OFFICIAL
Good morning Alan,

Thank you for contacting Freedom of Information at the Department of Defence.

We have received your email and you will be advised of the status of your inquiry by an FOI team member soon.

Kind regards,

FOI
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Ministerial and Executive Coordination & Communication Division
Department of Defence

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OFFICIAL

Dear Alan

I refer to your correspondence of 26 September 2022 seeking access under
the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) to documents held by the
Department of Defence (Defence). The scope of your request is:

“The passenger manifests and flight logs of all vip flights operated on
the RAAF airbus, falcon 7X and boeing business jets between September 14th
2022 till September 23rd 2022. domestically and internationally.”

The statutory deadline for you to receive a response to your request is 26
October 2022.

Should you have any questions relating to your request, please do not
hesitate to contact Defence via email to
[1][email address].

Regards

FOI Case Manager

Media and Information Disclosure Branch

Ministerial and Executive Coordination & Communication Division

Department of Defence

[2][email address]

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Good afternoon Alan,

Please find attached the Decision relating to Defence FOI 161/22/23.

Under section 54 of the FOI Act, you are entitled to request a review of
this decision. Your review rights are attached.

Please contact this office should you require any further information.

Kind regards,

FOI Case Manager

Media and Information Disclosure Branch

Ministerial and Executive Coordination & Communication Division

Department of Defence

[1][email address]

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OFFICIAL

Dear Mr Cole,

This email is to acknowledge that we received your internal review request
on 27 October 2022.

In that email you requested an internal review under section 54 of the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), of the decision dated 18
October 2022.

The review you are seeking is in relation to your request for:

“The passenger manifests and flight logs of all vip flights operated on
the RAAF airbus, falcon 7X and boeing business jets between September 14th
2022 till September 23rd 2022.domestically and internationally.”

The statutory deadline for you to receive a response from Defence is 30
days from the date your application for the internal review was received.
As the date for your decision falls on a weekend, you will receive your
decision on the next business day which is 28 November 2022 .

Paragraph 3.141 of the Guidelines issued by the Office of the Australian
Information Commissioner, states 'the processing period refers to calendar
days, not business (working) days. This will include any public holidays
that fall within the processing period.[1][44] If the last day for
notifying a decision falls on a Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday, the
timeframe will expire on the first day following which is none of those
days.'

In the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact our office if you have
any questions.

Regards

FOI Reviews

FOI Review Directorate

Media and Information Disclosure Branch

Ministerial & Executive Coordination and Communication Division
Department of Defence

[2][email address]

PO Box 7910
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Canberra BC ACT 2610

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OFFICIAL
Dear Mr Cole

Thank you for your email dated 27 October 2022 (below), asking for an internal review of the decision you received under the FOI Act. Apologies for the delay in sending this email.

This email is to inform you of the decision by Mr Shan Gunawardena, Assistant Director- Freedom of Information Review on your internal review application.

The statement of reasons detailing Mr Gunawardena's decision is attached.

Rights of review

The FOI Act provides for rights of review of decisions. Should you be dissatisfied with Ms Gunwardena’s decision you have the right to seek review. Please find attached a copy of your review rights

If you have any questions in relation to this matter, please contact this office.

Kind regards

FOI Review Team
Media and Information Disclosure Branch
Ministerial & Executive Coordination and Communication Division
Department of Defence

PO Box 7910 Canberra BC ACT 2610

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From: alan cole <[FOI #9401 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 27 October 2022 1:03 AM
To: FOI requests at Defence <[Defence request email]>
Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Vip flights

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Dear Department of Defence,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Department of Defence's handling of my FOI request 'Vip flights'.

1.The reason for refusal is that the schedule is published every 6 months in june and december so this info would be available in june 2023. If this is the case please could you answer why the latest schedule as on your website and tabled is up to december 2020. as it is October 2022 where are the schedules for the year 2021 ? you cannot say they will be published in june 2023 when it is already a year behind.

2. I did not request this full schedule of the flights only a specific date period in september and i can find no reason for this to be refused

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/v...

Yours faithfully,

alan cole

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