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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.

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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. 

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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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Australia and their continuing connection to land, waters and
communities. We pay our respect to First Nations people,
cultures and Elders past and present.  

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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]  

The OAIC acknowledges Traditional Custodians of Country across Australia
and their continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We pay
our respect to First Nations people, cultures and Elders past and present.

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
email in error, please notify the sender by contacting the department's
switchboard on 1300 488 064 during business hours (8:30am - 5pm Canberra
time) and delete all copies of this transmission together with any
attachments.

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