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Good afternoon Mr Sweeney,

 

Your Freedom of Information Request

 

I refer to your application emailed 26 May 2017, in which you seek access
to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the Act) as
follows:

 

(i) A letter dated 19 May 2017 to the Commissioner advising the
Commissioner of the disclosure obligations of Mrs Helen Rowell, the Deputy
Chairman of APRA pursuant to Section 316 of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW); and

(ii) A copy of any disclosure document to the Australian Federal Police
from Mrs Rowell disclosing evidence related to the alleged contraventions
of Section 136.1, 137.1 and/or 137.2 of the Criminal Code Act 1996 (Cth).

 

The name of the alleged offender or offenders can be redacted.

 

The search period is from 1 May 2017

 

Information considered irrelevant to the scope of your request

 

The AFP, in its management of FOI requests, excludes the following
information on the basis that is irrelevant to the scope of a request:

 

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Dear Mr Sweeney,

Thank you for your email below. A decision regarding this request will be provided later today.

Kind regards

ELISE
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AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE

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www.afp.gov.au
-----Original Message-----
From: Phillip Sweeney [mailto:[FOI #3574 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 27 June 2017 10:40 AM
To: FOI
Subject: Re: FOI Request - Acknowledgment - CRM2017/556 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Dear FOI,

The response from the Australian Federal Police to the FOI Request related to Mrs Helen Rowell of APRA is now due.

Might I ask you to please now expedite a decision letter.

Yours sincerely,

Phillip Sweeney

-----Original Message-----

UNCLASSIFIED

Good afternoon Mr Sweeney,

 

Your Freedom of Information Request

 

I refer to your application emailed 26 May 2017, in which you seek access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the Act) as
follows:

 

(i) A letter dated 19 May 2017 to the Commissioner advising the Commissioner of the disclosure obligations of Mrs Helen Rowell, the Deputy Chairman of APRA pursuant to Section 316 of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW); and

(ii) A copy of any disclosure document to the Australian Federal Police from Mrs Rowell disclosing evidence related to the alleged contraventions of Section 136.1, 137.1 and/or 137.2 of the Criminal Code Act 1996 (Cth).

 

The name of the alleged offender or offenders can be redacted.

 

The search period is from 1 May 2017

 

Information considered irrelevant to the scope of your request

 

The AFP, in its management of FOI requests, excludes the following information on the basis that is irrelevant to the scope of a request:

 

-      Names of AFP members, other than the Senior Executive.

-      Direct telephone numbers, signatures and mobile telephone numbers of AFP members.

-      Duplicate documents, including duplicate emails.  The AFP will only provide emails where they form a final email chain and the authors/recipients are contained within the final email. 

-      Information that is publicly available, for example, newspaper articles, online publications including information available on the AFP Information Publication Scheme and the AFP disclosure log.

 

If you object to the AFP excluding any of the above information, please advise this office within seven days of receipt of this letter.

 

Your request was received by this agency on 26 May 2017 and the 30 day statutory period for processing your request commenced from that date.

 

You will be notified of any charges in accordance with the Freedom of Information (Fees and Charges) Regulations, should they apply, in relation to your request as soon as practicable. 

Disclosure Log

Please be advised that in accordance with section 11C of the Act, an agency is required to publish information on their website following the notification of a decision in respect of a freedom of information request. 

 

The requirement to publish information released under FOI reinforces the objectives of the FOI Act to promote a pro-disclosure culture across government and to increase recognition that information held by government is a national resource.  Exceptions to the requirement to publish information would apply to personal information and information concerning the business affairs of a person if it was considered ‘unreasonable’ to do so.  Details of the decision may be published in a Disclosure Log which can be found at [1]https://www.afp.gov.au/about-us/informat....
Publication will be made in accordance with timeframes stipulated in section 11C of the Act.

 

If, however, after noting the above, you wish to raise any concerns about the publication of information concerning your request prior to the notification of a decision, please advise this office in writing before 25 June 2017.  If you do not raise any concerns prior to the date of the decision, the AFP will publish the information as notified to you in the decision.

 

Kind regards,

 

 

IVA (AFP22679)
TEAM MEMBER - FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
CHIEF COUNSEL PORTFOLIO

Tel +61(0) 2 61316131  

[2]www.afp.gov.au

 

 

UNCLASSIFIED

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Dear Mr Sweeney,

 

Please see attached correspondence from this office regarding FOI request
CRM2017/556.

 

Kind regards

 

ELISE (12830)
TEAM MEMBER - FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
CHIEF COUNSEL PORTFOLIO

Tel +61(0) 2 61316131  

[1]www.afp.gov.au

 

UNCLASSIFIED

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