Attachment B – FOI Review Rights
Internal review
You can request internal review within 30 days of you receiving this decision. An internal
review will be conducted by a different officer from the original decision-maker.
No particular form is required to apply for review although it will assist your case to set out the
grounds on which you believe that the original decision should be changed. Applications for
internal review can be made:
• via email to
xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
• by mail to Commonwealth Ombudsman GPO Box 442 Canberra ACT 2601
If you choose to seek an internal review, you will afterward have a right to apply for
Information Commissioner review (IC review) of the internal review decision.
Information Commissioner review or complaint
You also have the right to seek IC review of this decision. For FOI applicants, an application for
IC review must be made in writing within 60 days of the decision. For third parties who object
to disclosure of their information, an application for IC review must be made in writing within
30 days of the decision.
If you are not satisfied with the way we have handled your FOI request, you can lodge a
complaint with the OAIC. However, the OAIC suggests that complaints are made to the agency
in the first instance.
While there is no particular form required to make a complaint to the OAIC, the complaint
should be in writing and set out the reasons for why you are dissatisfied with the way your
request was processed. It should also identify the Ombudsman’s Office as the agency about
which you are complaining.
You can make an IC review application or make an FOI complaint in one of the following ways:
• online at https:
//www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-information/reviews-and-complaints/
• via email to
xxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx
• by mail to GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001, or
• by fax to 02 9284 9666.
More information about the Information Commissioner reviews and complaints is
available on its website
: www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-information/foi-review-
process.
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