OFFICIAL

Dear Andorra Loom

I refer to your correspondence of 14 November 2022 seeking access under
the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) to documents held by the
Department of Defence (Defence).

The scope of your request is:

… the index of the Department's Senate Estimates issues brief that was
prepared for the Secretary for the Senate Estimates conducted between 28
October and 11 November 2022.

Where staff details are captured in documents within the scope of your FOI
request, this information will be redacted; this includes private email
addresses, signatures, personnel (PMKeyS) numbers and mobile telephone
numbers, unless you specifically request such details. Defence excludes
duplicates of documents and any documents sent to or from you.
Furthermore, Defence only considers final versions of documents.

Defence 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 your request attracts a
charge. Please note that there is no charge for documents that contain the
personal information of the applicant.

The statutory deadline for you to receive a response to your request is 14
December 2022. The decision package will be provided by email.

Please note that where the due date falls on a Saturday, Sunday or public
holiday, the timeframe will expire on the next working day. This is in
accordance with the FOI Guidelines issued by the Office of the Australian
Information Commissioner.

Should you have any questions relating to your request, please do not
hesitate to contact via email to [1][email address].

Kind regards

Carolyn
Assistant Director Freedom of Information
Media and Information Disclosure Branch

Ministerial & Executive Coordination and Communication Division

IMPORTANT: This email remains the property of the Department of Defence.
Unauthorised communication and dealing with the information in the email
may be a serious criminal offence. If you have received this email in
error, you are requested to contact the sender and delete the email
immediately.

References

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OFFICIAL

Dear Andorra

Please find attached the Decision and document relating to Defence FOI
249/22/23.

In accordance with the requirements of section 11C of the FOI Act, Defence
is required to publish details of information released under the FOI Act.
Defence publishes identified documents relating to finalised requests
within ten working days of receipt by the applicant. Defence will also
publish the statement of reasons with privacy deletions. 

Under section 54 of the FOI Act, you are entitled to request a review of
this decision. Your review rights are attached.

Please contact this office should you require any further information.

Regards

Freedom of Information
Media and Information Disclosure Branch

Ministerial & Executive Coordination and Communication Division

IMPORTANT: This email remains the property of the Department of Defence.
Unauthorised communication and dealing with the information in the email
may be a serious criminal offence. If you have received this email in
error, you are requested to contact the sender and delete the email
immediately.