introduction of Boat IDs
Luke Bacon made this Freedom of Information request to Department of Home Affairs
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Dear Department of Home Affairs,
I would like to request documents that describe the initial introduction of the use of Boat IDs in Australia's immigration system, from the year of or proceeding their first use.
These might be a emails or other correspondence discussing their proposed use, or plans/briefings/papers etc. that include or discuss the proposal.
If these documents are already available publically or were released in an earlier request, please simply direct me to them. Otherwise, please consider this a formal request under the Act.
Yours faithfully,
Luke
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FOI Request: FA 21/06/00057
File Number: OBJ2021/16277
Dear Mr L Bacon
Acknowledgement of Freedom of Information Access request
I refer to your correspondence received on 1 June 2021 seeking access to documents held by the Dapartment of Home Affairs (the Department) under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act).
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I would like to request documents that describe the initial introduction of the use of Boat IDs in Australia's immigration system, from the year of or proceeding their first use.
These might be a emails or other correspondence discussing their proposed use, or plans/briefings/papers etc. that include or discuss the proposal.
If these documents are already available publically or were released in an earlier request, please simply direct me to them. Otherwise, please consider this a formal request under the Act.
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Your request was received by the Department on 1 June 2021 and has been allocated FOI request number FA 21/06/00057 . Please include your FOI request number in all correspondence with the Freedom of Information Section.
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FOI Request: FA 21/06/00057
File Number: OBJ2021/16277
Dear Mr Bacon,
I refer to your FOI request received on 1 June 2021.
The Department has made a decision on this request. Please find attached
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This request has been closed in our system.
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Thank you for this information Derek, and for your searches.
During your research with the relevant business areas, did you learn in which agency Boat ID's were developed?
It would also be useful to learn about their adoption by the Department, did you discover documents in that area, or is that covered by the scope of this request and no document exists?
Yours sincerely,
Luke Bacon
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Good Afternoon Luke,
As advised in the decision record for the documents in the scope of this request that no document exists. You are of course free to lodge a review of this decision as specified in the decision record.
Regards
Derek
Position number 60007884
Authorised Decision Maker | Freedom of Information Section
FOI and Records Management Branch
Data Division | Strategy and Law Enforcement Group
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