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Watson Norwood
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Dear Department of the Senate,

I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act for a complete copy of the departments' Freedom of Information (FOI) logs for the period 2013-2023, including any secondary departments controlled by the agency.

I request that this is provided as a document and not a simple redirect to the agency website as I am of the view that your online disclosure logs do not actively reflect your FOI requests that you have received in this period.

I would appreciate it if you could provide me with this information in an electronic format, such as a PDF or spreadsheet, if possible.

If there are any fees associated with fulfilling this request, please let me know in advance so that I can consider my options.

Thank you for your assistance in this matter.

Sincerely,

Watson Norwood

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Usher of the Black Rod (SEN), Department of the Senate

Dear Watson Norwood

Thank you for your request for information. The Department of the Senate is exempt from Freedom of Information Act requests by s.68A of the Parliamentary Service Act 1999, however, responses may be provided to requests for administrative information of the department. As we are exempt from FOI, we do not hold FOI logs. The number of FOI like requests received are disclosed in the Department's annual report under 'External Scrutiny'. Below is summary of these reports:
Year; number of FOI requests
13-14 - two
14-15 - nil
15-16 - nil
16-17 - nil
17-18 - nil
18-19 - nil
19-20 - nil
20-21 - two
21-22 - one

Regards

Usher of the Black Rod

Black Rod’s Office | Department of the Senate www.aph.gov.au/senate

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