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.. � Australian Government
� The Treasury
23 February 2021
FOi ref: 2811
Phillip Sweeney
By email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Mr Sweeney
Freedom of Information Request - Amended Internal Review Decision
I refer to my decision dated 18 December 2020 regarding your internal review request to the Treasury on
20 November 2020. Since that decision, I have been advised that the Treasury does have a document in
scope of your request. Accordingly, I am providing you with a new decision in the matter.
Your original request and Treasury decisions
On 26 October, you made a request under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOi Act) in the following
terms:
The ASIC Chairman, James Shipton, and Deputy Chairman, Daniel Crennan, are required to make 6-
monthly written disclosures of their personal business interests, both direct and indirect, to the
Responsible Minister as required by Section 123 of the ASIC Act 2001 and related ministerial
instructions.
The documents I seek are copies of:
i.
the written disclosures of James Shipton to the Responsible Minister for the period 1 February
2018 to the present; and
ii.
the written disclosures of Daniel Crennan to the Responsible Minister for the period 16 July 2018
to the present.
The covering letters dated 12 October 2018, 1 October 2019 and 13 October 2020 for the last three
ASIC annual reports have been addressed to the Treasurer, the Hon Josh Frydenberg MP.
On 20 November 2018, Ms Angela Barrett refused your request on the basis that the Treasury did not have
any documents in scope of your request. On that day you sought internal review of that decision. On
18 December 2018 I affirmed Ms Barrett's decision. As set out in my letter of that date, further searches
were conducted for disclosures made under s 123 of the ASIC Act made by Mr Shipton and Mr Crennan
without locating any documents. Further, I advised that the disclosures made under that provision are not
provided to the Treasury as a matter of practice.
That advice about the usual practice in relation to s 123 disclosures remains correct. However, a recent
search of one of our systems (for another purpose) found that one of Mr Crennan's disclosures was
provided by the Treasurer's office to the Treasury, but was incorrectly filed.
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