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Good afternoon CR,

In relation to your request, I note that the OAIC did undertake courtesy consultation with around 100 government agencies. As such, there is a large volume of material particularly on FOIREQ24/00423. In additions to the exclusions listed below would you consider:

- excluding consultation responses from government agencies where no objection to the disclosure of the information was made? We could provide you with a list of agencies that did not raise objections and a list of agencies that did not respond. Responses from agencies that did object would remain within the scope of your request.

If you could consider and let me know if you are willing to exclude the above by cob Thursday 17 October 2024. If you do not respond, I will commence processing your request as submitted below.

Regards,

Emily Elliott
Senior Lawyer
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
Sydney | GPO Box 5288 Sydney NSW 2001
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Good morning,

The below is an initial count of the numbers (the actual number might vary slightly once we do a more comprehensive review of the file).

The number of agencies that
Did not object was 58
Did object 15
Did not respond 13

Regards,

Emily Elliott
Senior Lawyer
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
Sydney | GPO Box 5288 Sydney NSW 2001
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Our reference: FOIREQ24/00523

Dear CR

Freedom of Information request

I refer to your request for access to documents made under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act).

Your FOI request was received by the Office of the Australian Information
Commissioner (OAIC) on 14 October 2024. This means that a decision on your
FOI request is currently due on 13 November 2024.

Scope of your request

Your FOI request was made in the following terms:

I request access to the following documents under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982:

1. Consultation with line areas of the OAIC and other government agencies
in relation to FOIREQ24/00352 and FOIREQ24/00423 regarding disclosure of
agency names.

2. Any further relevant correspondence regarding the disclosure of agency
names post-decision.

Please exclude the following information:

i) OAIC reference numbers and details of individual breach reports.
Material that was exempt from disclosure in the above-mentioned requests.

Following consultation with you, you confirmed that emails to agencies
that did not respond to the consultation were to be excluded, provided
that they are listed.

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.

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

Timeframes for dealing with your request
Section 15 of the FOI Act requires the OAIC to process your request no
later than 30 days after the day we receive it. However, section 15(6) of
the FOI Act allows us a further 30 days in situations where we need to
consult with third parties about certain information, such as business
documents or documents affecting their personal privacy.

The current decision due date for your request is 13 November 2024. We
will advise you if this timeframe is otherwise extended.

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 me on my
contact details set out below.

Yours sincerely

Emily

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Senior Lawyer

Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

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