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FOI Request: FA 19/10/01421
File Number: OBJ2019/54839

Dear Mr Hirsch

Acknowledgement of Freedom of Information Access request

I refer to your correspondence received on 23 October 2019 seeking access to documents held by the Department of Home Affairs (the Department of Home Affairs) under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act).

You have requested access to the following:
Provide the minutes for the National Passengers Facilitation Committee. Please limit this request to meetings held over the last two years.

Your request was received by the Department of Home Affairs on 23 October 2019 and has been allocated FOI request number FA 19/10/01421. Please include your FOI request number in all correspondence with the Freedom of Information Section.

Timeframe for receiving your decision
The statutory timeframe for processing a request is 30 days from the date upon which your application was received by the Department of Home Affairs.

Exclusion of non-SES staff personal details and SES telephone contact details
The Department of Home Affair’s policy is to exclude the personal details of staff not in the Senior Executive Service (SES), as well as the direct contact details of SES staff, contained in documents that fall within scope of an FOI request. If you require personal details of non-SES officers, or direct contact details of SES staff, please inform us so the decision maker may consider your request. Otherwise we will take it that you agree to that information being excluded from the scope of your request.

Publication of document
Where documents are released to you in response to your request, the Department of Home Affairs may be required to publish these documents on its website within 10 working days in accordance with section 11C of the FOI Act. Publication will not be required where the documents contain personal or business affairs information.

Contacting the FOI Section
Should you wish to discuss your request you may contact the FOI Section at [DIBP request email].

Kind regards

FOI Officer
Freedom of Information & Records Management Branch | Data Division
Department of Home Affairs
Email: [email address]
Website: www.homeaffairs.gov.au

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Good morning Mr Hirsch

I refer to your request received on 23 October 2019 for access to the following documents under the FOI Act:

The minutes for the National Passengers Facilitation Committee, limited to meetings held over the last two years.

The current due date for your request is 22 November 2019. The Department seeks your agreement under section 15AA of the FOI Act to extend the timeframe for the processing of your request by 30 days. This would extend the due date for your request to Sunday 22 December 2019. However, as this date falls on a non-working day, section 36(2) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 provides that the latest date the Department may issue a decision would be the next working day, which is Monday 23 December 2019.

If you wish to discuss this matter further, please do not hesitate to contact me on the details below.

With kind regards
Freedom of Information Section
FOI, Privacy and Records Management Branch
Data Division | Corporate and Enabling Group
Department of Home Affairs
E: [DIBP request email]

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Our references: FA 19/10/01421; OBJ2019/54839

Dear Mr Hirsch

I refer to your FOI request received on 23 October 2019, seeking access to
the following:

“The minutes for the National Passengers Facilitation Committee limited to
meetings held over the last two years.”

The Department has made a decision on this request. Please see attached
the signed decision letter, decision record, schedule of documents and
documents released under the FOI Act.    

This request has now been closed.

With kind regards

Freedom of Information Section

FOI, Privacy and Records Management Branch

Productivity and Compliance Division | Corporate and Enabling Group

Department of Home Affairs

E: [1][DIBP request email]

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Important Notice: The content of this email is intended only for use by
the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If you have received
this email by mistake, please advise the sender and delete the message and
attachments immediately.  This email, including attachments, may contain
confidential, sensitive, legally privileged and/or copyright information.
 

Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information
by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. 
The Department of Home Affairs and ABF respect your privacy and have
obligations under the Privacy Act 1988.  

Unsolicited commercial emails MUST NOT be sent to the originator of this
email.

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