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OFFICIAL
Dear Jillian

Thank you for your request to the Solicitor-General, received via the Freedom of Information (FOI) team within the Attorney-General’s Department (the department) on 26 April 2024. The Solicitor-General has asked the department to respond on his behalf.

The Solicitor-General considers your request invalid under s 15 of the Freedom of Information Act 1982, because it is posing a question about the operation of legislation and to whom it may apply, rather than requesting access to a document. Unfortunately, FOI requests are not the appropriate mechanism for commissioning legal research or having questions of this nature answered.

All Australian legislation is available on the Federal Register of Legislation here: https://www.legislation.gov.au/

You can submit specific questions you may have in relation to the operation of the parliament through the Parliamentary Education Office at https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parlia.... Alternatively, if you do have specific questions about the operation of government or the effect of laws in Australia, you may wish to seek your own legal advice.

Please let us know if we have misunderstood the nature of your request, or if you wish to submit a new or revised request for access to documents held by the Solicitor-General or the department.

Kind regards

Freedom of Information & Privacy
Attorney-General’s Department
Phone: (02) 6141 6666 | Email: [Solicitor-General request email]

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