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Freedom of Information (FOI) request
Notice of Decision
Reference: FOI/2025/252
To Tyler
Via email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx

Dear Tyler
I refer to your request to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (the Department), under
the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act), received on 30 September 2025.
The purpose of this letter is to provide you with a decision on your request for access under the
FOI Act.
Scope of request
You set out your request in the following terms:
I have been referred to your Department by the Department of the Treasury
(https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/signed_copy_of_legislative_instr_5).
Is it possible to provide copy of the original signed copy of the following legislative instruments?
Thank yous! Yours faithfully, Tyler
- Electoral Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Regulations 2021
- Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Amendment (Your Future, Your Super—Addressing
Underperformance in Superannuation) Regulations 2023
- Treasury Laws Amendment (Delivering Better Financial Outcomes) Regulations 2024

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Authorised decision-maker
I am authorised to make this decision in accordance with arrangements approved by the
Department’s Secretary under section 23 of the FOI Act.
Material taken into account
In reaching my decision I referred to the following:
•  the terms of your request
•  searches undertaken by the Department
•  the documents relevant to your request
•  the FOI Act

•  the Guidelines issued by the Information Commissioner under section 93A of the FOI Act
(the Guidelines)
Documents in scope of request
The Department has identified 3 documents which fall within the scope of your request.
These documents are set out in the Schedule of Documents at Attachment A.
Decision
I have decided to grant access in full, with irrelevant material deleted, to the documents identified
within the scope of your request.
The documents are enclosed.
Reasons for decision
My findings of fact and reasons for deciding that certain information is irrelevant are set out below.
1.  Deletion of irrelevant matter
Section 22 of the FOI Act authorises the Department to give access to an edited copy of a document
if giving access to a document would disclose information that would be reasonably regarded as
irrelevant to the request, and it is possible for the Department to prepare an edited copy, modified by
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deletions, ensuring that the edited copy would not disclose any information that would reasonably be
regarded as irrelevant to the request.
On 9 October 2025, the Department advised you of its policy to exclude the personal and direct
contact details of officers not in the Senior Executive Service (SES) and any Ministerial staff, as well as
any person’s signature, and the mobile or direct numbers of SES officers, which are contained in
documents that fall within the terms of an FOI request. This category of information is identified as
irrelevant.
Accordingly, I am satisfied parts of the documents are irrelevant under section 22(1)(a)(ii) of the FOI
Act. The remaining parts of the documents have been released to you as they are relevant to your
request
Review rights
If you disagree with my decision, you may apply for internal review or Information Commissioner
review of the decision.
Internal review
Under section 54 of the FOI Act, you may apply in writing to the Department for an internal review of
my decision. The internal review application must be made within 30 days after the date of this letter.
Where possible please attach reasons why you believe review of the decision is necessary. The internal
review will be carried out by another officer within 30 days from the date it is received.
Applications for review should be sent to xxx@xxx.xxx.xx.
Information Commissioner review
Under section 54L of the FOI Act, you may apply to the Australian Information Commissioner to
review my decision. An application for review by the Information Commissioner must be made in
writing within 60 days after the date of this letter. You can apply using the OAIC Web Form.1

1 https://webform.oaic.gov.au/prod?entitytype=ICReview&layoutcode=ICReviewWF
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FOI Complaints
If you are unhappy with the way we have handled your FOI request, please let us know what we could
have done better. We may be able to rectify the problem. If you are not satisfied with our response,
you can make a complaint to the Australian Information Commissioner. A complaint to the
Information Commissioner must be made in writing. You can make a complaint using the
OAIC Web Form.2
If you wish to discuss any aspect of your requests, you can contact the FOI Section by email at
xxx@xxx.xxx.xx.

Yours sincerely

Branko Ananijevski
Assistant Secretary
Cabinet Governance and National Security
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
31 October 2025

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