Correspondants and submissions from certain advocacy groups
Dear Classification Board,
This is a Freedom of Information Request for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 1982.
I seek access to any submissions, correspondents, or documents received and exchanged by the Australian Classification Board or the Australian Classification Review Board from the following organisations from 1 January 2020 onward:
(a). Australian Christian Lobby (ACL)
(b). ADVANCE (formerly Advance Australia)
(c). Institute of Public Affairs (IPA)
Yours faithfully,
Glenn Hamiltonshire
OFFICIAL
Dear Mr Hamiltonshire
Thank you for your email of 28 October 2024 requesting access to documents
held by the Classification Board (the Board) and the Classification Review
Board (the Review Board) under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI
Act).
As the Board and the Review Board are two separate entities for the
purpose of FOI, your request has been split into two.
You have requested access to:
Access to any submissions, correspondents, or documents received and
exchanged by the Australian Classification Board from the following
organisations from 1 January 2020 onward:
(a). Australian Christian Lobby (ACL)
(b). ADVANCE (formerly Advance Australia) (c). Institute of Public Affairs
(IPA)
Your request has been allocated the reference number CB 25-154. Could you
please ensure that you quote this reference number in all future
correspondence with the Department.
You have requested access to:
Access to any submissions, correspondents, or documents received and
exchanged by the Australian Classification Review Board from the following
organisations from 1 January 2020 onward:
(a). Australian Christian Lobby (ACL)
(b). ADVANCE (formerly Advance Australia) (c). Institute of Public Affairs
(IPA)
Your request has been allocated the reference number CRB 25-158. Could you
please ensure that you quote this reference number in all future
correspondence with the Department.
Timeframes
The statutory due date for you to receive a decision on your requests is
27 November 2024. This date may be extended in certain circumstances, and
in the event that this occurs, the Department will notify you. Where the
due date falls on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday, the timeframe will
expire on the next working day.
Other information
Please note that the Department considers the following information
outside the scope of your request unless you specifically request it:
o personal information of third-party individuals; including public
servants below the SES level and all email addresses, signatures and
direct telephone numbers
o any duplicates and drafts of final versions of documents captured by
your request
o any correspondence sent directly to or from you.
The Department may impose a charge for the work involved in providing
access to the documents in accordance with the Freedom of Information
(Charges) Regulations. You will be notified separately if the Department
decides to impose a charge. There is no charge for documents that contain
your own personal information.
Where documents are released to you under the FOI Act in response to your
request, the Department must publish those documents on its FOI Disclosure
Log within 10 business days of their release to you, unless they contain
personal information or business affairs information that would be
unreasonable to publish. Further information regarding the Department’s
FOI Disclosure Log can be found [1]here.
Should you have any questions relating to your request, please do not
hesitate to contact the FOI Section via email to
[2][email address]
Kind regards
FOI Coordinator
Freedom of Information Section • People, Culture and Change Division
P 02 6274 6294
E [3][Classification Board request email]
GPO Box 594 Canberra, ACT 2601
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development,
Communications and the Arts
CONNECTING AUSTRALIANS • ENRICHING COMMUNITIES • EMPOWERING REGIONS
[4]infrastructure.gov.au [5][IMG]
I would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land on
which we meet, work and live.
I recognise and respect their continuing connection to the land, waters
and communities.
I pay my respects to Elders past and present and to all Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islanders.
OFFICIAL
References
Visible links
1. https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/about-...
2. mailto:[email address]
3. mailto:[Classification Board request email]
4. http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/
5. http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/departm...
OFFICIAL
Good afternoon
I refer to your request below for access to documents under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).
Please find attached a decision in response to your request.
Kind regards
FOI Coordinator
Freedom of Information Section • People, Culture and Change Division
P 02 6274 6294
E [1][Classification Board request email]
GPO Box 594 Canberra, ACT 2601
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development,
Communications and the Arts
CONNECTING AUSTRALIANS • ENRICHING COMMUNITIES • EMPOWERING REGIONS
[2]infrastructure.gov.au [3][IMG]
I would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land on
which we meet, work and live.
I recognise and respect their continuing connection to the land, waters
and communities.
I pay my respects to Elders past and present and to all Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islanders.
OFFICIAL
OFFICIAL
Good afternoon
I refer to your request below for access to documents under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).
Please find attached a decision in response to your request.
The documents previously released under FOI CRB 22-001 will be made
available by Secure File Transfer (SFT). However, we are unable to provide
access via Right to Know email addresses. Please contact us to provide an
alternative email address through which we can provide you with access to
our SFT system. Once you provide an email address, you will receive an
automated system email which will include instructions on setting up your
access.
Due to the fact that the documents being provided to you describe material
that has been classified MA15+, could you please confirm that you are over
the age of 15. Please note that we do not require you to provide any form
of ID for these purposes, we are merely seeking your assurance that it
would be appropriate for this material to be provided to you.
Kind regards
FOI Coordinator
Freedom of Information Section • People, Culture and Change Division
P 02 6274 6294
E [1][Classification Board request email]
GPO Box 594 Canberra, ACT 2601
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development,
Communications and the Arts
CONNECTING AUSTRALIANS • ENRICHING COMMUNITIES • EMPOWERING REGIONS
[2]infrastructure.gov.au [3][IMG]
I would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land on
which we meet, work and live.
I recognise and respect their continuing connection to the land, waters
and communities.
I pay my respects to Elders past and present and to all Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islanders.
OFFICIAL
To the Classification Review Board.
(Apologies for the dueling FOI requests. This was a making of my own error and I will refrain from doing so in future)
For the purposes of clarification, the file in the reply from the CRB (CRB 25-158) states that "the Review Board does not hold a document in its possession that meets the terms of your request". Yet the text of the reply states that there are documents, seemingly from a previous FOI request (CRB 22-001), which, according to a google search, is a request regarding the film Cuties.
For clarity, is this (the Cuties FOI) the only file or submission which would meet the terms of the FOI request, or are there others.
Apologies for the confusion, I'm just unsure how the "decision on access" file relates to the comment and if other documents are included.
Yours sincerely,
Glenn Hamiltonshire
OFFICIAL
Good morning Mr Hamiltonshire
The previous FOI request (CRB 22-001) is the only file or submission that
would meet the terms of your FOI request.
We will share these documents with you, but we are unable to provide
access via Right to Know email addresses.
Please provide an alternative email address through which we can provide
you with access to our Secure File Transfer (SFT) system.
Also, could you please confirm that you are over the age of 15. Please
note that we do not require you to provide any form of ID for these
purposes, we are merely seeking your assurance that it would be
appropriate for this material to be provided to you.
Kind regards
FOI Coordinator
Freedom of Information Section • People, Culture and Change Division
P 02 6274 6294
E [1][Classification Board request email]
GPO Box 594 Canberra, ACT 2601
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development,
Communications and the Arts
CONNECTING AUSTRALIANS • ENRICHING COMMUNITIES • EMPOWERING REGIONS
[2]infrastructure.gov.au [3][IMG]
I would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land on
which we meet, work and live.
I recognise and respect their continuing connection to the land, waters
and communities.
I pay my respects to Elders past and present and to all Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islanders.
OFFICIAL