Dear Grace,

Further to your request below, could you please advise a time period over which you would like us to search. Without a time frame your request is not valid in terms of s15(2)(b) as it does not 'provide such information concerning the document as is reasonably necessary to enable a responsible officer of the agency . . . to identify it'. Without a date range your request arguably dates back to 1960, which we doubt would be your intent and would be unreasonable for us to process.

Yours sincerely

Phil Lomas | Manager, FOI
RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 8 Chifley Square, Sydney NSW 2000
p: +61 2 9551 9744 | e: [RBA request email] | w: http://www.rba.gov.au/

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Dear Grace,

Further to my message below, until we hear from you to confirm the scope of your request (to make it valid in terms of section 15 of the FOI Act) please note that it has not been accepted by the Bank and is not being actioned.

Yours sincerely,

Phil Lomas | Manager, FOI
RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 8 Chifley Square, Sydney NSW 2000
p: +61 2 9551 9744 | e: [RBA request email] | w: http://www.rba.gov.au/

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Dear Grace,

Thank you for your reply and that scope is fine with us and makes the request valid in terms of section 15.

Accordingly, in terms of the FOI Act 1982 (Cth), I acknowledge receipt of your request seeking 'any research notes since 1 January 2019 detailing a 'synthetic trimmed mean" method or model (as referenced in documents released in response to RBAFOI-242503)' and advise that processing of it will commence today, 14 January 2025.

Please be advised that, consistent with the provisions of the Information Publication Scheme, the Bank’s policy is to release all documents provided to applicants under the FOI Act 1982 on the Bank’s FOI disclosure log close to the same time they are provided to the applicant. The publication of any FOI related documents on our website will also be notified to the Bank’s RSS feed subscriber list.

Also please note that in the current environment, we intend to redact (in terms of section 22) the names and/or identifying material of junior officers (below Deputy Head of Department level) and email and phone contact details for all staff from any documents designated for release in relation to your request. If you have any issues with this intention, please let us know.

Best regards

Phil Lomas | Manager, FOI
RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 8 Chifley Square, Sydney NSW 2000
p: +61 2 9551 9744 | e: [RBA request email] | w: http://www.rba.gov.au/

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