13 October 2025
Foifoi Mcgee
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
BY EMAIL
Dear Foifoi Mcgee
Your Freedom of Information Request – Final Decision
I refer to your request received by the Future Fund Management Agency (“
Agency”) by email
on 11 September 2025, requesting access under the Freedom of Information Act 1982
(“
FOI Act”) to documents as fol ows (the “
Request”):
I would like documents that show current investments in the companies identified in
the Database of Business Enterprises Pursuant to Human Rights Council Resolutions
31/36 and 53/25 produced by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights.
For reference, the database is here:
https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ohchr.or
g%2Fen%2Fbusiness%2Fbhr-
database&data=05%7C02%7Csandy.smith%40futurefund.gov.au%7Ce31af6f018904
3c84e6408ddf10b44b2%7Cfd43fd6aa54c42bebf74e2aebb3a05fa%7C0%7C0%7C638
932303174162170%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIl
YiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40
000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=w3wFhFqgl9f5ZZ%2BCxEWP%2FCmCt39AAIWMk99Sz4Hw
yc8%3D&reserved=0
In this letter, I refer to the requested investment data that falls within the scope of the Request
as Requested Information (“
Requested Information”).
Authorised decision-maker
I am authorised by the principal officer of the Agency under section 23(1) of the FOI Act to
make a decision on requests for access to documents. My name and designation are set out
below. This letter sets out my decision in relation to your request for access to documents,
the reasons for that decision and your review rights in relation to the decision.
My decision in relation to your FOI application
My decision and the reasons for my decision in relation to the Request are set out in the
attached Statement of Reasons.
Level 14/447 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 Locked Bag 20010, Melbourne Vic 3001
Telephone: +61 3 8656 6400 Facsimile +61 3 8656 6500
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Yours sincerely
Phil Lyon
FOI Decision Maker
Encl.
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STATEMENT OF REASONS
EVIDENCE ON WHICH MY FINDINGS AND DECISION ARE BASED
In considering your Request, I relied on the fol owing information and documentary evidence:
• the Request;
• FOI Act;
• Guidelines issued by the Australian Information Commissioner under s 93A of the FOI
Act; and
• information published on the Agency’s website.
BACKGROUND
The Agency was established by the Future Fund Act 2006. The object of the Future Fund
(the “
Fund”) is to strengthen the financial position of the Commonwealth of Australia by
making provision for unfunded Commonwealth superannuation liabilities. The Future Fund
Board of Guardians (the “
Board”) is responsible for deciding how to invest the assets of the
Fund as wel as several other Commonwealth statutory funds. Operating independently of
Government, the Board, supported by the Agency, manages the Fund to deliver high risk-
adjusted returns over the long term in accordance with the Investment Mandate Direction
from Government. The Agency is responsible for all administrative and operational functions
associated with the management of the funds invested and administered by the Board.
DECISION
The Board publishes Periodic Investment Reports twice a year for each of the seven funds it
invests on behalf of the Australian Government. These reports include the investments of each
fund as at the most recent publication date (30 June 2025).
The Requested Information is publicly available on the Agency’s website.
I have included a link to the relevant page of the Agency’s website in Schedule 1 below. You
can access the Requested Information by fol owing this link.
Disclosure log
The Agency is required by section 11C of the FOI Act to publish information that has been
released in response to an FOI request on its FOI disclosure log within 10 working days of
giving the FOI applicant access to the information, subject to certain exceptions. I have
decided that the documents produced pursuant to the Request should be published by the
Agency on its disclosure log.
Legislation
The FOI Act, containing sections referenced in my decision, is available at
https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A02562/latest/text. If you are unable to access the
legislation through this website, please contact us for assistance if required.
Review rights
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If you are dissatisfied with my decision, you may apply for internal review or to the Information
Commissioner for review of the decision.
Internal review Under section 54 of the FOI Act, you may apply in writing to the Agency for internal review of
my decision. The internal review application must be made within 30 days of the date of this
letter to:
email:
xxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
post:
Future Fund
Management Agency
Locked Bag 20010
Melbourne VIC 3001
Where possible, please attach reasons why you believe review of the decision is necessary.
The internal review wil be carried out by another officer within 30 days.
Information Commissioner (IC) review
Under section 54L of the FOI Act, you may apply to the Australian Information Commissioner
to review my decision. An application for IC review must be made in writing within 60 days of
the date of this letter, and be lodged in one of the fol owing ways:
online:
OAIC Web Form
email:
xxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx
post:
Director of FOI Dispute Resolution, GPO Box
5218, Sydney NSW 2001
fax:
02 9284 9666
Complaint rights
If you are unhappy with the way we have handled your FOI request, you can make a complaint
to us. If we do not respond or you are not satisfied with our response, you can lodge a
complaint with the IC in writing in one of the ways provided above.
More information about IC reviews and FOI complaints is available on the Office of the
Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) website at
Freedom of information complaints |
OAIC.
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SCHEDULE 1
Description
Agency Website Link
Periodic Investment Reports containing relevant
https://www.futurefund.gov.au/en/investment/ho
details of the Board’s holdings as at 30 June
w-we-invest/what-we-invest-in
2025.
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