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Dear Chris H,
I refer to your application in which you seek access to documents under the
Freedom of Information
Act 1982 (FOI Act) regarding:
a document with names of FOREIGN entities who are creditors of the economy 's debt
Your request was received by the ABS on 20 December 2019 and the 30 day statutory period for
processing your request commenced from that date.
It is ABS policy to impose charges consistent with s.29 of the FOI Act. If applicable we will inform
you of charges for this request once we have conducted a search for documents. If charges are
imposed and you wish to proceed, we will require a deposit in order for us to continue processing
the request in full.
Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this email.
Please note that the ABS offices will be closed from COB Tuesday 24 December 2019 and will
reopen on Thursday 2 January 2020.
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Fiona Carnes
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Dear Australian Bureau of Statistics ,
This request is an application for the purpose of the Freedom of
Information Act 1982.
I am writing to request a document with names of FOREIGN entities who are
creditors of the economy's debt.
Yours faithfully,
Chris H
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