OFFICIAL

Dear Mr Austin,

Thank you for your email of 21 July 2023 requesting access to documents
held by the Classification Board (the Board) under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).

You have requested access to:

All documents relating to the classification of the film 'Fritz The Cat'
(R18+)

- May 21, 1973 (35mm) (File number: T74/244) (0020862E8880)

- August 30, 1984 (Videotape) (File number: T84/2880) (00403A7A7F4E)

Your request has been allocated the reference number FOI 24-018. Could you
please ensure that you quote this reference number in all future
correspondence.

Clarification of scope

We note that you have requested “all documents” relating to the film
'Fritz the Cat'.  To assist the classification board in processing your
request as quickly as possible, we are seeking your agreement to revise
your scope to the following key documents:

o Classification Board reports
o Classifiers blues papers, and
o Classification Certificate.

We would be grateful if you could respond by COB Monday 24 July 2023
confirming if this is acceptable to you.

Timeframes

The statutory due date for you to receive a decision on your request is 20
August 2023. This date may be extended in certain circumstances, and in
the event that this occurs, the Board 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 Board 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 Board 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 Board 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 Board 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 FOI Disclosure
Log can be found [1]here.

Please note that the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional
Development, Communications and the Arts (the Department) provides
administrative support to the Board in relation to the processing of FOI
requests. As such, should you have any questions relating to your request,
please do not hesitate to contact the Department’s FOI Section via email
to  [2][email address]

Kind regards,

Daniel

FOI Officer • Freedom of Information Section

Assurance, Integrity, Risk and Governance Branch • Finance and Business
Services Division

[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 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
have been shared by Secure File Transfer (SFT) to your nominated email
address.

Section 11C of the FOI Act requires publication of documents released
under the FOI Act on the Department’s FOI disclosure log, subject to
certain exceptions, including where publication of personal, business,
professional or commercial information would be unreasonable. The
documents released to you will be published on the disclosure log within
10 working days.

Kind regards,

Daniel

FOI Officer • Freedom of Information Section

Assurance, Integrity, Risk and Governance Branch • Finance and Business
Services Division

[1][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

[2]infrastructure.gov.au                [3][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

Dear Mr Austin,

Thank you for your email.

Unfortunately this was a genuine administrative error when search &
retrieval was conducted, and as such we have placed a request to locate
the relevant paper records.

Further, as the decision for FOI 24-018 has been made on the documents
listed within that decision, we are unable to supply other documents in
lieu of the ones already provided.

Taking this into consideration, we are proposing that your email below be
treated as a new FOI request and be processed accordingly.

Please confirm if you wish to proceed, and we will treat it as a valid
request from Friday 11 August 2023, with the statutory timeframes
commencing from this date.

Please do not hesitate to contact us should you wish to discuss further.

Kind regards,

Daniel

FOI Officer • Freedom of Information Section

Assurance, Integrity, Risk and Governance Branch • Finance and Business
Services Division

[1][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

[2]infrastructure.gov.au                [3][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

Dear Mr Austin,

I am just following up on the below email seeking confirmation from you
whether you wish to proceed with the new request.

Please do not hesitate to contact us should you wish to discuss further.

Kind regards,

Daniel

FOI Officer • Freedom of Information Section

Assurance, Integrity, Risk and Governance Branch • Finance and Business
Services Division

[1][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

[2]infrastructure.gov.au                [3][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

From: FOI <[email address]>
Sent: Wednesday, 16 August 2023 1:07 PM
To: 'Ryan J. Austin' <[FOI #10492 email]>
Subject: RE: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Documents
related to classification of the film 'Fritz The Cat' [SEC=OFFICIAL]

OFFICIAL

Dear Mr Austin,

Thank you for your email.

Unfortunately this was a genuine administrative error when search &
retrieval was conducted, and as such we have placed a request to locate
the relevant paper records.

Further, as the decision for FOI 24-018 has been made on the documents
listed within that decision, we are unable to supply other documents in
lieu of the ones already provided.

Taking this into consideration, we are proposing that your email below be
treated as a new FOI request and be processed accordingly.

Please confirm if you wish to proceed, and we will treat it as a valid
request from Friday 11 August 2023, with the statutory timeframes
commencing from this date.

Please do not hesitate to contact us should you wish to discuss further.

Kind regards,

Daniel

FOI Officer • Freedom of Information Section

Assurance, Integrity, Risk and Governance Branch • Finance and Business
Services Division

[4][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

[5]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

Dear Mr Austin,

Thank you for your email of 11 August 2023 requesting access to documents
held by the Classification Board (the Board) under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).

You have requested access to:

The numbers that I asked for were T74/244 and T84/2880, both for the film
'Fritz The Cat' (R18+)

Can you correct the request and send me the documents to T74/244 and
T84/2880 instead?

Your request has been allocated the reference number FOI24-058. Could you
please ensure that you quote this reference number in all future
correspondence.

Timeframes

The statutory due date for you to receive a decision on your request is 10
September 2023. This date may be extended in certain circumstances, and in
the event that this occurs, the Board 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 Board 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 Board 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 Board 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 Board 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 FOI Disclosure
Log can be found [1]here.

Please note that the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional
Development, Communications and the Arts (the Department) provides
administrative support to the Board in relation to the processing of FOI
requests. As such, should you have any questions relating to your request,
please do not hesitate to contact the Department’s FOI Section via email
to  [2][email address]

Kind regards,

Daniel

FOI Officer • Freedom of Information Section

Assurance, Integrity, Risk and Governance Branch • Finance and Business
Services Division

[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 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.

We note that the relevant documents have been shared to you by the Secure
File Transfer (SFT) to your nominated email address. 

Section 11C of the FOI Act requires publication of documents released
under the FOI Act on the Department’s FOI disclosure log, subject to
certain exceptions, including where publication of personal, business,
professional or commercial information would be unreasonable. The
documents released to you will be published on the disclosure log within
10 working days.

Kind regards,

Daniel

FOI Officer • Freedom of Information Section

Assurance, Integrity, Risk and Governance Branch • Finance and Business
Services Division

[1][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

[2]infrastructure.gov.au                [3][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

From: FOI <[4][email address]>
Sent: Friday, 18 August 2023 8:39 AM
To: Ryan J. Austin <[5][FOI #10492 email]>
Subject: FOI 24-058 – Acknowledgement of FOI Request [SEC=OFFICIAL]

OFFICIAL

Dear Mr Austin,

Thank you for your email of 11 August 2023 requesting access to documents
held by the Classification Board (the Board) under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).

You have requested access to:

The numbers that I asked for were T74/244 and T84/2880, both for the film
'Fritz The Cat' (R18+)

Can you correct the request and send me the documents to T74/244 and
T84/2880 instead?

Your request has been allocated the reference number FOI24-058. Could you
please ensure that you quote this reference number in all future
correspondence.

Timeframes

The statutory due date for you to receive a decision on your request is 10
September 2023. This date may be extended in certain circumstances, and in
the event that this occurs, the Board 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 Board 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 Board 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 Board 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 Board 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 FOI Disclosure
Log can be found [6]here.

Please note that the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional
Development, Communications and the Arts (the Department) provides
administrative support to the Board in relation to the processing of FOI
requests. As such, should you have any questions relating to your request,
please do not hesitate to contact the Department’s FOI Section via email
to  [7][email address]

Kind regards,

Daniel

FOI Officer • Freedom of Information Section

Assurance, Integrity, Risk and Governance Branch • Finance and Business
Services Division

[8][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

[9]infrastructure.gov.au                [10][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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