RAM Governing Documents
Dear Royal Australian Mint,
This is a Freedom of Information Request.
The Corporate Plan 2023-24 to 2027-28 reads as follows:
"The Mint is administered having regard to a charter with the Treasury, a supporting memorandum of understanding and governance instruments. The Mint is led by a CEO who is responsible for the day-to-day management and performance of the Mint."
I request access to the following:
(a) The Royal Australian Mint's charter with the Treasury.
(b) The Royal Australian Mint's supporting memorandum of understanding; and
(c) Any associating 'governance instruments' referenced in the Corporate plan.
Yours faithfully,
Glenn Hamiltonshire
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OFFICIAL
Dear Mr Hamiltonshire
We write to acknowledge receipt of your request under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), seeking the following documents:
“The Corporate Plan 2023-24 to 2027-28 reads as follows:
"The Mint is administered having regard to a charter with the Treasury, a
supporting memorandum of understanding and governance instruments. The
Mint is led by a CEO who is responsible for the day-to-day management and
performance of the Mint."
I request access to the following:
(a) The Royal Australian Mint's charter with the Treasury.
(b) The Royal Australian Mint's supporting memorandum of understanding;
and
(c) Any associating 'governance instruments' referenced in the Corporate
plan.”
The RAM received your request on 3 January 2025. The FOI Act provides that
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From: Glenn Hamiltonshire
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Sent: Friday, 3 January 2025 12:15 AM
To: info <[3][Royal Australian Mint request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - RAM Governing Documents
Dear Royal Australian Mint,
This is a Freedom of Information Request.
The Corporate Plan 2023-24 to 2027-28 reads as follows:
"The Mint is administered having regard to a charter with the Treasury, a
supporting memorandum of understanding and governance instruments. The
Mint is led by a CEO who is responsible for the day-to-day management and
performance of the Mint."
I request access to the following:
(a) The Royal Australian Mint's charter with the Treasury.
(b) The Royal Australian Mint's supporting memorandum of understanding;
and
(c) Any associating 'governance instruments' referenced in the Corporate
plan.
Yours faithfully,
Glenn Hamiltonshire
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Dear Mr Hamiltonshire
Please find attached the Royal Australian Mint’s decision regarding your
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Dear Royal Australian Mint,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Royal Australian Mint's handling of my FOI request 'RAM Governing Documents'.
In the process of conducting this request, the relevent decision maker found that two (2) documents existed, but were exempt under the Business affairs exemption (s 47G). They contend that these documents being made public could "reasonably be expected to provide potential competitors with an unfair insight into the Mint’s commercial, business and financial arrangements and activities."
I contend that these documents should not be considered exempt for the purposes of S47G. First, I note that under previous OAIC rulings, should it not be reasonably expected that a businesses' impact be materially impacted, then an exemption need not apply. Relying on Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre [2014] AICmr 80, a documents which of which "disclosure would have either no, or minimal competitive effect" is not exempt. In this case, I submit that the content of the Charter and MoU would have no, or negligible material impacts on the operations both of the Department of The Treasury, and on the RAM.
I further contend that, if we concede that information contained in these documents to be "business material" for the purposes of FoI, despite the rather dubious natures of that given how Treasury and the RAM are situated as Commonwealth Entities, the information contained in these documents, is less serious that more concerning documents made public via FOI and OAIC decisions previously. In Ben Butler and Australian Securities and Investments Commission [2016] AICmr 79, a case concerning stop orders by ASIC, the OAIC found that the documents were historic in nature, and that the orders in question were not expected to unreasonably effect their business operations. Given the nature of the documents at hand in that case, I am of the view that operational and governance documents between two Commonwealth entities would not meed this exemption, were it to proceed the OAIC stage.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/r...
Yours faithfully,
Glenn Hamiltonshire
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Dear Mr Hamiltonshire,
I confirm that your internal review request was received on the 14^th of
February 2025.
The Freedom of Information Act 1982 requires the Mint to respond to your
request within 30 days of receipt (s54C(3)).
Kind regards,
Freedom of Information Officer
Royal Australian Mint
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