OFFICIAL

Reference:  PM/22/023

Dear Ms Loom

The purpose of this email is to acknowledge the request you made to the
Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) for access under the Freedom of Information
Act 1982 (the Act).

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) provides
administrative support to the PMO for the processing of their Freedom of
Information (FOI) requests. We have forwarded your request to the PMO for
consideration. When corresponding with PM&C about this request please
include the reference number of PM/2022/023.

FOI Timeframes

Your request was received on 28 November 2022. The 30 day statutory period
for processing your request commenced from the day after it was received,
you should therefore expect a decision by 28 December 2022.

The processing period of 30 days may be extended in certain circumstances
and we will write to you separately regarding any extension of time.

Yours sincerely

Leisha

Coordinator | FOI Section[]

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

p. (02) 6271 5849

Ngunnawal Country | One National Circuit Barton ACT 2600 | PO Box
6500 CANBERRA ACT 2600
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Department
acknowledges
and pays
respect to
the past,
present and
emerging
Elders and
Traditional
Custodians
of Country,
and the
continuation
of cultural,
spiritual
and
educational
practices of
Aboriginal
and Torres
Strait
Islander
peoples.

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OFFICIAL

Reference: PM/22/023

Dear Andorra Loom,

I refer to your FOI request of 28 November 2022, made to the Prime
Minister’s Office under the Freedom of Information Act 1982, in which you
sought access to:

All correspondence between the Prime Minister of Australia and any former
Prime Minister of Australia since May 23rd 2022.

The current due date for a decision on this request is 28 December 2022.

We write to seek your agreement to a 30 day extension of time under
section 15AA of the FOI Act, as regrettably, due to the holiday shut down
period, the Office is not in a position to finalise the decision by the
current due date. If you agree to the extension of time, the decision will
then be due on 27 January 2023. 

If you agree to this request, we would be grateful if you could confirm
via reply email by Friday 16 December 2022.

Yours sincerely,

Alicia

Adviser | FOI Section[]

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

p. (02) 6271 5849

Ngunnawal Country | One National Circuit Barton ACT 2600 | PO Box
6500 CANBERRA ACT 2600
e. [1][email address]  w. [2]pmc.gov.au

[3]cid:image003.jpg@01D78E24.FF2DAFB0 The
Department
acknowledges
and pays
respect to
the past,
present and
emerging
Elders and
Traditional
Custodians
of Country,
and the
continuation
of cultural,
spiritual
and
educational
practices of
Aboriginal
and Torres
Strait
Islander
peoples.

______________________________________________________________________ 
IMPORTANT: This message, and any attachments to it, contains information 
that is confidential and may also be the subject of legal professional or 
other privilege. If you are not the intended recipient of this message,
you 
must not review, copy, disseminate or disclose its contents to any other 
party or take action in reliance of any material contained within it. If
you 
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OFFICIAL

Reference: PM/22/023

Dear Andorra

Please find attached a letter from the Office of the Prime Minister
concerning your request made under the Freedom of Information Act 1982.

Your sincerely

Janelle

Adviser | FOI Section[]

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

p. (02) 6271 5849

Ngunnawal Country, One National Circuit  Barton  ACT  2600  |  PO Box
6500  CANBERRA  ACT  2600
e. [1][email address]  w. [2]pmc.gov.au

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[5]cid:image003.jpg@01D78E24.FF2DAFB0 The
Department
acknowledges
and pays
respect to
the past,
present and
emerging
Elders and
Traditional
Custodians
of Country,
and the
continuation
of cultural,
spiritual
and
educational
practices of
Aboriginal
and Torres
Strait
Islander
peoples.

-----Original Message-----
From: Andorra Loom <[FOI #9621 email]>
Sent: Monday, 28 November 2022 4:34 PM
To: FOI <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Correspondence with Former Prime
Ministers

Dear Prime Minister,

Consistent with the Freedom of Information Act 1982, I request all
correspondence between the Prime Minister of Australia and any former
Prime Minister of Australia since May 23rd 2022.

I am not seeking drafts of the above documents.

Please let me know if you require any clarification in relation to this
request.

Regards,

Andorra

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OFFICIAL

Reference:  PM/23/019

Dear Ms Loom

Thank you for your email of 19 January 2023. I respond on behalf of the
Prime Minister’s Office (the Office).

You have written in relation to a practical refusal consultation notice
issued on 23 December 2022 (reference PM/22/023). As set out in the
notice, your response was required to be received by 6 January 2023, and
after this time your request was considered to be withdrawn by operation
of the FOI Act.

The Office is open to considering your email of 19 January 2023 as a new
FOI request, but it is noted that you have not sufficiently addressed the
issues raised in the consultation notice of 23 December 2022. As explained
in that letter, subject to your possible further clarification, the
delegate considers the work associated in processing your request would
continue to unreasonably divert Office resources from its other
operations.

If you wish to clarify your request to specify which former Prime
Minister(s) you intend to capture as part of your request and/or specify
specific subject matters, please advise by 9 February 2022.

Yours sincerely

Adviser | FOI Section[]

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

p. (02) 6271 5849

Ngunnawal Country | One National Circuit Barton ACT 2600 | PO Box
6500 CANBERRA ACT 2600
e. [1][email address]  w. [2]pmc.gov.au

[3]cid:image001.jpg@01D89219.0A97D530 The
Department
acknowledges
and pays
respect to
the past,
present and
emerging
Elders and
Traditional
Custodians
of Country,
and the
continuation
of cultural,
spiritual
and
educational
practices of
Aboriginal
and Torres
Strait
Islander
peoples.

______________________________________________________________________ 
IMPORTANT: This message, and any attachments to it, contains information 
that is confidential and may also be the subject of legal professional or 
other privilege. If you are not the intended recipient of this message,
you 
must not review, copy, disseminate or disclose its contents to any other 
party or take action in reliance of any material contained within it. If
you 
have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately
by 
return email informing them of the mistake and delete all copies of the 
message from your computer system. 
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