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FOI Request: FA 21/10/00375
File Number: OBJ2021/30235

Dear Hewa,

Acknowledgement of Freedom of Information Access request

I refer to your correspondence received on 8 October 2021 seeking access to documents held by the Department of Home Affairs (the Department) under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act).

Scope of request
You have requested access to the following:
I would like to know the number of applicants who are to attended citizenship ceremonies in Brisbane City Council and Ipswich City Council. The requested time period is from 1 Jan 2021 to 30th September 2021. Please send the total number of applicants that attended citizenship ceremonies in Brisbane City Council and the Ipswich city council at the end of each month.

Your request was received by the Department on 8 October 2021 and has been allocated FOI request number FA 21/10/00375 . 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.

Your review rights in relation to your request are available on the website of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner here.
Exclusion of staff details

The Department’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.

Duplicate documents
If the FOI decision-maker deems a document to be a duplicate, they will not assess those pages as part of your FOI request. This means that if a there is a decision to release the document to you, you will receive only one copy, even if multiple copies of that document exists.
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Where documents are released to you in response to your request, the Department 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 [Department of Home Affairs request email].

Kind regards,

FOI Officer - Geoff
Freedom of Information
Department of Home Affairs

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OFFICIAL

Dear Hewa

FOI request FA 21/10/00375

I refer to your FOI request received on 8 October 2021, seeking access to
the following:

I would like to know the number of applicants who are to attend
citizenship ceremonies in Brisbane City Council and Ipswich City Council.
The requested time period is from 1 Jan 2021 to 30th September 2021.
Please send the total number of applicants that attended citizenship
ceremonies in Brisbane City Council and the Ipswich city council at the
end of each month..

The Department has made a decision on this request. Please find attached
the documents released under the FOI Act.

This request has now been closed.

Kel

Position No: 60100052

Freedom of Information (FOI) Section

FOI and Records Management Branch

Data Division

Strategy & Law Enforcement Group

E: [1][Department of Home Affairs request email]

Department of Home Affairs | [2]www.homeaffairs.gov.au

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OFFICIAL

In reply please quote:

FOI request: FA 21/10/00375-R1

File number: OBJ2021/30235

Dear Hewa

Acknowledgement of Freedom of Information internal review request

This email is to acknowledge that the Department of Home Affairs (the
Department) has received your request for an internal review of an access
refusal decision under section 54 of the Freedom of Information Act 1982
(the FOI Act).

The decision under review is the Department’s decision on 03 November
2021.

Timeframe for receiving your decision

The statutory timeframe for processing an internal review request is 30
days from the date on which the request was received by the Department.
The Department received the internal review request on 03 November 2021.

Review rights

Your review rights in relation to your internal review request are
available on the website of the Office of the Australian Information
Commissioner [1]here.

Contacting the FOI Section

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

Regards,

Dale

Position No. 60107416

FOI Officer, Reviews Team

FOI and Records Management Branch | Data Division

Strategy and National Resilience

Department of Home Affairs

Email: [3][email address]

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OFFICIAL

Good afternoon,

We write to you in relation to your request for an internal review of
Freedom of Information request FA 21/10/00375.

The scope provided for the Internal Review is as follows,

In my request I asked for the number of applicants "who are to attend
"citizenship ceremonies in Brisbane City Council and Ipswich City Council 
from 1 Jan 2021 to 30th September 2021.

In the reply I received the number of people who were conferred at the
ceremonies.

Can you please let me know the number of applicants "who are to attend
"citizenship ceremonies in Brisbane City Council and Ipswich City Council 
from 1 Jan 2021 to 30th September 2021.

In order to identify which statistics are being requested, it’s important
to clarify the scope of your request.

You are requesting the number of applicants, “who are to attend”, this
terminology is broad and makes it difficult to ascertain what particular
number is required.

Can you confirm you are seeking the number of applicants who were invited
to attend citizenship ceremonies held within Brisbane City Council and
Ipswich City Council regions from 1 Jan 2021 to 30th September 2021.

Please confirm via reply email within 10 working days.

FOI Officer, Reviews Team

Position No. 11307

FOI and Records Management Branch | Data Division

Strategy and National Resilience Group

Department of Home Affairs

[1]www.homeaffairs.gov.au

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From: FOI Reviews mailbox
Sent: Friday, 5 November 2021 1:33 PM
To: '[FOI #7941 email]'
<[FOI #7941 email]>
Subject: Acknowledgement of Freedom of Information internal review request
- FA 21/10/00375-R1 [SEC=OFFICIAL]

OFFICIAL

In reply please quote:

FOI request: FA 21/10/00375-R1

File number: OBJ2021/30235

Dear Hewa

Acknowledgement of Freedom of Information internal review request

This email is to acknowledge that the Department of Home Affairs (the
Department) has received your request for an internal review of an access
refusal decision under section 54 of the Freedom of Information Act 1982
(the FOI Act).

The decision under review is the Department’s decision on 03 November
2021.

Timeframe for receiving your decision

The statutory timeframe for processing an internal review request is 30
days from the date on which the request was received by the Department.
The Department received the internal review request on 03 November 2021.

Review rights

Your review rights in relation to your internal review request are
available on the website of the Office of the Australian Information
Commissioner [2]here.

Contacting the FOI Section

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

Regards,

Dale

Position No. 60107416

FOI Officer, Reviews Team

FOI and Records Management Branch | Data Division

Strategy and National Resilience

Department of Home Affairs

Email: [4][email address]

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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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1 December 2021

Hewa

BY EMAIL:  [1][FOI #7941 email]

In reply please quote:

FOI Request: FA 21/10/00375-R1

File Number: OBJ2021/30235 

Dear Hewa

Decision on Internal Review – Freedom of Information Act 1982

I refer to your correspondence dated 3 November 2021 in which you
requested that the Department of Home Affairs (the Department) review its
decision on access to documents dated 3 November 2021 under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act).

Please find attached decision record and released document in relation to
this matter.

FOI Officer, Reviews Team

Position No. 11307

FOI and Records Management Branch | Data Division

Strategy and National Resilience Group

Department of Home Affairs

[2]www.homeaffairs.gov.au

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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
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