agency, as each Australian state and territory also have
separate FOI legislation that governs information held by state government
agencies, please contact the relevant agency as to how to make an
application to access the documents. For example, if you are seeking
access to police report from NSW Police Force, it is governed by the
Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) (GIPA Act), and you
will need to contact NSW police to find out how to make a GIPA application
for the police report.

3)      if you are seeking to access documents of a private organization,
which the FOI Act does not apply to, please contact the organization
directly to find out how to access the documents you are seeking. For
example, if you are seeking to access to hospital records or your medical
centre records, please contact these organisations directly. 

Enquiries and other matters

If your email relates to any of the following, please utilise our online
forms instead, which are available at
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-               Privacy  Complaint

-               Notifiable Data Breach

-               Consumer Data Right Complaint

-               FOI Complaint

-               Freedom of Information Review

-               Agency FOI Extension of Time Requests

-               Speech requests.

Notice:

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Our reference: FOIREQ24/00623

Dear Mr John Hobbs,

I refer to your freedom of information request (FOI request) received by
the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (the OAIC) on 29
November 2024.

Request for an extension of time

At this stage, the due date of your FOI request is 29 December 2024.

The OAIC will not be operating during the upcoming public holidays,
including an office shutdown period, between the dates of 24 December 2024
to 2 January 2024. During this time, due to the unavailability of OAIC
staff, there will be a delay in the OAIC’s ability to access documents
relevant to FOI processing during this period.

I therefore seek your agreement under s 15AA of the FOI Act, to extend the
time for the OAIC to process your request by 14 days until 12 January
2024.

We will continue to process your request as efficiently as possible
however would be most grateful if you would kindly agree to an extension
of time. We will endeavour to provide you access to the relevant material
as soon as possible.

I would be grateful to receive your response to be sent by reply email to
[email address] by 13 December 2024.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact
[1][OAIC request email]

Kind regards

[2][IMG]   Sarah Forrester (she/her)

Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

Sydney | GPO Box 5288 Sydney NSW 2001

P 1300 363 992   E [3][OAIC request email]
 
 
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Our reference: FOIREQ24/00623

Dear Mr John Hobbs,

I refer to your freedom of information request (FOI request) received by
the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (the OAIC) on 29
November 2024. I am following up on our previous email from Tuesday, 10
December 2024.

Request for an extension of time

At this stage, the due date of your FOI request is 29 December 2024.

The OAIC will not be operating during the upcoming public holidays,
including an office shutdown period, between the dates of 24 December 2024
to 2 January 2024. During this time, due to the unavailability of OAIC
staff, there will be a delay in the OAIC’s ability to access documents
relevant to FOI processing during this period.

I therefore seek your agreement under s 15AA of the FOI Act, to extend the
time for the OAIC to process your request, by 14 days until 12 January
2025.

We will continue to process your request as efficiently as possible
however would be most grateful if you would kindly agree to an extension
of time. We will endeavour to provide you access to the relevant material
as soon as possible.

I would be grateful to receive your response to be sent by reply email to
[1][email address] by 23 December 2024.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact
[2][OAIC request email].

Kind regards

[3]O A I C logo   Karen Tulloch | Assistant Director

Governance, Risk and Compliance (FOI)
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

GPO Box 5288 Sydney NSW 2001  |  [4]oaic.gov.au

E: [5][email address]  

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Good morning,

Please see attached the decision in relation to your FOI request,
FOIREQ24/00623.

Due to the size of the documents for release, they will be sent across two
subsequent emails.

Kind regards,

Lachlan

[1][IMG]   Lachlan Smith-Marks (he/him)

Governance, Risk and Compliance Officer (FOI)

Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

Melbourne |

E [2][OAIC request email]
   
 
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Good afternoon,

Please see attached documents in relation to your request, FOIREQ24/00623

This email contains part 1 of 2.

Kind regards,

Lachlan

[1][IMG]   Lachlan Smith-Marks (he/him)

Governance, Risk and Compliance Officer (FOI)

Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

Melbourne |

E [2][OAIC request email]
   
 
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From: OAIC - FOI
Sent: Tuesday, 24 December 2024 12:01 PM
To: '[FOI #12412 email]'
<[FOI #12412 email]>
Cc: OAIC - FOI <[email address]>
Subject: FOIREQ24/00623 - Decision

Good morning,

Please see attached the decision in relation to your FOI request,
FOIREQ24/00623.

Due to the size of the documents for release, they will be sent across two
subsequent emails.

Kind regards,

Lachlan

[4][IMG]   Lachlan Smith-Marks (he/him)

Governance, Risk and Compliance Officer (FOI)

Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

Melbourne |

E [5][OAIC request email]
   
 
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Good afternoon,

Please see attached documents in relation to your request, FOIREQ24/00623

This email contains part 2 of 2.

Kind regards,

Lachlan

[1][IMG]   Lachlan Smith-Marks (he/him)

Governance, Risk and Compliance Officer (FOI)

Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

Melbourne |

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From: OAIC - FOI
Sent: Tuesday, 24 December 2024 12:03 PM
To: '[FOI #12412 email]'
<[FOI #12412 email]>
Cc: OAIC - FOI <[email address]>
Subject: FOIREQ24/00623 - Decision - Document Part 1/2

Good afternoon,

Please see attached documents in relation to your request, FOIREQ24/00623

This email contains part 1 of 2.

Kind regards,

Lachlan

[4][IMG]   Lachlan Smith-Marks (he/him)

Governance, Risk and Compliance Officer (FOI)

Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

Melbourne |

E [5][OAIC request email]
   
 
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From: OAIC - FOI
Sent: Tuesday, 24 December 2024 12:01 PM
To: '[FOI #12412 email]'
<[7][FOI #12412 email]>
Cc: OAIC - FOI <[8][email address]>
Subject: FOIREQ24/00623 - Decision

Good morning,

Please see attached the decision in relation to your FOI request,
FOIREQ24/00623.

Due to the size of the documents for release, they will be sent across two
subsequent emails.

Kind regards,

Lachlan

[9][IMG]   Lachlan Smith-Marks (he/him)

Governance, Risk and Compliance Officer (FOI)

Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

Melbourne |

E [10][OAIC request email]
   
 
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Please note that this email address is only used for making requests to
obtain access to a document held by the OAIC pursuant to the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act). We will only action and respond to
emails making FOI requests to the OAIC. For information on how to make an
FOI request to the OAIC, and to ensure that your request complies with the
requirements of the FOI Act, please refer to the FOI page on the OAIC’s
website at:
[1]https://www.oaic.gov.au/about-us/access-...
Once your request has been assessed by the OAIC, and registered on our
system, a separate acknowledgement email will be sent to you with a
reference number.

The OAIC does not hold all documents of other Commonwealth government
agencies, other state government agencies, or private organisations.

Accordingly:

1)       if you are seeking to access documents of a particular
Commonwealth agency, you will need to make your request directly to the
relevant agency. For example, if you are requesting a copy of your visa
records, please make an FOI request and send it to the Department of Home
Affairs.

2)       if you are seeking to access documents of a state or local
government agency, as each Australian state and territory also have
separate FOI legislation that governs information held by state government
agencies, please contact the relevant agency as to how to make an
application to access the documents. For example, if you are seeking
access to police report from NSW Police Force, it is governed by the
Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) (GIPA Act), and you
will need to contact NSW police to find out how to make a GIPA application
for the police report.

3)       if you are seeking to access documents of a private organization,
which the FOI Act does not apply to, please contact the organization
directly to find out how to access the documents you are seeking. For
example, if you are seeking to access to hospital records or your medical
centre records, please contact these organisations directly. 

Enquiries and other matters

If your email relates to any of the following, please utilise our online
forms instead, which are available at
[2]https://www.oaic.gov.au/about-us/contact...

-               Enquiry

-               Privacy Complaint

-               Notifiable Data Breach

-               Consumer Data Right Complaint

-               FOI Complaint

-               Freedom of Information Review

-               Agency FOI Extension of Time Requests

-               Speech requests.

Notice:

The information contained in this email message and any attached files may
be confidential information, and may also be the subject of legal
professional privilege. If you are not the intended recipient any use,
disclosure or copying of this email is unauthorised. If you received this
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Our reference: FOIREQ25/00005

Dear Mr J.C. Hobbs,

Request for internal review

I refer to your request for internal review regarding the handling of your
request for access to documents, made to the OAIC under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act) – attached.

Your request for internal review was received by the Office of the
Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) on 1 January 2025. This means
that a decision on your internal review request is due on 31 January 2025.

Scope of your request

Your internal review request was made in the following terms:

I am writing to request an internal review of Office of the Australian
Information Commissioner’s handling of my FOI request ‘Commissioner briefs
for senate estimates November 2024’.

In order to process your request as efficiently as possible, I will
exclude duplicates and early parts of email streams that are captured in
later email streams from the scope of this request, unless you advise me
otherwise.

We will not identify you as the FOI applicant during any consultation
process, unless we seek your permission. However, documents that are
within the scope of your request that we may need to consult third parties
about may contain your personal information.

Consultation on scope of request

Your request for internal review refers to “..an internal review of Office
of the Australian Information Commissioner’s handling of my FOI request…”.

Could you please confirm whether you are seeking:

o an internal review of the decision that was made in FOIREQ24/00623 on
24 December 2024, under Part VI of the FOI Act, or
o to lodge a complaint about the handling of your FOI request.

If you wish to proceed with an internal review of the decision in
FOIREQ24/00623, please state the grounds on which you consider that the
original decision should be reviewed.

I would appreciate a response to my questions above by COB 16 January
2025.

Timeframes for dealing with your request

Section 52 of the FOI Act requires the OAIC to process your request for
internal review no later than 30 days after the day we receive it.

The current decision due date for your request is 31 January 2025.

Disclosure Log

Documents released under the FOI Act may be published online on our
disclosure log, unless they contain personal or business information that
would be unreasonable to publish.

If you would like to discuss your FOI request, please contact the FOI team
on the contact details set out below.

Yours sincerely,

Penny

[1][IMG]   Penny Ryder  (she/her)

Director

Office of the Australian Information
Commissioner

P: 1300 363 992 | E:
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