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Freedom of Information
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982
Attachment A – FOI Review Rights
Your review rights
If you are dissatisfied with a decision of the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting
Authority (ACARA) you may apply for internal review or review with the Office of the Australian
Information Commissioner (OAIC) 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.
Defined terms for the purposes of review
Sections 53A, 53B and 53C of the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) define the terms
access
refusal decision, access grant decision and
affected third party.
Internal review
Under section 54 of the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), you may apply in writing to ACARA
for an internal review of the decision. The internal review application must be made within
30 calendar days of the date you receive the decision 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.
You may submit a request for internal review by:
Online:
https://www.acara.edu.au/contact-us/freedom-of-information-request
Post:
Freedom of Information Coordinator
Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority
Level 13, Tower B, 280 Elizabeth Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Information Commissioner review
Under section 54L of the FOI Act, you may apply to the OAIC to review my decision.
You do not need
to seek an internal review from ACARA before seeking a review from the OAIC. However, going
through ACARA’s internal review process gives us the opportunity to reconsider the initial decision
and your needs may be met more quickly without undergoing an external review process.
An application for review by the OAIC must be made in writing within 60 days of the date you receive
the decision letter. More information about how to apply for OAIC review is available on the OAIC
websit
e: https://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-information/your-freedom-of-information-
rights/freedom-of-information-reviews/information-commissioner-review. If you cannot access the OAIC website, please contact the FOI Coordinator (contact details at the end
of this notice), and further details will be provided to you.
Your complaint rights
If you are unhappy with the way ACARA has handled your FOI request, please let us know what we
could have done better. We may be able to rectify the problem.
You can make a complaint by writing to:
Online:
https://www.acara.edu.au/contact-us/freedom-of-information-request
Post:
Freedom of Information Coordinator
Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority
Level 13, Tower B, 280 Elizabeth Street , Sydney NSW 2000
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If you are not satisfied with our response, you can make a complaint to the OAIC. Making a complaint
about the way ACARA has handled an FOI request is a separate process to seeking review of ACARA’s
decision.
A complaint to the OAIC must be in writing. More information about how to lodge a complaint to the
Information Commissioner is available on the OAIC website at
https://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-
information/your-freedom-of-information-rights/freedom-of-information-complaints. If you cannot access the OAIC website, please contact the FOI Coordinator (contact details at the end
of this notice), and further details will be provided to you.
Contact us
If you have any questions about this notice or ACARA’s FOI process, please contact the NIAA’s FOI
Coordinator at:
Online:
https://www.acara.edu.au/contact-us/freedom-of-information-request
Post:
Freedom of Information Coordinator
Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority
Level 13, Tower B, 280 Elizabeth Street
Sydney NSW 2000
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