OFFICIAL

Dear Ryan,

Thank you for your email of 9 April 2023 requesting access to documents
held by the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development,
Communications and the Arts (the Department) under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).

You have requested access to:

“any and all documents relating to the classification history of the R 18+
rated animated films, BOOGIE (T11/2428), JAY AND SILENT BOB'S SUPER GROOVY
CARTOON MOVIE" (T15/1217), and BERSERK: THE GOLDEN AGE ARC III - THE
ADVENT (T14/1200)”

Your request has been allocated the reference number [FOI23-233]. 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 request is
09/05/2023. 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 (FOI)

[3][email address]

P +61 2 6274 6294  
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

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OFFICIAL

Good morning Mr Austin

I refer to your request of 9 April 2023, in which you have requested access to:
any and all documents relating to the classification history of the R 18+ rated animated films:
> BOOGIE (T11/2428)
>JAY AND SILENT BOB'S SUPER GROOVY CARTOON MOVIE" (T15/1217), and
>BERSERK: THE GOLDEN AGE ARC III - THE ADVENT (T14/1200)

These files are in excess of 7 years old and consist of hard copy records. Noting that you have requested "any and all documents", this request has the potential to involve a significant amount of work by the Classification Board to retrieve those odl hard copy files and to digitise the records, on order to be able to process your request.

To enable the Classification Board to process your request more quickly, would you be willing to revise the scope of this request to the key documents relating to Classification, being:
> Any Classification Board's Blue notes
> Classification Board Decision Report and
> Classification Board Classification Certificate

If you are agreeable to revising the scope of this request in this way, it would assist if you could confirm by COB tomorrow, Tuesday, 2 May 2023.

Thank you for your consideration of this matter.

With kind regards
FOI Coordinator
Freedom of Information Section
Assurance, Integrity, Risk and Governance Branch
Finance, Governance, Budget and Business Services Division
E: [Classification Board request email]
T: +61 2 6274 6294
GPO Box 594 Canberra, ACT 2601

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
CONNECTING AUSTRALIANS  •  ENRICHING COMMUNITIES  •  EMPOWERING REGIONS
infrastructure.gov.au

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

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OFFICIAL

Can we just clarify that this means you are happy to proceed with the reduced scope, that is: the Board's Blue notes, the Board Decision and the Certificate for each title?

With kind regards
FOI Coordinator
Freedom of Information Section
Assurance, Integrity, Risk and Governance Branch
Finance, Governance, Budget and Business Services Division
E: [Classification Board request email]
T: +61 2 6274 6294
GPO Box 594 Canberra, ACT 2601

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
CONNECTING AUSTRALIANS  •  ENRICHING COMMUNITIES  •  EMPOWERING REGIONS
infrastructure.gov.au

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

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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 referred to in the decision will be made available to you through the secure file transfer, and we will provide you with details when they are available.

With kind regards
FOI Coordinator
Freedom of Information Section
Assurance, Integrity, Risk and Governance Branch
Finance, Governance, Budget and Business Services Division
E: [Classification Board request email]
T: +61 2 6274 6294
GPO Box 594 Canberra, ACT 2601

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
CONNECTING AUSTRALIANS  •  ENRICHING COMMUNITIES  •  EMPOWERING REGIONS
infrastructure.gov.au

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

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Good afternoon Mr Austin

We have having some technical issues with the Secure File Transfer system today. Our IT team are working on it and we will provide you with the documents just as soon as we are able to do so.

With kind regards
FOI Coordinator
Freedom of Information Section
Assurance, Integrity, Risk and Governance Branch
Finance, Governance, Budget and Business Services Division
E: [Classification Board request email]
T: +61 2 6274 6294
GPO Box 594 Canberra, ACT 2601

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
CONNECTING AUSTRALIANS  •  ENRICHING COMMUNITIES  •  EMPOWERING REGIONS
infrastructure.gov.au

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

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Good morning Mr Austin

I am pleased to advise that the technical issues we were experiencing with the Secure File Transfer system late last week have been resolved, and the documents released to you under FOI 23-233 are now available for you to download.

With kind regards
FOI Coordinator
Freedom of Information Section
Assurance, Integrity, Risk and Governance Branch
Finance, Governance, Budget and Business Services Division
E: [Classification Board request email]
T: +61 2 6274 6294
GPO Box 594 Canberra, ACT 2601

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
CONNECTING AUSTRALIANS  •  ENRICHING COMMUNITIES  •  EMPOWERING REGIONS
infrastructure.gov.au

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

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