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Freedom of Information (FOI) request
Notice of Decision
Reference: FOI/2022/222
To: BE
Email:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear BE
I refer to your email of 16 August 2022 in which you made a request to the Department of the Prime
Minister and Cabinet (the Department), under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act).
The purpose of this letter is to provide you with a decision on your request for access under the
FOI Act.
Scope of request
I request a list of which Ministers have been sworn to administer each department and
portfolio since 22 May 2022, including the period of appointment. If this document does not
already exist in this form, I request that a document containing this information is created by
the Department under section 17 of the FOI Act.
Authorised decision-maker
I am authorised to make this decision in accordance with arrangements approved by the
Department’s Secretary under section 23 of the FOI Act.
Material taken into account
In reaching my decision I referred to the fol owing:
• the terms of your request
• the FOI Act
• the FOI Guidelines issued by the Information Commissioner
1 (the Guidelines)
1 s 93A of the FOI Act
Postal Address: PO Box 6500, CANBERRA ACT 2600
Telephone: +61 2 6271 5849 Fax: +61 2 6271 5776 www.pmc.gov.au ABN: 18 108 001 191
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Decision
A document containing the information you seek has been created according to Section 17 of the
FOI Act. I have decided to provide access in ful to the document. The document is enclosed.
Review rights
If you disagree with my decision, you may apply for internal review or Information Commissioner
review of the decision.
Internal review
Under section 54 of the FOI Act, you may apply in writing to the Department for an internal review of
my decision. The internal review application must be made within 30 days after the date of this letter.
Where possible please attach reasons why you believe review of the decision is necessary. The internal
review wil be carried out by another officer within 30 days from the date it is received. Applications
for review should be sent to
xxx@xxx.xxx.xx.
Information Commissioner review
Under section 54L of the FOI Act, you may apply to the Australian Information Commissioner to
review my decision. An application for review by the Information Commissioner must be made in
writing within 60 days after the date of this letter. More information about
Information Commissioner
review is available at the OAIC website.
FOI Complaints
If you are unhappy with the way we have handled your FOI request, please let us know what we could
have done better. If you are not satisfied with our response, you can make a complaint to the
Australian Information Commissioner. A complaint to the Information Commissioner must be made in
writing. More information about complaints is available
on the FOI Commissioner's website.2
2 www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-information/reviews-and-complaints/make-an-foi-complaint
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