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Our ref:
FOI25/536; CM25/27891
28 November 2025
Tyler
By email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Tyler
Freedom of Information Request FOI25/536– Decision letter
I write to give you a decision about your request to the Attorney-General's Department (the department)
for access to documents under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act).
Your request
On 8 November 2025, you requested access to:
signed copy of Instruments Update (Autumn 2024) Regulations 2024
On 10 November 2025, the department acknowledged your request.
A decision in relation to your request is due on 8 December 2025.
My decision
I am an officer authorised under section 23(1) of the FOI Act to make decisions in relation to freedom of
information requests made to the department.
I have identified 1 document that falls within the scope of your request. I did this by making inquiries of
staff likely to be able to identify relevant documents and arranging for searches of relevant departmental
electronic and hard copy holdings.
In making my decision regarding access to the relevant documents, I have taken the following material into
account:
• the terms of your request
• the content of the documents identified as within scope of your request
• the provisions of the FOI Act
• consultation feedback received from other Commonwealth agencies, and
• the FOI Guidelines issued by the Australian Information Commissioner (the Guidelines).
I have decided to grant access to 1 document in part with deletion of material which may be regarded as
irrelevant to your request under s 22(1) of the FOI Act.
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Statement of Reasons
Section 22: Access to edited copies with exempt or irrelevant matter deleted
Section 22 of the FOI Act provides that if an agency decides to give access to a document that would
disclose information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the request, and it is possible for
the agency to prepare a copy (an
edited copy) of the document, modified by deletions, the agency
must prepare the edited copy and give the applicant access to it.
I have removed material in the document that is irrelevant to the terms of your request. Given this, I
considered it likely that you would also agree that this information is irrelevant to your request and have
deleted this material under s 22 of the FOI Act.
Additional information
You can find published copies of the various instruments listed in the Instruments Update (Autumn 2024)
Regulations 2024 via the Federal Register of Legislation website at
https://www.legislation.gov.au/legislative-instruments.
Your review rights under the FOI Act are set out at
Attachment A to this letter.
The document to which I have decided to grant partial access under the FOI Act is at
Attachment B.
Disclosure log publication
If an agency grants access to a document in response to an FOI request, it is required to publish that
information publicly on a website (the disclosure log) within 10 business days of giving access to the
information (subject to certain exceptions for personal and business information that it would be
unreasonable to publish). The documents released to you in this decision will be published on the
department's disclosure log on or before 12 December 2025.
Questions about this decision
If you wish to discuss this decision, the FOI case officer for this matter is Kellie, who can be reached on
(02) 6141 6666 or by email to
xxx@xx.xxx.xx.
Yours sincerely
Emma Funnell
Assistant Secretary
Strategy and Governance Branch
Attachments
Attachment A:
Review rights
Attachment B: Document
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Attachment A – Your review rights
If you disagree with my decision, you may ask for an internal review or Information Commissioner review.
We encourage you to seek internal review as a first step as it may provide a more rapid resolution of your
concerns.
Internal review
You may apply for an internal review of my decision within 30 days of receiving this letter. Your request for
internal review must be in writing, and should provide reasons why you believe the review is necessary.
You may apply by emailin
g xxx@xx.xxx.xx or by post to:
Director, Freedom of Information and Privacy Section
Office of Corporate Counsel
Attorney-General’s Department
3-5 National Circuit
BARTON ACT 2600
Another officer will make a new decision on your request within 30 days of receiving your request for
internal review. If you are unhappy with the internal review decision, you may ask for an information
Commissioner review.
Information Commissioner review
Information Commissioner review requests must be submitted within 60 days of the relevant decision,
unless an extension of time is granted. Your request should include your contact details, a copy of my
decision, and the reasons why you disagree with my decision. You can apply in one of the following ways:
Online:
https://webform.oaic.gov.au/prod?entitytype=ICReview&layoutcode=ICReviewWF
Email:
xxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx
Mail: Director of FOI Dispute Resolution, GPO Box 5288, Sydney NSW 2001.
More information about Information Commissioner review is available at:
https://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-information/your-freedom-of-information-rights/freedom-of-
information-reviews/information-commissioner-review
FOI Complaints
If you are concerned about how we handled your FOI request, please let us know what we could have done
better, as we may be able to rectify the situation. If you are not satisfied with our response, you can make a
complaint to the Information Commissioner. Your complaint must be in writing, and can be lodged in one
of the following ways:
Online:
https://webform.oaic.gov.au/prod?entitytype=Complaint&layoutcode=FOIComplaintWF
Email:
xxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx
Mail: Director of FOI Dispute Resolution, GPO Box 5288, Sydney NSW 2001.
More information about Freedom of Information complaints is available at:
https://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-information/your-freedom-of-information-rights/freedom-of-
information-complaints
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