31 March 2014
Mr Ben Fairless
Right to Know Organisation
By email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Mr Fairless
Request for internal review of IP Australia’s access refusal decision
1. I refer to your application under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (
FOI Act) received in this office on
19 March 2014, seeking internal review of Ms Mandy Edlington’s decision on access of the same date.
2. I am an officer of IP Australia authorised under section 23 of the FOI Act to make decisions on internal
review. Pursuant to section 54C(3) of the FOI Act, a decision must be made in relation to your request
on or before the expiration of 30 calendar days after the day on which the application was received. In
this case, a decision on internal review will be notified to you on or before 18 April 2014.
3. IP Australia will use the email address noted above to correspond with you regarding this request.
Yours sincerely
Philip Harrison
Chief Legal Counsel
Office of Legal Counsel