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FOI Request: FA 20/09/00647
File Number: OBJ2020/29653

Dear Mr Smith

Acknowledgement of Freedom of Information Access request

I refer to your correspondence received on 11 September 2020 seeking access to documents held by the Department of Home Affairs (the Department) under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act).

Scope of request
You have requested access to the following:

Please provide copies of all documents, email correspondences and minutes of discussions between the Department of Home Affairs and the advertising agency TBWA Sri Lanka with respect to the following components of the Zero Chance strategic communication campaign (all available here <https://zerochance.lk>):

- the 'Zero Chance Stories’ Short Film Competition
- the six 'unfortunate true stories' video interviews produce in Sinhala and Tamil .
Your request was received by the Department on 11 September 2020 and has been allocated FOI request number FA 20/09/00647 . Please include your FOI request number in all correspondence with the Freedom of Information Section.
Timeframe for receiving your decision

The statutory timeframe for processing a request is 30 days from the date upon which your application was received by the Department.

Your review rights in relation to your request are available on the website of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner here.
Exclusion of staff details

The Department’s policy is to exclude the personal details of staff not in the Senior Executive Service (SES), as well as the direct contact details of SES staff, contained in documents that fall within scope of an FOI request. If you require personal details of non-SES officers, or direct contact details of SES staff, please inform us so the decision maker may consider your request. Otherwise we will take it that you agree to that information being excluded from the scope of your request.

Duplicate documents

If the FOI decision-maker deems a document to be a duplicate, they will not assess those pages as part of your FOI request. This means that if a there is a decision to release the document to you, you will receive only one copy, even if multiple copies of that document exists.
Publication of document

Where documents are released to you in response to your request, the Department may be required to publish these documents on its website within 10 working days in accordance with section 11C of the FOI Act. Publication will not be required where the documents contain personal or business affairs information.
Contacting the FOI Section

Should you wish to discuss your request you may contact the FOI Section at [DIBP request email].

Yours sincerely,

FOI Officer
Freedom of Information
FOI and Records Management Branch | Data Division
Strategy & Law Enforcement Group
Department of Home Affairs | Email: [DIBP request email]

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Dear Mr Ross,

I refer to your request received on 11 September 2020 for access to documents under the FOI Act.

The current due date for your request is 11 October 2020.

Due to the number of requests currently being processed by our office, we will not be able to finalise your request by the original due date.

The Department seeks your agreement under section 15AA of the FOI Act to extend the timeframe for the processing of your request by 30 days. This would extend the due date for your request to 10 November 2020.

It would assist the Department in managing its FOI caseload if you could provide a response to this request by close of business, Friday 2 October 2020.

If you wish to discuss this matter further, please do not hesitate to contact the FOI section on the details below.

Yours sincerely,

FOI Officer
Freedom of Information
FOI and Records Management Branch | Data Division
Corporate and Enabling Group
Department of Home Affairs | Email: [DIBP request email]

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Dear Mr Ross,

Thank you for your email enquiring about the progress of your FOI request.

Please be advised that the Department is currently processing a large number of FOI requests. Our staff are working hard and the Department is committed to processing your request as quickly as possible.

A number of documents have been identified as falling within the scope of your request and an FOI Officer will be reviewing those documents in due course. A decision on access will be made on your request and you will be notified of this as soon as possible.

Yours sincerely,

FOI Officer
Freedom of Information
FOI and Records Management Branch | Data Division
Strategy & Law Enforcement Group
Department of Home Affairs | Email: [DIBP request email]

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Dear Mr Ross

Re: FOI request FA 20/09/00647

Please be advised that the Department is currently processing a large number of FOI requests. Our staff are working hard and the Department is committed to processing your request as quickly as possible.

A number of documents have been identified as falling within the scope of your request and an FOI Officer will be reviewing those documents in due course. A decision on access will be made on your request and you will be notified of this as soon as possible.

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Officer
FOI Section
FOI and Records Management Branch
Data Division
Strategy & Law Enforcement Group
Email: [DIBP request email]
Department of Home Affairs - www.homeaffairs.gov.au

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Dear Mr Ross

Re: FOI request FA 20/09/00647

Please be advised that this case has been assigned to a case officer. Unfortunately, we are not able to provide a timeframe at this stage. We will keep you advised of the progress of your case.

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Officer
FOI Section
FOI and Records Management Branch
Data Division
Strategy & Law Enforcement Group
Email: [DIBP request email]
Department of Home Affairs - www.homeaffairs.gov.au

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Our references: FA 20/09/00647; OBJ2020/29653

Dear Mr Ross

This email refers to your FOI request seeking access to:

Please provide copies of all documents, email correspondences and minutes
of discussions between the Department of Home Affairs and the advertising
agency TBWA Sri Lanka with respect to the following components of the Zero
Chance strategic communication campaign (all available here ):
<https://zerochance.lk>):

- the 'Zero Chance Stories’ Short Film Competition
- the six 'unfortunate true stories' video interviews produce in Sinhala
and Tamil .

The purpose of this email is to advise you, as required under s.24AB of
the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) that I consider a practical
refusal reason exists under s.24AA of the FOI Act in relation to your
request.  I have set out my reasons and the actions required by you (to
consult on the scope of your request) in the attached notice.

Consultation period

The FOI Act requires that you respond to this notice before the end of the
consultation period, which is close of business Tuesday, 16 March 2020.

You may consult with me by replying to this email:
[1][Department of Home Affairs request email]

Thanks and Regards

FOI Officer | FOI Section

Position No. 60006174

FOI and Records Management Branch

Data Division

Strategy and Law Enforcement Group

Department of Home Affairs

Email: [2][Department of Home Affairs request email]

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Dear Mr Ross

Thank you for your below email.

The Department does not hold any documents with the revised timeframe that you have specified.

The timeframe of the documents is for a period of 12 months ranging from July 2019 to September 2020. You may wish to consider a period during that timeframe.

Please be advised that documents potentially in the scope of your request would be considered up to 11 September 2020, this is when your request was received.

Please provide your comments by COB Friday, 12 March 2021.

Thanks and Regards

FOI Officer | FOI Section
Position No. 60006174
FOI and Records Management Branch
Data Division
Strategy and Law Enforcement Group
Department of Home Affairs
Email: [Department of Home Affairs request email]

Thanks and Regards

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Dear Mr Ross

Thank you for your below email.

The revision of the request has been received and is being considered.

Thanks and Regards

FOI Officer | FOI Section
Position No. 60006174
FOI and Records Management Branch
Data Division
Strategy and Law Enforcement Group
Department of Home Affairs
Email: [Department of Home Affairs request email]

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Dear Mr Ross

Thank you for your email.

The Department apologies for the delay in finalising this request.
We have had to consult with a third party on this request which has proved to take longer than anticipated. However, it looks like this is getting to close to being finalised.

Thanks for your patience on this.

Your sincerely,

Will
Position No. 60043894
Authorised FOI Officer
Freedom of Information
E: [Department of Home Affairs request email]

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Dear Mr Ross

FOI request FA 20/09/00647

I refer to your FOI request received on 11 September 2020, seeking access
to the following:

Communications and documents produced in the year 2020 of discussions
between the Department of Home Affairs and the advertising agency TBWA Sri
Lanka with respect to the following components of the Zero Chance
strategic communication campaign (all available here):
<https://zerochance.lk>):
- the 'Zero Chance Stories’ Short Film Competition
- the six 'unfortunate true stories' video interviews produce in Sinhala
and Tamil..

The Department has made a decision on this request. Please find attached
the decision record and documents released under the FOI Act.

This request has now been closed.

Yours sincerely

Will

Position No. 60043894

Authorised FOI Officer

Freedom of Information

E: [1][Department of Home Affairs request email]

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the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If you have received
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attachments immediately.  This email, including attachments, may contain
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Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information
by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. 
The Department of Home Affairs and ABF respect your privacy and have
obligations under the Privacy Act 1988.  

Unsolicited commercial emails MUST NOT be sent to the originator of this
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