OFFICIAL
Ms Catherine Minnucci
Office of General Counsel
By email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
GPO Box 367
CANBERRA CITY ACT 2601
www.airservicesaustralia.com
Dear Dear Ms Minnucci
ABN 59 698 720 886
FOI 24-14 - Decision on Access
I refer to the request made under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (
FOI Act) to
Airservices Australia (
Airservices) on 10 March 2024 (
the request). It seeks access to:
In respect of Environmental Assessment of Proposed Changes to SIDs and STARs at Hobart Airport
CIRRIS EA-0001407 Version 1.3 Effec�ve 8 November 2018 copy of pages 77, 78, 79 & 80 rela�ng
to EPBC Act Protected Mater Report, and al associated documents that were atached to the
hyperlinks listed on each page 77 - 80.
I am authorised under section 23 of the FOI Act and the Airservices Instrument of Delegation and
Authorisation to make decisions on primary requests under the FOI Act.
Decision
Access in full
I have decided to grant access to the documents sought by the request in full
The documents and my decision in relation to each are set out in the schedule of documents at
Attachment A (
the Schedule).
The reasons for my decision are set out in the Statement of Reasons at
Attachment B.
Review rights and complaints
Information about your rights of review and how you can make a complaint about the handling of
your request is at
Attachment C.
Contact
If you wish to discuss my decision please contact me at
xxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.
Yours sincerely
Marcus Bourget
Authorised FOI Decision Maker
15 March 2024
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ATTACHMENT A
SCHEDULE OF DOCUMENTS
Doc No. Description
Decision
1. EPBC Act Protected Matters Report
Release in full
[25/09/18 13:33:29]
2. EPBC Act Protected Matters Report
Release in full
[28/09/18 14:58:14]
3. EPBC Act Protected Matters Report
Release in full
[24/09/18 11:31:08]
4. EPBC Act Protected Matters Report
Release in full
[24/09/18 11:56:53]
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ATTACHMENT B
STATEMENT OF REASONS
Material on which the decision is based
I relied on the following material in coming to this decision:
• the terms of the request;
• the documents subject to the FOI request;
• advice from subject matter specialists within Airservices Australia (
Airservices) regarding
the nature and sensitivity of the documents subject to the request;
• the FOI Act; and
• the guidelines issued by the Australian Information Commissioner under section 93A of the
FOI Act (
FOI Guidelines).
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ATTACHMENT C
INFORMATION ON REVIEW RIGHTS
The
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (
the FOI Act) gives you the right to apply for a review of this
decision via:
(a)
an internal review; or
(b)
the Australian Information Commissioner (
Information Commissioner).
Internal review
If you apply for internal review, it wil be carried out by a different decision-maker who will make a
fresh decision on your application. An application for review must be:
(a)
made in writing;
(b)
made within 30 days of receiving this letter; and
(c)
sent to xxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.
No particular form is required, but it is desirable to set out in the application the grounds upon which
you consider the decision should be reviewed.
If the internal review results in you not being provided access to all of the documents to which you
have requested access, you have the right to seek a review of that decision by the Information
Commissioner.
Information Commissioner review
You can opt to instead seek external review by the Information Commissioner. To seek review you
must apply to the Information Commissioner within 60 days of the receipt of this decision letter.
Further details on this process can be found on their website at
ht ps://www.oaic.gov.au/.
You wil also have the opportunity to seek Information Commissioner review of an Internal Review if
you are dissatisfied with its outcome.
Complaints to the Information Commissioner
Information Commissioner
You may also complain to the Information Commissioner concerning action taken by an agency in
the exercise of powers or the performance of functions under the FOI Act. There is no fee for
making a complaint. A complaint to the Information Commissioner must be made in writing. Further
details on this process can be found on their website at
https:/ www.oaic.gov.au/.
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