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Peter Christensen Senior Information Governance
and Access Officer
University Governance Office
xxx@xxx.xxx.xx
18 December 2025
Isabella Fairfax Chisolm
Via Email:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
SUBJECT FOI 202500198– Decision Notice
Dear Isabella Fairfax Chisolm,
On 17 August 2025, the Australian National University received your request seeking access to
documents under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the Act)
.
On 5 December 2025, the University contacted you and advised the documents identified as
relevant to your request had also been captured in response to FOI 202500179. A decision
regarding 202500179 had been finalised and the documents published on the ANU FOI disclosure
Log. As the relevant documents deemed relevant to you request had already been published, the
University sought your agreement to withdraw your request on the basis that the documents were
now publicly available.
On 13 December 2025, the University received your response, where you advised that the scope of
the 202500179 was narrower than your 202500198 and you wished the University to continue to
process your request.
1. Scope of Request
I have taken your request to be as follows:
‘I am making a request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth).
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Canberra 2600, ACT Australia
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I seek access to all declarations of interest made by Julie Bishop in her capacity as Chancellor of
the Australian National University, including:
a) declarations made upon commencement in that role;
b) declarations made as part of the annual disclosures required of all Council members; and
c) any other declarations made to the University Council in any form.
Please include any duplicate declarations of the same interest, where applicable’
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
As previously advised, the documents identified as relevant to the scope of your request, are
identical to the documents deemed within the scope of FOI 202500179, now published on the
University FOI disclosure Log.
Further, although the scope for 202500179 is narrower than the scope of your 202500198, the
documents captured for both requests are the same documents.
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In addition, as the documents for both requests are the same, the redactions and the reasons for the
decision are also the same. Accordingly, your request is now finalised.
Your review rights are outlined on the following page.
Yours sincerely
Mr Peter Christensen
Senior Information Governance and Access Officer
University Governance Office
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:
Form: either online form or downloadable form available at
https://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-information/your-freedom-of-information-
rights/freedom-of-information-reviews/information-commissioner-review
email:
xxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx
Post: Director of FOI Dispute Resolution, GPO Box 5288, Sydney NSW 2001
More information is available on the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner website.
https://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-information/your-freedom-of-information-rights/freedom-
of-information-reviews
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