Dear Mr Cullen

I refer to your email of 1 March 2016 in which you sought access to
documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the Act), in
particular:

“I wish to obtain documents containing correspondence between the Foreign
Investment Review Board and Treasurer, Hon Scott Morrison MP, relating to
the sale of land and assets by the Tasmanian Land Company to Moon Lake
Investments. Correspondence relating to the sale of Van Diemen's Land
Company would be preferred.”

The 30-day statutory period for processing your request commenced from the
day after Treasury received your request on 1 March.  Your request is
currently being attended to.

Charges may be payable in relation to time spent in searching for and
retrieving relevant documents, decision‑making time, photocopying and
postage.  You will be notified of any charges in relation to your request
or of a decision as soon as possible.

If you have any questions in relation to your application, please contact
the FOI Team on 02 6263 2800.

Kind regards

FOI Team

Parliamentary and Legal Services Unit

Financial and Parliamentary Division

The Treasury, Langton Crescent, Parkes ACT 2600

Phone:  (02) 6263 2800

Email:  [1][Foreign Investment Review Board request email]

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Dear Mr Conheady

I refer to your email of 26 February 2016 in which you sought access to
documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the Act), in
particular:

“The Tax White Paper discussion paper 'Re:Think'
([1]http://bettertax.gov.au/files/2015/03/TW...), at
page 168, footnote 226, states:

"There has been an average of 77 tax measures introduced into Parliament
each financial year since 2002-03."

Please provide the list of tax measures used to derive this figure.

If it is machine-readable form such as an Excel spreadsheet, please
provide it in its original form.”

The 30-day statutory period for processing your request commenced from the
day after Treasury received your request on 26 February.  Your request is
currently being attended to.

Charges may be payable in relation to time spent in searching for and
retrieving relevant documents, decision‑making time, photocopying and
postage.  You will be notified of any charges in relation to your request
or of a decision as soon as possible.

If you have any questions in relation to your application, please contact
the FOI Team on 02 6263 2800.

Kind regards

FOI Team

Parliamentary and Legal Services Unit

Financial and Parliamentary Division

The Treasury, Langton Crescent, Parkes ACT 2600

Phone:  (02) 6263 2800

Email:  [2][Foreign Investment Review Board request email]

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