OFFICIAL

 

Dear Michael

 

The Department of Industry, Science and Resources (the department) has
received your Freedom of Information request of 21 October 2025
 (attached)

 

As a matter of public interest persuant to the FOI Act I seek the number
of fuel Bowser accuracy tests undertaken in the 2024 and 2025 calendar
year to date and the results of these test.

 

Processing Your Request

To assist us to streamline the processing of your request we ask you to
consider the following:

 

 1. Requesting Personal Information:

Confirmation from you that you are not seeking ‘personal information’
(i.e.. the names and contact details of any individuals, or any
information that could reasonably identify an individual) may enable a
timelier and cost effective processing of your request.

 

Therefore, could you please clarify if you are seeking access to personal
information in the documents relating to:

o third parties; and
o Commonwealth staff.

 

If you are not seeking access to any personal information, you can simply
reply to this email with ‘no personal information requested’.

 

If you are seeking access to specific types of personal information, could
you please specify.

 

If you specify you are seeking the personal information of Commonwealth
staff, please be advised the following is unlikely to be released:

 

o the names, signatures and contact details of junior staff; That is:

o Commonwealth staff who are not in the Senior Executive Service
(SES); and
o Ministerial staff below the level of Chief of Staff; and

o the mobile phone numbers of SES officers.

 

 2. Duplicate Documents:

Under section 4(1) of the FOI Act, the definition of a document includes
‘any copy, including an part of any copy, of a reproduction or duplicate’.

 

In order to process your request as efficiently as possible, the following
will be excluded from your request unless you advise otherwise:

 

o Duplicate documents;
o early parts of email chains that are captured in later email chains.

 

 3. Publicly available documents:

Under section 4(1) of the FOI Act, the definition of a document does not
include ‘material maintained for reference purposes that is otherwise
publicly available’.

 

In order to process your request as efficiently as possible, publicly
available documents will be excluded from your request unless you advise
otherwise.

 

 

We look forward to your response at your earliest convenience but no later
than 20 November 2025

 

If you have any questions, please contact the FOI team.

 

Kind Regards

 

Freedom of Information Team

 Chief Counsel & Integrity Division | Legal Branch

Ngunnawal Country, Industry House, 10 Binara Street, GPO Box 2013 Canberra
ACT 2601 Australia

Department of Industry, Science and Resources

Email [1][email address]

 

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Our purpose is to help the government build a better future for all
Australians through enabling a productive, resilient and sustainable
economy, enriched by science and technology.

Acknowledgement of Country

Our department recognises the First Peoples of this Nation
[2]Meeting and their ongoing cultural and spiritual connections to the
place icon by lands, waters, seas, skies, and communities.               
Amy Huggins
We Acknowledge First Nations Peoples as the
Traditional Custodians and Lore Keepers of the oldest living
culture and pay respects to their Elders past and present.
We extend that respect to all First Nations Peoples.

[3]Connection to Country, 2021 by Shaenice Allan

 

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Dear Michael,

 

Please find attached correspondence in relation to your FOI request of 21
October 2025

 

Should you have any queries regarding this matter, please contact the FOI
team.

 

Regards

 

 

Freedom of Information

Chief Counsel & Integrity Division | Legal Branch | Information Law

GPO Box 2013 Canberra ACT 2601 | [1][Department of Industry, Science, Energy & Resources request email]

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