15 May 2017
Mr Dominic Paul
By email:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Mr Paul
FOI REQUEST – REFERENCE NUMBER 2017-014
I refer to your request for access to documents under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI
Act) in your email of 12 May 2017. Specifically, you have sought access to the following:
“Documents, e.g. external work request or invoices, pertaining to the total cost to produce
‘Searching for Trough Man’, which went to air on the RN Earshot
program at 11am on 9 May
2017.”
I confirm that the 30-day statutory period for processing your request commenced from the day
after your application was received, being 13 May 2017.
Subject to any suspension of the processing period or extension of the time for deciding this
application, the ABC is required to make a determination in relation to this application by
12 June 2017. Please note that processing charges may be imposed and that consultation with third
parties may be required. If it is necessary to seek agreement to pay charges or to consult with third
parties, additional processing time is provided under the FOI Act. You will be advised of any charges
as well as any need to consult third parties in relation to your request.
Please note that the ABC is required by the FOI Act to publish decisions and accessed information on
its website within 10 working days after the release of the documents to the FOI applicant.
You should also be aware that by making an FOI request, you may be providing personal information
to the ABC. The ABC will manage any such information in accordance with the ABC’s Privacy Policy.
Details of that policy are available on the ABC’s website:
http://about.abc.net.au/abc-privacy-policy/.
Please note that personal information (such as your name) may be disclosed in the course of
processing this request, for instance for the purposes of consultation or internal reporting.
I will consider your request and provide you with a decision as soon as practicable.
Yours sincerely
Juliana Walsh
Corporate Compliance Coordinator
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