Thank you for your email. This is an automated response to advise you that
your email has been received by the Attorney-General's Department's FOI
Coordinator.

If you wish to lodge a request for access to documents under the Freedom
of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), please ensure that your request is in
writing, states that it is an application for the purposes of the FOI Act
and provides sufficient detail describing the documents you wish to
access. The FOI Coordinator will acknowledge your request within 14 days.

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UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Molloy

I refer to your FOI request of 10 May 2013 below.

Your request states that it is for documents but in fact, the numbers given are file numbers not document numbers. We therefore cannot process your request as currently worded. This is because, section 11(1) of the Act provides only that you have a legally enforceable right to obtain access to the documents of an agency and furthermore, this request would be huge and would constitute an unreasonable and substantial diversion of this agency's resources (section 24A(1).

If you wish to pursue this request, you will need to lodge a new request which we would be able to process. If you require assistance in doing so, you may contact me to discuss the terms of your request.

Regards

Andra Eisenberg | Senior Legal Officer
Freedom of Information and Privacy Section | Office of Corporate Counsel Australian Government Attorney-General's Department | 3 - 5 National Circuit, Barton ACT 2600
T: +61 (2) 6141 3274  E: [email address]   

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UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Molloy

Yes - I received your amended request of 17 May and am processing your request. Hopefully it won't be too much longer.

Regards

Andra Eisenberg | Senior Legal Officer
Freedom of Information and Privacy Section | Office of Corporate Counsel Australian Government Attorney-General's Department | 3 - 5 National Circuit, Barton ACT 2600
T: +61 (2) 6141 3274  E: [email address]   

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UNCLASSIFIED

Dear Mr Molloy

Freedom of Information Request  No. FOI 13/051

I refer to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI
Act) for access to:

Documents relating to the Intellectual Property or E-Commerce chapters of
the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, from within the following files:

a) 12/17985 CJD - BILB - TPP - E-commerce chapter - privacy issues

b) 12/12277 BILB - Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations -

Leesburg Round (September 2012)

c) 12/16402 BILB - Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations -

Auckland Round (December 2012)

d) 12/16722 Trans Pacific Partnership - Intellectual Property

e) 12/17275 Trans Pacific Partnership 15th round general file

A decision on your request is due today, 17 June 2013.  Unfortunately, due
to staff absences in the department, I have not yet been able to finalise
the processing of your request.  I would be grateful if you would agree to
a short extension of time under s 15AA of the FOI Act (extension of time
with agreement) that would give me until Friday 21 June 2013 to complete
the processing. 

Regards

Andra Eisenberg | Senior Legal Officer

Freedom of Information and Privacy Section | Office of Corporate Counsel
Australian Government Attorney-General's Department | 3 - 5 National
Circuit, Barton ACT 2600

T: +61 (2) 6141 3274  E: [1][email address]   

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UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Molloy

Thank you for your e-mail. I apologise for the delay in completing your request. As I mentioned in my e-mail of 17 June 2013, staff absences have meant that processing your request is taking a little longer than planned. Because your request involves consideration of more than 90 documents and a significant amount of consultation, I have applied to the Office of the Information Commissioner under s15AB of the FOI Act (extension of time for complex or voluminous requests) for an extension of time to process the request.

I hope to be able to provide you with a decision on your request in the next few days.

Regards

Andra Eisenberg | Senior Legal Officer
Freedom of Information and Privacy Section | Office of Corporate Counsel Australian Government Attorney-General's Department | 3 - 5 National Circuit, Barton ACT 2600
T: +61 (2) 6141 3274  E: [email address]   

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UNCLASSIFIED

Dear Mr Molloy

Freedom of information request number FOI13/051

I am writing in regards to your request under the Freedom of Information
Act 1982 for documents in relation to the Trans-Pacific Partnership. As
Andra Eisenberg is now on leave, I have taken over as case officer of this
request.

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has granted the
Department an extension of time under s 15AC of the FOI Act to process
your request. The OAIC has decided to allow the Department to Monday 1
July 2013 to make a decision on your request and I anticipate that the
decision on your request will be made by this date. Please see below for
the OAIC’s decision.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions on this.

Kind regards

Ken Menz | FOI Officer

Office of Corporate Counsel

Attorney-General's Department

3-5 National Circuit | Barton ACT 2600
Tel + 61 2 6141 2674

[1][AGD request email]

From: Elizabeth Zatschler [mailto:[email address]]
Sent: Thursday, 27 June 2013 10:20 AM
To: FOI Requests
Subject: TRIM: Brendan Molloy - Extension of time request under s 15AC
[SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Dear Mr Menz

Extension of time request under s 15AC

Thank you for your correspondence of 23 June 2013, in which you requested
further time for the Attorney-General’s Department to process Mr Brendan
Molloy’s request of 17 May 2013 under the Freedom of Information Act 1982
(Cth) (the Act).

You advised that Attorney-General’s Department has received an agreement
under s15AA of the Act for an extension of time from the applicant to 19
June 2013 and that this period is not sufficient to process this request.

Mr Molloy’s request is currently subjected to a deemed refusal decision,
as no decision has been made by Attorney-General’s Department within the
statutory timeframe. You have sought further time, until 1 July 2013,
under s 15AC of the Act to process the request.

Decision

As a delegate of the Information Commissioner, I am authorised to make
decisions on requests for further time under s 15AC of the FOI Act.

Subject to the below conditions I have decided to allow further time under
s 15AC(5) of the FOI Act until close of business 1 July 2013. By allowing
further time it is anticipated that Attorney-General’s Department will
provide a well-reasoned and better managed decision.

Condition

Under s 15AC (6) of the FOI Act, the Information Commissioner may impose
any condition considered appropriate. I advise that it is a condition of
granting this request that the Attorney-General’s Department  notify Mr
Molloy of the OAIC’s decision.

I note that this allowance under s 15AC of the FOI Act will mean that the
deemed refusal is taken never to have applied if Attorney-General’s
Department complies with the conditions and makes its final decision by
close of business 1 July 2013. Such an extension can only be granted once
and cannot be extended by a variation. Please note that an extension under
s 15AC of the FOI Act means that charges cannot be reimposed.

Contact

If you have any questions about this email, please contact me on (02) 6239
9121 or by email at [2][email address]. In all
correspondence please include reference number RQ13/01084.

Yours sincerely

Elizabeth Zatschler  | Investigations Officer

Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

4 National Circuit, BARTON ACT 2600

GPO Box 2999 CANBERRA ACT 2601 |www.oaic.gov.au

Phone:  +61 2 6239 9121 

Fax: +61 2 6239 9187

Email: [3][email address]

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UNCLASSIFIED

Dear Mr Molloy

Your freedom of information request no. FOI13/051 – Part 1 of 2

Please find attached the Attorney-General’s Department’s decision on your
request for documents in relation to the Trans-Pacific Partnership. This
includes the decision letter and documents 4 to 29.

Yours sincerely

FOI and Privacy Section

Office of Corporate Counsel

Attorney-General's Department

3-5 National Circuit | Barton ACT 2600
[1][AGD request email]

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UNCLASSIFIED

Dear Mr Molloy

Your freedom of information request no. FOI13/051 – Part 2 of 3

Please find attached the Attorney-General’s Department’s decision on your
request for documents in relation to the Trans-Pacific Partnership. This
includes the decision letter and documents 32 to 64.

Yours sincerely

FOI and Privacy Section

Office of Corporate Counsel

Attorney-General's Department

3-5 National Circuit | Barton ACT 2600
[1][AGD request email]

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UNCLASSIFIED

Dear Mr Molloy

Your freedom of information request no. FOI13/051 – Part 3 of 3

Please find attached the Attorney-General’s Department’s decision on your
request for documents in relation to the Trans-Pacific Partnership. This
includes the decision letter and documents 66 to 80.

Yours sincerely

FOI and Privacy Section

Office of Corporate Counsel

Attorney-General's Department

3-5 National Circuit | Barton ACT 2600
[1][AGD request email]

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UNCLASSIFIED

Dear Mr Molloy

Your freedom of information request no. FOI13/051

I am writing in regards tothe Attorney-General’s Department’s decision on
your request for documents in relation to the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
The decision letter and documents were sent via email to you yesterday but
there have been technical difficulties and we are not sure whether you
have received all three parts.

Could you please advise whether you have received three emails from AGD
and if not, which parts you have not received? Could you also please
advise (if you are aware) what the limit for the size of emails you can
receive is?

Yours sincerely

FOI and Privacy Section

Office of Corporate Counsel

Attorney-General's Department

3-5 National Circuit | Barton ACT 2600
[1][AGD request email]

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