Australian Securities
and Investments Commission
Office address (inc courier deliveries):
Level 7, 120 Collins Street,
Melbourne VIC 3000
Mail address for Melbourne office:
GPO Box 9827,
Brisbane QLD 4001
Tel: +61 1300 935 075
18 December 2020
Fax: +61 1300 729 000
www.asic.gov.au
Phillip Sweeney
By email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Mr Sweeney
Freedom of Information Request No. FOI 240-2020
I refer to your request for access to a document made under the
Freedom of Information Act
1982 (
FOI Act) dated 18 November 2020 in which you requested access to a document in the
possession of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (
ASIC).
Your request was as follows:
‘The document I seek is a document that would disclose the number of corporate
credit cards currently in use at ASIC’
Decision and reasons for decision
I have identified
1 document which comes within the terms of your request. I have decided to
grant access in full to this document. I note that this document has been published by the
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services and is publicly available
online on the Parliament of Australian Government website (located here:
https://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?id=412c9cea-a663-4834-9e42-1c2126f319e2).
The document is attached.
I have taken the following material into account in making my decision:
• the terms of your request;
• the content of the document that falls within the scope of your request;
• the FOI Act; and
• the guidelines issued by the Australian Information Commissioner under section 93A
of the FOI Act (
the FOI Guidelines).
Review rights
In the event that you are dissatisfied with the decision:
1. You may, within 30 days after the day on which you have been notified of this decision,
apply in writing to ASIC for an internal review of my decision under section 54B of the FOI
Act. This review is an independent process conducted by a Senior Freedom of Information
Officer at ASIC. This request should be addressed to me or to the Senior Manager, Freedom
of Information, GPO Box 9827, Brisbane QLD 4001 or by email to
xxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx
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2. You may within 60 days after the day on which you have been notified of this decision, apply
in writing to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) for a review of
my decision under section 54N of the FOI Act. You may contact the OAIC by post at GPO
Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001, by email at
xxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx or by telephone on 1300 363
992.
Right to complain
You may lodge a complaint with the OAIC in relation to the conduct of ASIC in the handling of
this request. You may contact the OAIC as set out above.
If you have any questions or wish to discuss, please contact me on (03) 9280 4156 or on
xxxxxxx.xxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx.
Yours sincerely
Jessica Zhang
Freedom of Information Officer
(Authorised decision-maker pursuant to subsection 23(1) of the FOI Act)