Kathryn Dan
University Archivist
Associate Director, Records
and Archives
Scholarly Information
Services Division
xxx@xxx.xxx.xx
27 June 2023
Me
Via email
: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Freedom of Information Request 202300055
Dear Me,
On 6 June 2023, the Australian National University received your request seeking
access to documents under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the Act)
.
1.
Scope of Request
I have taken your request to be as follows:
Under the Freedom of Information Act 1982, I request access to copies of the following
documents:
I understand from policy documents on your website that each college is meant to have a
‘College Education Committee’ (however named).
May I please request a copy of the minutes from the ANU College of Law’s CEC, for all
meetings after 1 July 2022.
In the alternative, if minutes are not kept, the next most equivalent information/document
with information about what was discussed and decided at those meetings
Date range for the documents being requested: 1 July 2022- 6 June 2023
The Australian National University
Canberra 2600, ACT Australia
TEQSA Provider ID: PRV12002 (Australian University)
CRICOS Provider Code: 00120C
The purpose of this letter is to provide you with a decision on your request for access
under the Act.
2.
Authority to Make Decision
I am an officer authorised under section 23 of the Act to make decisions in respect of
requests to access documents or to amend or annotate records.
3.
Relevant Material
In reaching my decision I referred to the following:
• The terms of your request
• Documents relevant to the request
• Advice from University staff with responsibility for matters relating to the
documents to which you sought access
• The Act
• Guidelines published by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
(OAIC) under section 93A of the Act (the FOI Guidelines)
4.
Decision
I have identified 5 documents deemed to be within the scope of your request. I have
decided to grant partial release of 2 documents with the remaining 3 documents to be
fully released.
A Document Schedule listing documents and exemptions is included alongside this
decision notice.
My findings of fact and reasons for deciding that the exemptions described apply to
the documents in question are set out below.
4.1
Section 22 of the Act – Irrelevant to request, impractical to provide edited version
of document
I have determined that documents 2 & 4 contain material which is outside the scope of
your request, and these parts of the documents have been redacted in accordance with
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section 22 of the Act. No information, which relates to you or your request, was
identified in the redacted parts of the documents. Accordingly, the information was
deemed irrelevant and therefore excluded from disclosure.
5.
Review Rights
If you are not satisfied with this decision you may seek review. Your review rights are
explained on the following page.
Yours sincerely,
Kathryn Dan
Associate Director
Records and Archives
The Australian National University
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Your review rights
If you are dissatisfied with my decision, you may apply for internal review or Information
Commissioner review of the decision. We encourage you to seek internal review as a first step
as it may provide a more rapid resolution of your concerns
Application for Internal Review of Decision
Section 54A of the Act, gives you the right to apply for an internal review of my decision.
It must be made in writing within 30 days of receipt of this letter, no particular form is required
but it is desirable to set out in the application the grounds on which you consider the decision
should be reviewed.
The application should be addressed to Freedom of Information at
xxx@xxx.xxx.xx.
Application for Information Commissioner Review of decision
Under section 54L of the FOI Act, you may apply to the Australian Information Commissioner to
review my decision. An application must be made in writing within 60 days of the date of this
letter, and be lodged in one of the following ways:
online:
https://forms.business.gov.au/aba/oaic/foi-review-/
email: xxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx
post: GPO Box 5218, Sydney NSW 2001
in person:
Level 3, 175 Pitt Street, Sydney NSW 2000
More information is available on the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner website.
Go t
o www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-information/foi-reviews
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