Dear H,

I refer to your request seeking:

any communication including emails, messages (on any platform) between the Governor of the RBA and the Treasurer since 1 October 2022.

In terms of the FOI Act 1982, I confirm receipt of your request and advise that processing of it commenced on 21 January 2023.

Please be advised that, consistent with the provisions of the Information Publication Scheme, the Bank’s policy is to release all documents provided to applicants under the FOI Act 1982 on the Bank’s FOI disclosure log close to the same time they are provided to the applicant. The publication of any FOI related documents on our website will also be notified to the Bank’s RSS feed subscriber list.

Yours sincerely

Phil Lomas | FOI Officer
RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 65 Martin Place, Sydney NSW 2000
p: 02 9551 9744| e: [RBA request email] | w: www.rba.gov.au

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Dear H,

I refer to your recent request seeking:

all correspondence between the Governor and Treasurer between 1 October
2022 and 20 January 2023.

I advise that we have identified four documents (all emails containing
letters exchanged between the Governor and the Treasurer). They are
released to you in full, with only contact email and phone numbers of all
mentioned people and names of officers of the Treasurer’s Office and the
Bank redacted.

I enclose them with this email.

Although the documents are released in full, the Act requires us to advise
you of your rights to review of my decision if you are dissatisfied with
it, as detailed below.
Internal review

Under section 54 of the FOI Act, you may apply in writing to the Reserve
Bank of Australia for an internal review of my decision. The internal
review application must be made within 30 days of the date of this email,
and be lodged in one of the following ways:

email: [1][RBA request email]

post: Attn FOI Officer, SD, Reserve Bank of Australia, GPO Box 3947,
Sydney NSW 2001

Where possible, please attach reasons why you believe review of the
decision is necessary. The internal review will be carried out by another
officer within 30 days.

Information Commissioner review

Under section 54L of the FOI Act, you may apply to the Australian
Information Commissioner to review my decision. An application for review
by the Information Commissioner must be made in writing within 60 days of
the date of this email, and be lodged in one of the following ways:

online:
[2]https://forms.business.gov.au/smartforms...

email: [3][email address]

Yours sincerely

Anthony Dickman | Secretary
RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 65 Martin Place, Sydney NSW 2000
p: +61 2 9551 9744 | e: [4][RBA request email] | w: [5]www.rba.gov.au

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