13 January 2014
Mr Tom Swann
Email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
In reply please quote:
FOI Request:
FA13/07/00856
File Number:
ADF2013/22717
Dear Mr Swann
Freedom of Information request – Release of documents
This letter refers to your request received on 20 July 2013 seeking access under the
Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act) to the following documents:
‘Under the FOI Act I request documents held by the Department produced in the last two
weeks relating to paid public communications across all media within Australia about the new
asylum seeker regional processing policy, including (but not limited to):
- any strategy documents stating the purpose of the campaign, how it will achieve that
purpose, how success will be assessed, and how target audiences were chosen;
- any design briefs and requests for alterations sent from or to the Department;
- any assessment of the compatibility of this campaign with Government advertising
guidelines;
- any correspondence about the advertising campaign between the Department of
Immigration and Citizenship and either the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet,
and/or the Office of the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship.’
Decision
I am an officer authorised under section 23 of the FOI Act to make decisions in respect of requests to
access documents or to amend or annotate departmental records. In reaching my decision, I have
considered the following:
• the
Freedom of Information Act 1982;
• departmental files and/or documents (Decision Record);
• the Information Commissioner guidelines;
• formal business consultations, and
• consultations with relevant business areas
My decision is to release, in part, the documents within the scope of your request. Please see the attached
Decision Record and Schedule of Documents for information on those documents which have been
exempted or refused as part of this decision.
Charges
After processing the request, the number of documents was reduced to 140 pages. The final
figure of the outstanding amount has been reduced to
$199.10. The documents will not be
released until the outstanding amount has being processed. I have attached a Credit Card
Authorisation form for you to authorise payment of the outstanding amount. Alternatively you
may send a cheque or money order to the department for the outstanding amount.
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Review rights Internal review If you disagree with my decision, you have the right to apply for an internal review by the department
of a primary decision to refuse access to documents you have requested.
If you wish to make a request for internal review this must be sent within 30 days of being notified of
the decision. Where possible please attach reasons why you believe review of the decision is
necessary. The internal review will be carried out by an officer other than the original decision-maker
and the department must make a review decision within 30 days.
Applications for review should be sent to:
Post
FOI and Privacy Policy Section
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
PO Box 25
BELCONNEN ACT 2616
Email
xxx@xxxx.xxx.xx
Review by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner You may apply directly to the Australian Information Commissioner for a review of my decision.
You must apply in writing within 60 days of this notice. You can lodge your application in one of the
following ways:
Post
GPO Box 2999
CANBERRA ACT 2601
or
GPO Box 5218
SYDNEY NSW 2001
Online
www.oaic.gov.au
Email
xxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx
In person
4 National Circuit BARTON ACT
or
Level 3, 175 Pitt Street SYDNEY NSW
An application form is available on the website at www.oaic.gov.au. Your application should include a
copy of the notice of the decision to which you are seeking review and your contact details. You
should also set out why you are seeking a review of the decision.
For further information about review rights under the FOI Act please see FOI fact sheet 12 ‘Freedom
of information – Your review rights’, available online at www.oaic.gov.au.
How to make a complaint about the handling of your FOI request
You may complain to the Australian Information Commissioner if you have concerns about how the
department has handled your request under the FOI Act.
Your complaint must be in writing and must specify the agency you are complaining about. You can
send your complaint to the Australian Information Commissioner using the details above. A complaint
form is also available at www.oaic.gov.au.
If you are unhappy with the department’s decision about giving or refusing access to documents, you
should ask for the decision to be reviewed, which is a separate process which has been outlined in the
previous section.

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Client Service Charter
Our Client Service Charter explains our service commitment to you. We are committed to service
delivery that is timely, open and accountable, and responsive to your needs. The Charter explains how
you can help us and how you can provide feedback or make a complaint. You can read our Client
Service Charter on our website, or in a printed copy available from any of our offices.
Contacting the FOI Section
If you wish to discuss this matter, I can be contacted using the details provided below.
Service satisfaction
The department remains committed to ensuring that all clients, both in Australia and overseas, receive
not only fair and reasonable treatment, but also an efficient standard of service that is sensitive to each
client's needs.
To provide a compliment, complaint or suggestion you can:
• telephone the Global Feedback Unit (toll-free within Australia) on 13 31 77 9 am to 4 pm
• complete a feedback form online at www.immi.gov.au
• write to the Manager, Global Feedback Unit, Reply Paid 241, Melbourne Victoria 3001 Australia
• contact us directly through any of our offices.
Yours sincerely
Mel Heggart
PN 60008303
FOI Case Officer
FOI & Privacy Policy
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
Telephone
02 6264 3131
Email
xxx@xxxx.xxx.xx
Attachment(s)
Client Service Information
Decision Record
Schedule of Documents
Documents released: Emails between DIAC and UM (Universal McCann) regarding By Boat, No
Visa campaign,
Emails between DIAC and PM&C regarding By Boat, No Visa campaign
Email within DIAC regarding By Boat, No Visa campaign
Compliance Against the Information and Advertising Campaign – By Boat, No Visa
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CLIENT SERVICE INFORMATION
Client Service Charter
Our Client Service Charter explains our service commitment to you. We are committed to service
delivery that is timely, open and accountable, and responsive to your needs. The Charter explains how
you can help us and how you can provide feedback or make a complaint. You can read our Client
Service Charter on our website, or in a printed copy available from any of our offices.
Service satisfaction The department remains committed to ensuring that all clients, both in Australia and overseas, receive
not only fair and reasonable treatment, but also an efficient standard of service that is sensitive to each
client’s needs.
To provide a compliment, complaint or suggestion you can:
telephone the Global Feedback Unit on 13 31 77 during business hours
complete a feedback form online at www.immi.gov.au
write to:
The Manager
Global Feedback Unit
GPO Box 241
Melbourne VIC 3001
Australia
contact us directly through any of our offices.
DECISION RECORD
Client Details FOI Request:
FA13/07/00856
File Number:
ADF2013/22717
Scope:
‘Under the FOI Act I request documents held by the Department produced in the last two
weeks relating to paid public communications across all media within Australia about the new
asylum seeker regional processing policy, including (but not limited to):
- any strategy documents stating the purpose of the campaign, how it will achieve that
purpose, how success will be assessed, and how target audiences were chosen;
- any design briefs and requests for alterations sent from or to the Department;
- any assessment of the compatibility of this campaign with Government advertising
guidelines;
- any correspondence about the advertising campaign between the Department of
Immigration and Citizenship and either the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet,
and/or the Office of the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship.’
Documents in scope
1. Emails between DIAC and UM (Universal McCann) regarding By Boat, No Visa campaign
2. Emails between DIAC and PM&C regarding By Boat, No Visa campaign
3. Email within DIAC regarding By Boat, No Visa campaign
4. Compliance Against the Information and Advertising Campaign – By Boat, No Visa
Information considered
I am an officer authorised under section 23 of the FOI Act to make decisions in respect of requests to
access documents or to amend or annotate departmental records. In reaching my decision, I have
considered the following:
• the
Freedom of Information Act 1982;
• departmental files and/or documents (Decision Record);
• the Information Commissioner guidelines;
• formal business consultations, and;
• consultations with relevant business areas
Reasons for decision
I have considered the files within the scope of your request and applied exemptions in part or in full to
documents as detailed in the Schedule of Documents. You should read the schedule in conjunction
with the exemptions below.
Deletion of exempt or irrelevant material under s.22 of the FOI Act
Section 22(2) of the FOI Act provides that, where an agency reaches the view that a document
contains exempt information or material that is irrelevant to the request
and it is possible for the
agency to prepare an edited copy of the document with the irrelevant or exempt material deleted, then
the agency must prepare such a copy.
This edited copy must be provided to the applicant. Further, the decision maker must advise the
applicant in writing that the edited copy of the document has been prepared and of the reason(s) for
each of the deletions in the document (s.22(3) of the FOI Act).
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Irrelevant material is deleted pursuant to s.22(1)(a)(ii) of the FOI Act.
The attached Schedule of Documents identifies documents where material has either been deleted as
exempt information under the FOI Act or deleted as irrelevant to the scope of the request.
s47F Public interest conditional exemptions—personal privacy
(1) A document is conditionally exempt if its disclosure under this Act would involve the
unreasonable disclosure of personal information about any person (including a deceased
person).
(2) In determining whether the disclosure of the document would involve the unreasonable
disclosure of personal information, an agency or Minister must have regard to the following matters:
(a) the extent to which the information is well known;
(b) whether the person to whom the information relates is known to be (or to have been)
associated with the matters dealt with in the document;
(c) the availability of the information from publicly accessible sources;
(d) any other matters that the agency or Minister considers relevant. A document is 'conditionally exempt' under s.47F(1) of the FOI Act if its release would involve the
unreasonable disclose of personal information about any person, including a deceased person. A
conditionally exempt document
must be released under the FOI Act unless the release would be
'contrary to the public interest'.
I am satisfied that the documents I have exempted under section 47F(1) contain personal information
and the disclosure would be contrary to the public interest.
SCHEDULE OF DOCUMENTS TO DECISION RECORD
Client Details FOI Request:
FA13/07/00856
File Number:
ADF2013/22717
1.
Other documents;
Number
Description
Decision
Legislation
of pages
18
Emails between DIAC and UM (Universal McCann)
Released with
s47F
regarding By Boat, No Visa campaign
exemption
5
Emails between DIAC and PM&C regarding By
Released with
s47F
Boat, No Visa campaign
exemption
91
Email within DIAC regarding By Boat, No Visa
Released with
s47F
campaign
exemption
s22(a)(ii)
26
Compliance Against the Information and Advertising Released with
s22(a)(ii)
Campaign – By Boat, No Visa
exemption
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