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Good afternoon Dale

We write to acknowledge receipt of your request, under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).

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OFFICIAL

Dear Mr Webster,

 

I refer to your FOI 3766 seeking access to:

 

              any correspondence or documents referencing the closure of
the Katoomba, Murwillumbah, Bega and Portland ANZ branches following the
signing of the Suncorp acquisition deal on June 28, 2024.

 

Please be advised that the scope of your request has captured ministerial
correspondence and responses to ministerial correspondence which we
consider is unlikely you are seeking access to. ministerial correspondence
is correspondence sent by members of the public to a Minister, often
regarding a topic that concerns them. The responses to this type of
correspondence are generally standard wording put together by Treasury on
behalf of the Minister. If you are seeking these documents, consultation
will be required with each author which, in turn, will extend the timeline
for processing your request by 30 days and your request will likely incur
a charge.

 

To allow for a more timely and cost-effective decision, we seek your
agreement to exclude ministerial correspondence and responses from the
scope of your request. Where you agree this exclusion, we seek your
agreement to a 15-day extension of time under section 15AA of the FOI Act.

 

We would be grateful for your response by COB Thursday 14 November 2024.

 

Kind regards,

 

Freedom of Information Officer

The Treasury

Ph: +61 2 6263 2800

e: [1][email address]

 

The Department of the Treasury (the Treasury) may collect your personal
information where it is reasonably necessary for, or directly related to,
our functions, including those under the Freedom of Information Act 1982
(FOI Act) and the Privacy Act 1988. We may collect your name, email
address and telephone number in order to contact you about your request or
privacy complaint. We hold personal information in accordance with the
Privacy Act and our privacy policy. If you have an enquiry or complaint
about your privacy, please contact the Privacy Officer on 02 6263 1384  or
via e-mail [2][email address]. You can find further information
about how the Treasury handles personal information in the Treasury’s
[3]privacy policy.

 

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return email and delete all copies. If this email or any attachments have
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confidentiality, privilege or copyright in respect of information
contained within the email or attachments.

 

 

OFFICIAL

-----Original Message-----
From: FOI <[email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2024 4:07 PM
To: Dale Webster <[FOI #12198 email]>
Subject: FOI 3766 acknowledgement

 

Good afternoon Dale

 

We write to acknowledge receipt of your request, under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).

 

The Treasury received your request on 21 October 2024. The FOI Act
provides that we have 14 days to acknowledge, and 30 days to process, the
request. This period may be extended if we need to consult third parties
or for other reasons. We will advise you if this happens.

 

We will advise you if a charge is payable to process your request and the
amount of any such charge as soon as possible.

 

We make the following assumptions that affect the scope of the request.
These are set out below.

 

It is our usual practice:

• not to disclose the personal information of government employees or the
personal contact details of senior government employees (including those
of the Treasury). The names of senior officers will generally be released.

• not to release duplicates of any document captured within the scope of
the request.

• only the final version of a document will be considered within scope.

 

Please inform us if you do not agree to the request being processed on the
above assumptions. If we do not hear from you, your request will be
processed on the basis that these documents are outside the scope of your
request.

 

We will contact you using the email address you provided. Please advise if
you would prefer us to use an alternative means of contact.

 

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

 

Kind regards,

 

Freedom of Information Officer

The Treasury

Ph: +61 2 6263 2800

e: [4][email address]

 

The Department of the Treasury (the Treasury) may collect your personal
information where it is reasonably necessary for, or directly related to,
our functions, including those under the Freedom of Information Act 1982
(FOI Act) and the Privacy Act 1988. We may collect your name, email
address and telephone number in order to contact you about your request or
privacy complaint. We hold personal information in accordance with the
Privacy Act and our privacy policy. If you have an enquiry or complaint
about your privacy, please contact the Privacy Officer on 02 6263 1384  or
via e-mail [5][email address]. You can find further information
about how the Treasury handles personal information in the Treasury’s
privacy policy.

 

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OFFICIAL

Dear Mr Webster,

Thank you for your prompt response. The ministerial correspondence is from individual members of the public such as customers of ANZ. Noting you would like the ministerial correspondence to be included, the timeline for processing your request is extended 30 days for consultation.

A decision is now due to you on or before 21 December 2024.

Kind regards,

Freedom of Information Officer
The Treasury
Ph: +-61 2 6263 2800
e: foi+AEA-treasury.gov.au

The Department of the Treasury (the Treasury) may collect your personal information where it is reasonably necessary for, or directly related to, our functions, including those under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) and the Privacy Act 1988. We may collect your name, email address and telephone number in order to contact you about your request or privacy complaint. We hold personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act and our privacy policy. If you have an enquiry or complaint about your privacy, please contact the Privacy Officer on 02 6263 1384 or via e-mail privacy+AEA-treasury.gov.au. You can find further information about how the Treasury handles personal information in the Treasury+IBk-s privacy policy.

If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by return email and delete all copies. If this email or any attachments have been sent to you in error, that error does not constitute waiver of any confidentiality, privilege or copyright in respect of information contained within the email or attachments.

OFFICIAL
-----Original Message-----
From: Dale Webster +ADw-foi+-request-12198-71f15b13+AEA-righttoknow.org.au+AD4-
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 12:25 PM
To: FOI +ADw-FOI+AEA-TREASURY.GOV.AU+AD4-
Subject: Re: FOI 3766 - seeking agreement to exclude Ministerial Correspondence and 15AA extension request - response required by COB 14 November 2024 +AFs-SEC+AD0-OFFICIAL+AF0-

OFFICIAL

Dear FOI,

could you please clarify +ACI-members of the public+ACI-? If this means any individual or organisation that is not a member of the government, I would like this included. By organisation I mean correspondence from entities such as ANZ, Suncorp or the Australian Banking Association.

Yours sincerely,

Dale Webster

-----Original Message-----

OFFICIAL

Dear Mr Webster,

I refer to your FOI 3766 seeking access to:

any correspondence or documents referencing the closure of

the Katoomba, Murwillumbah, Bega and Portland ANZ branches following the

signing of the Suncorp acquisition deal on June 28, 2024.

Please be advised that the scope of your request has captured ministerial

correspondence and responses to ministerial correspondence which we

consider is unlikely you are seeking access to. ministerial correspondence

is correspondence sent by members of the public to a Minister, often

regarding a topic that concerns them. The responses to this type of

correspondence are generally standard wording put together by Treasury on

behalf of the Minister. If you are seeking these documents, consultation

will be required with each author which, in turn, will extend the timeline

for processing your request by 30 days and your request will likely incur

a charge.

To allow for a more timely and cost-effective decision, we seek your

agreement to exclude ministerial correspondence and responses from the

scope of your request. Where you agree this exclusion, we seek your

agreement to a 15-day extension of time under section 15AA of the FOI Act.

We would be grateful for your response by COB Thursday 14 November 2024.

Kind regards,

Freedom of Information Officer

The Treasury

Ph: +-61 2 6263 2800

e: +AFs-1+AF0AWw-email address+AF0-

The Department of the Treasury (the Treasury) may collect your personal

information where it is reasonably necessary for, or directly related to,

our functions, including those under the Freedom of Information Act 1982

(FOI Act) and the Privacy Act 1988. We may collect your name, email

address and telephone number in order to contact you about your request or

privacy complaint. We hold personal information in accordance with the

Privacy Act and our privacy policy. If you have an enquiry or complaint

about your privacy, please contact the Privacy Officer on 02 6263 1384 or

via e-mail +AFs-2+AF0AWw-email address+AF0-. You can find further information

about how the Treasury handles personal information in the Treasury+IBk-s

+AFs-3+AF0-privacy policy.

If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by

return email and delete all copies. If this email or any attachments have

been sent to you in error, that error does not constitute waiver of any

confidentiality, privilege or copyright in respect of information

contained within the email or attachments.

OFFICIAL

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Dear Mr Webster,

 

Please see attached correspondence regarding FOI 3766.

 

Kind regards,

 

Freedom of Information Officer

The Treasury

Ph: +61 2 6263 2800

e: [1][email address]

 

The Department of the Treasury (the Treasury) may collect your personal
information where it is reasonably necessary for, or directly related to,
our functions, including those under the Freedom of Information Act 1982
(FOI Act) and the Privacy Act 1988. We may collect your name, email
address and telephone number in order to contact you about your request or
privacy complaint. We hold personal information in accordance with the
Privacy Act and our privacy policy. If you have an enquiry or complaint
about your privacy, please contact the Privacy Officer on 02 6263 1384  or
via e-mail [2][email address]. You can find further information
about how the Treasury handles personal information in the Treasury’s
[3]privacy policy.

 

If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by
return email and delete all copies. If this email or any attachments have
been sent to you in error, that error does not constitute waiver of any
confidentiality, privilege or copyright in respect of information
contained within the email or attachments.

 

 

Please Note: The information contained in this e-mail message and any
attached files may be confidential information and may also be the subject
of legal professional privilege. If you are not the intended recipient,
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