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Dear Australian Grape and Wine Authority,
May I request a list of company names of all wine producers in Australia?
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
R
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Dear Sir / Madam,
Freedom of Information Request – WA28112024
I refer to your below request for access to documents from Wine Australia
under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act).
I have taken your request to be for a list of company names of all wine
producers in Australia.
We received your request yesterday, 28 November 2024 and the 30-day
statutory period for processing your request commences from the day after
that date. You should therefore expect a decision from us by 29 December
2024.
The period of 30 days may be extended if we need to consult third parties
(if applicable) or for other reasons. We will advise you if this happens.
Please note that information released under the FOI Act may later be
published online on our disclosure log, subject to certain exceptions.
We will contact you using the email address you have provided. Please
advise if you would prefer us to use an alternative means of contact.
If you have any questions, please contact me.
Yours sincerely,
Ned
NED HEWITSON
General Counsel and General Manager, Regulation
m +61 499 742 851
Industry House, National Wine Centre
Corner Botanic & Hackney Roads, Adelaide SA 5000
PO Box 2733, Kent Town SA 5071
[1]wineaustralia.com • [2]australianwine.com
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land
throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, water and
community. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and extend that
respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
From: bankerr <[3][FOI #12405 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 28 November 2024 2:13 PM
To: Wine Australia Enquiries <[4][Wine Australia request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - FOI
Dear Australian Grape and Wine Authority,
May I request a list of company names of all wine producers in Australia?
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
R
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[5][FOI #12405 email]
Is [6][Wine Australia request email] the wrong address for Freedom of
Information requests to Australian Grape and Wine Authority? If so, please
contact us using this form:
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message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet.
More information on how Right to Know works can be found at:
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Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will
be delayed.
If you find this service useful as an FOI officer, please ask your web
manager to link to us from your organisation's FOI page.
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up-to-date, such information does not constitute professional advice. Wine
Australia does not guarantee, and accepts no legal liability whatsoever
arising from or in connection to the accuracy, reliability, currency or
completeness of any information contained in this email. You should
consider seeking appropriate independent professional advice before making
any decisions based on information in this email.
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1. http://www.wineaustralia.com/
2. http://www.australianwine.com/
3. mailto:[FOI #12405 email]
4. mailto:[Wine Australia request email]
5. mailto:[FOI #12405 email]
6. mailto:[Wine Australia request email]
7. https://www.righttoknow.org.au/change_re...
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Dear Sir / Madam,
Freedom of Information Request – WA28112024
We refer to our emails below which concerned your request in accordance
with the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act) (Request).
The right of access under the FOI Act is to existing documents. Generally,
the FOI Act does not require an agency to create a new document in
response to an FOI request.
No document contains a “list of company names of all wine producers in
Australia” per se.
However, a list of persons liable to pay the wine grapes levy or wine
export charge is labelled as a “list of producers” by section 29V of the
Wine Australia Act 2013 (Cth). The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries
and Forestry (Department) is responsible for administering Australia’s
agricultural levies legislation, including receiving levies, maintaining
the levy payer register (being the database of the details of individuals
and organisations who pay industry-specific levies and charges such as the
wine grapes levy and wine export charge). The Department is responsible
for preparing, and providing Wine Australia with, the list of producers
referred to by section 29V of the Wine Australia Act 2013 (Cth).
Given the above, Wine Australia interprets the Request as seeking access
to a document containing a list of persons liable to pay the wine grapes
levy or wine export charge.
On that basis, Wine Australia:
o considers that the subject‑matter of the Request is more closely
connected with the functions of the Department than with those of Wine
Australia; and
o considers that transferring the Request to the Department, in
accordance with section 16(1) of the FOI Act, is appropriate.
A transfer of a FOI request can facilitate access by avoiding the need for
an applicant to make a new request to another agency. Transfers of FOI
requests also allow decisions to be made by the agency best placed to make
an informed assessment about disclosure of relevant documents.
In terms of “next steps”, we suggest that either:
1. Wine Australia, with the Department’s consent, transfers the Request
to the Department in accordance with section 16 of the FOI Act (in
which case the original “deadline” for a response to the Request would
continue to apply (noting the possibility of extensions of time)); or
2. the Request to Wine Australia be withdrawn, and, should you wish to do
so, a new request be made to the Department (in which case the 30-day
statutory period for the Department processing that new request would
commence).
To enable us to take relevant next steps, could you please kindly advise
us as to how you would like to proceed by no later than 5.00pm (ACDT) on
Friday, 20 December 2024. In the absence of a response from you by that
time, Wine Australia will commence taking steps to transfer the Request to
the Department in the manner foreshadowed above.
If you have any questions, please contact me.
Yours sincerely,
Ned
NED HEWITSON
General Counsel and General Manager, Regulation
m +61 499 742 851
Industry House, National Wine Centre
Corner Botanic & Hackney Roads, Adelaide SA 5000
PO Box 2733, Kent Town SA 5071
[1]wineaustralia.com • [2]australianwine.com
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land
throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, water and
community. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and extend that
respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
From: Ned Hewitson
Sent: Friday, 29 November 2024 4:24 PM
To: [FOI #12405 email]
Cc: Lindy Ang <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - FOI
Dear Sir / Madam,
Freedom of Information Request – WA28112024
I refer to your below request for access to documents from Wine Australia
under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act).
I have taken your request to be for a list of company names of all wine
producers in Australia.
We received your request yesterday, 28 November 2024 and the 30-day
statutory period for processing your request commences from the day after
that date. You should therefore expect a decision from us by 29 December
2024.
The period of 30 days may be extended if we need to consult third parties
(if applicable) or for other reasons. We will advise you if this happens.
Please note that information released under the FOI Act may later be
published online on our disclosure log, subject to certain exceptions.
We will contact you using the email address you have provided. Please
advise if you would prefer us to use an alternative means of contact.
If you have any questions, please contact me.
Yours sincerely,
Ned
NED HEWITSON
General Counsel and General Manager, Regulation
m +61 499 742 851
Industry House, National Wine Centre
Corner Botanic & Hackney Roads, Adelaide SA 5000
PO Box 2733, Kent Town SA 5071
[3]wineaustralia.com • [4]australianwine.com
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land
throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, water and
community. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and extend that
respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
From: bankerr <[5][FOI #12405 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 28 November 2024 2:13 PM
To: Wine Australia Enquiries <[6][Wine Australia request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - FOI
Dear Australian Grape and Wine Authority,
May I request a list of company names of all wine producers in Australia?
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
R
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[7][FOI #12405 email]
Is [8][Wine Australia request email] the wrong address for Freedom of
Information requests to Australian Grape and Wine Authority? If so, please
contact us using this form:
[9]https://www.righttoknow.org.au/change_re...
This request has been made by an individual using Right to Know. This
message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet.
More information on how Right to Know works can be found at:
[10]https://www.righttoknow.org.au/help/offi...
Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will
be delayed.
If you find this service useful as an FOI officer, please ask your web
manager to link to us from your organisation's FOI page.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
While we strive to ensure our information is accurate, complete and
up-to-date, such information does not constitute professional advice. Wine
Australia does not guarantee, and accepts no legal liability whatsoever
arising from or in connection to the accuracy, reliability, currency or
completeness of any information contained in this email. You should
consider seeking appropriate independent professional advice before making
any decisions based on information in this email.
References
Visible links
1. http://www.wineaustralia.com/
2. http://www.australianwine.com/
3. http://www.wineaustralia.com/
4. http://www.australianwine.com/
5. mailto:[FOI #12405 email]
6. mailto:[Wine Australia request email]
7. mailto:[FOI #12405 email]
8. mailto:[Wine Australia request email]
9. https://www.righttoknow.org.au/change_re...
10. https://www.righttoknow.org.au/help/offi...