OFFICIAL

Dear Ms Lovich,

YOUR FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST – CRM 2021/702

I refer to your request dated 3 June 2021, seeking access to documents
under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the Act) as follows:

                Document which shows the number of FOI requests over 30
days old that relate to COVID19 between1 February 2020 to today.

Timeframe

Your request was received by the AFP on 3 June 2021, and the 30 day
statutory period for processing your request commenced from that date. The
due date for your request is 03 July 2021.

As the AFP focuses its efforts on managing the impact of COVID-19 on its
critical operations, our ability to process requests for information under
the Act may be affected or not delivered within expected timeframes. We
apologise for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience during this
period. Should this occur we will contact you as soon as practicable, and
seek to extend processing timeframes in accordance with the Act.

Information 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:

-      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); and

-      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.

Please advise this office that you also consent to exclude the following
information:    

-      Names of AFP members, other than the Senior Executive; and

-      Direct telephone numbers, middle names of AFP members, signatures
and mobile telephone numbers of AFP members.

Disclosure of your identity

The AFP may be required to consult with third parties in accordance with
sections 26A, 27 and 27A of the Act. Please advise us if you consent to
the AFP identifying you as the FOI applicant for the purposes of the
consultation.  If we do not receive your consent, we will not disclose
your identity to third parties.

Information Publication Scheme

Please be advised that effective 1 May 2011 and in accordance with section
8(2) of the Act, an agency is required to publish information on the AFP
website following the notification of a decision in respect of a freedom
of information request.  Details of the decision will be published in a
Disclosure Log which can be found at
[1]https://www.afp.gov.au/about-us/informat....

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. 

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 the AFP in writing before 03
July 2021.

Yours sincerely

ISABEL (AFP24268)
PARALEGAL
CHIEF LEGAL COUNSEL

[2]www.afp.gov.au
[3]Australian Federal Police

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OFFICIAL

Dear Ms Lovich

Please see attached decision in relation to your Freedom of Information
request to the Australian Federal Police.

Kind regards

Lillian

LILLIAN (AFP24462)

GRADUATE LAWYER (INFORMATION LAW AND FREEDOM OF INFORMATION)
CHIEF COUNSEL
[1]www.afp.gov.au
[2]Australian Federal Police

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