Ref: LEX-80701
Glenn Hamiltonshire
Via emai
l: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Glenn Hamiltonshire
Your Freedom of Information request – consultation
I refer to your request, dated 18 July 2025 and received by the Department of Climate Change,
Energy, the Environment and Water (
department) on the same date, for access under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (
FOI Act) to the following documents:
‘I seek access to all documents from the Department, produced since 1 January
2022, relating to the National Heritage Places - HMVS Cerberus.
Please exclude duplicates and documents already publicly released, including media
releases, reports, articles and statements to the media.
Please limit emails to the final message in the chain as long as previous messages are
captured.
I agree to having the names and direct contact details of non-senior staff removed,
however I request that redactions do not include non-personally identifying
information. For example, please leave the domain and job titles when redacting
email addresses or signature blocks on emails.
I preemptively agree to requests for third party consultation if necessary, but would
prefer that my information about my identity is not shared with those consulted.’
Your request involves significant resources for the department
Due to the amount of work involved for the department, under sections 24AA(1)(a)(i), 24 and
24AA(2) of the FOI Act, the department intends to refuse your FOI request as a 'practical refusal
reason' exists. Under the Act, the practical refusal reason is that processing your request 'would
substantially and unreasonably divert the resources' of this agency.
To process your request, preliminary searches have indicated that the department holds
approximately 63 documents, totalling over 640 pages for this request. Further, at least 30 third
parties have been identified as requiring consultation for this FOI request. Given the volume of
documents considered relevant to the terms of your request, I estimate that it would take over
100 hours to process your request.
Please note this is an estimate and the amount of time needed to thoroughly analyse and process
your request may be longer. If you decide not to make any revisions to your request, the
department may refuse your FOI request as a ‘practical refusal reason’ exists.
How to send us a ‘revised request’
Before a final decision is made on your request, you can submit a revised request.
T +61 2 6274 1111
John Gorton Building
GPO Box 3090
dcceew.gov.au
F +61 2 9094 2221
King Edward Terrace
Canberra ACT 2601
ABN 63 573 932 849
Parkes ACT 2600
Within the next 14 days (consultation period) you must do one of the following in writing:
withdraw the request;
make a revised request; or
tell us that you do not want to revise your request.
If you do not contact us during the consultation period, your request will be taken as having
been withdrawn.
If you would like to make a revised request, you could consider:
Limiting the scope of the request to a specific subject matter/project (i.e. The HMVS
Cerberus Stabilisation Project); and
Excluding meeting documents (i.e. meeting invitations); and
Excluding attachments to documents.
Contact officer
During the consultation period, you are welcome to contact the department to ask for help in
revising your request. The contact officer’s details are as follows:
Marissa
FOI Contact Officer
xxx@xxxxxx.xxx.xx.
Further assistance
If you have any questions, please emai
l xxx@xxxxxx.xxx.xx.
Yours sincerely
Ranga Parimala
Branch Head
World and National Heritage Branch
Heritage Division
5 August 2025
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