Complaints received in relation to homophobia by Australian Federal Police
Dear Australian Federal Police,
Please disclose the number and nature of all previously investigated complaints of homophobia against the Australian Federal Police between 2000 and present. All personal identifiable information, should be redacted from the documents.
Yours faithfully,
HW
Thank you for your email.
Please note that this is an automated response to confirm that your email was sent to the Australian Federal Police Freedom of Information (FOI) inbox.
This FOI inbox is monitored between 8am and 4pm Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays and the period from 27-31 December.
If you wish to lodge a request for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), please ensure that your request is in writing, states that it is an application for the purposes of the FOI Act and provides sufficient detail describing the documents you wish to access.
If you are requesting personal information about yourself then please ensure you enclose a copy of your photographic identification.
Further details on how to make a valid FOI request can be found on the Australian Federal Police’s website at: http://www.afp.gov.au/about-the-afp/foi-...
The Australian Federal Police will acknowledge your request in accordance with the legislative requirements of the Act.
The FOI Team can be contacted on 02 6131 6131
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear HW,
Your Freedom of Information Request
I refer to your application dated 15 December 2016 in which you seek
access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the Act) as
follows:
Please disclose the number and nature of all previously investigated
complaints of homophobia against the Australian Federal Police between
2000 and present. All personal identifiable information, should be
redacted from the documents
Information considered irrelevant to the scope of your request
The AFP, in its management of FOI requests, excludes the following
information on the basis that is irrelevant to the scope of a request:
- Names of AFP members, other than the Senior Executive.
- Direct telephone numbers, signatures and mobile telephone numbers
of AFP members.
- Duplicate documents, including duplicate emails. The AFP will only
provide emails where they form a final email chain and the
authors/recipients are contained within the final email.
- Information that is publicly available, for example, newspaper
articles, online publications including information available on the AFP
Information Publication Scheme and the AFP disclosure log.
If you object to the AFP excluding any of the above information, please
advise this office within seven days of receipt of this letter.
Your request was received by this agency on 15 December 2016 and the 30
day statutory period for processing your request commenced from that date.
You will be notified of any charges in accordance with the Freedom of
Information (Fees and Charges) Regulations, should they apply, in relation
to your request as soon as practicable.
Disclosure Log
Please be advised that in accordance with section 11C of the Act, an
agency is required to publish information on their website following the
notification of a decision in respect of a freedom of information
request.
The requirement to publish information released under FOI reinforces the
objectives of the FOI Act to promote a pro-disclosure culture across
government and to increase recognition that information held by government
is a national resource. Exceptions to the requirement to publish
information would apply to personal information and information concerning
the business affairs of a person if it was considered ‘unreasonable’ to do
so. Details of the decision may be published in a Disclosure Log which
can be found at
[1]https://www.afp.gov.au/about-us/informat....
Publication will be made in accordance with timeframes stipulated in
section 11C of the Act.
If, however, after noting the above, you wish to raise any concerns about
the publication of information concerning your request prior to the
notification of a decision, please advise this office in writing before 14
January 2017. If you do not raise any concerns prior to the date of the
decision, the AFP will publish the information as notified to you in the
decision.
Please note the AFP Freedom of Information office will be closed from 24
December 2016 to 2 January 2017 inclusive. The office will reopen on 3
January 2017.
Yours sincerely
JESS (AFP22486)
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
CHIEF COUNSEL PORTFOLIO
Tel +61(0) 2 6131 6131
[2]www.afp.gov.au
UNCLASSIFIED
References
Visible links
1. https://www.afp.gov.au/about-us/informat...
2. http://www.afp.gov.au/
UNCLASSIFIED
Good Afternoon,
I refer to the above matter and attach correspondence.
Kind Regards,
Tammii
TAMMII (AFP22355)
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION OFFICER
CHIEF COUNSEL PORTFOLIO
[1]cid:image001.gif@01D22542.3DE765D0
Tel +61(0) 2 61316131
[2]www.afp.gov.au
UNCLASSIFIED
References
Visible links
2. http://www.afp.gov.au/
UNCLASSIFIED
Good Afternoon,
I refer to the above matter and attach correspondence.
Kind Regards,
Tammii
TAMMII (AFP22355)
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION OFFICER
CHIEF COUNSEL PORTFOLIO
[1]cid:image001.gif@01D22542.3DE765D0
Tel +61(0) 2 61316131
[2]www.afp.gov.au
UNCLASSIFIED
References
Visible links
2. http://www.afp.gov.au/