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Dear Mr Hamiltonshire

Acknowledgement of receipt of FOI Request: FOI24/429 - Inspector of the National Anti-Corruption Commission

On 3 September 2024 you made a request for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act) to the Inspector of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC).

Correspondence for your request will be managed by the Attorney-General's Department Freedom of Information and Privacy Section (department) under administrative support arrangements with the Inspector of the NACC and their office.

Your request is for:
the Style Guides/Brand Guides/Writing Guides currently used for the Inspector of the National Anti-Corruption Commission

If you disagree with this interpretation of your request, please let the department know in writing as soon as possible.
Your request was received on 3 September 2024 and the 30 day statutory period for processing your request commenced from the day after that date. You should therefore expect a decision by 3 October 2024. However, the period of 30 days may be extended if the Inspector needs to consult third parties or for other reasons. The department will advise you if this happens.

To facilitate the processing of this request, personal information of staff of the office and other government authorities, where that information is not publicly known or routinely disclosed (e.g. names of junior officers and contact information) will not be disclosed. The names of senior officers will generally be disclosed. In addition, duplicates and incomplete email chains, internal administrative email addresses and metadata within the scope of the FOI request will be excluded.

Please note that, with some exceptions (such as personal information), documents released under the FOI Act may later be published online on the department's disclosure log http://www.ag.gov.au/RightsAndProtection....

If you have any questions, please contact the department's FOI team by telephone on (02) 6141 6666 or by email to [email address].

Freedom of Information and Privacy Section
Attorney-General’s Department
T: (02) 6141 6666 | E: [email address]

For information on how to make an FOI Request see https://www.ag.gov.au/rights-and-protect...

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Dear Mr Hamiltonshire,

In response to your request for the Style Guides/Brand Guides/Writing
Guides currently used for the Inspector of the National Anti-Corruption
Commission, the document in use is the publicly available Australian
Government Style Manual (manual). The manual is produced and maintained by
the Australian Public Service Commission and is available at
[2]https://www.stylemanual.gov.au/.

The manual is published as a reference website and it is not available as
a separate document. The Inspector of the NACC and their office access the
manual via the internet link.

We invite you to let us know if you wish to pursue your FOI request
further.

If you are satisfied with this response to your request, please let us
know by Monday 16 September 2024, and we will consider the request
finalised as withdrawn.

If you have any questions, please contact the department's FOI team by
telephone on (02) 6141 6666 or by email to [3][email address].

Kind regards

Freedom of Information and Privacy Section

Attorney-General’s Department

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The Attorney-General’s Department may collect your personal information
where it is reasonably necessary for, or directly related to, our
functions, including those under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI
Act) and the Privacy Act 1988. We may collect your name, email address and
telephone number so that we can contact you about your request or privacy
complaint. If your request concerns accessing or correcting your personal
information, we will collect the minimum amount of evidence necessary to
verify your identity. We hold personal information in accordance with the
Privacy Act and our privacy policy. If you have an enquiry or complaint
about your privacy, please contact the Privacy Officer on 02 6141 6666 or
via e-mail [email address]. 
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Dear Mr Hamiltonshire
We write to confirm your request has been finalised as withdrawn.
On 10 September we advised the document you were seeking was the publicly available Australian Government Style Manual. We invited you to let us know if this satisfied your request or if you wished to pursue your request. We asked for your response by 16 September 2024.

We have not received further correspondence from you and note your RTK request was updated on 13 September 2024 with the status
Inspector of the National Anti-Corruption Commission did not have the information requested .
We have taken this to confirm you are satisfied with the outcome of your request.

If you have any questions, please contact the department's FOI team by telephone on (02) 6141 6666 or by email to mailto:[email address].
Kind regards

Freedom of Information and Privacy Section
Attorney-General's Department

From: AGD FOI Requests <[email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, 10 September 2024 2:47 PM
To: Glenn Hamiltonshire <[FOI #11990 email]>
Cc: AGD FOI Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Document for Request - FOI24/429 - Freedom of Information request - Inspector NACC Writing/Style/Brand Guides [SEC=OFFICIAL]

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Dear Mr Hamiltonshire,

In response to your request for the Style Guides/Brand Guides/Writing Guides currently used for the Inspector of the National Anti-Corruption Commission, the document in use is the publicly available Australian Government Style Manual (manual). The manual is produced and maintained by the Australian Public Service Commission and is available at https://www.stylemanual.gov.au/.

The manual is published as a reference website and it is not available as a separate document. The Inspector of the NACC and their office access the manual via the internet link.

We invite you to let us know if you wish to pursue your FOI request further.

If you are satisfied with this response to your request, please let us know by Monday 16 September 2024, and we will consider the request finalised as withdrawn.

If you have any questions, please contact the department's FOI team by telephone on (02) 6141 6666 or by email to mailto:[email address].
Kind regards

Freedom of Information and Privacy Section
Attorney-General's Department

OFFICIAL

The Attorney-General’s Department may collect your personal information where it is reasonably necessary for, or directly related to, our functions, including those under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) and the Privacy Act 1988. We may collect your name, email address and telephone number so that we can contact you about your request or privacy complaint. If your request concerns accessing or correcting your personal information, we will collect the minimum amount of evidence necessary to verify your identity. We hold personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act and our privacy policy. If you have an enquiry or complaint about your privacy, please contact the Privacy Officer on 02 6141 6666 or via e-mail [email address]. 
If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by return email and delete all copies. If this email or any attachments have been sent to you in error, that error does not constitute waiver of any confidentiality, privilege or copyright in respect of information in the email or attachments.