I have considered the search and retrieval efforts in processing your FOI requests. As
previously advised to you, this involved:
• A search and retrieval request to the relevant line area, who conducted
searches and located a document on the OAIC’s Records management system
Content Manager (TRIM)
On the basis of the search conducted, I am satisfied that under s 24A of the FOI Act, al
reasonable steps have been taken by the OAIC to find the documents that fal within the scope
of your request. I am also satisfied that the 1
document identified during the search and
retrieval process is the only document within the scope of your request.
Conclusion
As noted above, I have granted access in full to the 1 document found within the scope of your
request.
Please see the fol owing page for information about your review rights.
Yours sincerely
Alessia Mercuri
Lawyer
Legal Services
25 November 2022
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If you disagree with my decision
Internal Review
You have the right to apply for an internal review of my decision under Part VI of the
FOI Act. An internal review will be conducted, to the extent possible, by an officer of
the OAIC who was not involved in or consulted in the making of my decision. If you
wish to apply for an internal review, you must do so in writing within 30 days. There
is no application fee for internal review.
If you wish to apply for an internal review, please mark your application for the
attention of the FOI Coordinator and state the grounds on which you consider that
my decision should be reviewed.
Applications for internal reviews can be submitted to:
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
GPO Box 5218
SYDNEY NSW 2001
Alternatively, you can submit your application by email to xxx@xxxx.xxx.xx, or by fax
on 02 9284 9666.
Further Review
You have the right to seek review of this decision by the Information Commissioner
and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT).
You may apply to the Information Commissioner for a review of my decision (IC
review). If you wish to apply for IC review, you must do so in writing within 60 days.
Your application must provide an address (which can be an email address or fax
number) that we can send notices to, and include a copy of this letter. A request for
IC review can be made in relation to my decision, or an internal review decision.
It is the Information Commissioner’s view that it will usually not be in the interests of
the administration of the FOI Act to conduct an IC review of a decision, or an internal
review decision, made by the agency that the Information Commissioner heads: the
OAIC. For this reason, if you make an application for IC review of my decision, and the
Information Commissioner is satisfied that in the interests of administration of the
Act it is desirable that my decision be considered by the AAT, the Information
Commissioner may decide not to undertake an IC review.
Section 57A of the FOI Act provides that, before you can apply to the AAT for review
of an FOI decision, you must first have applied for IC review.
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Applications for IC review can be submitted online at:
https://forms.business.gov.au/smartforms/servlet/SmartForm.html?formCode=ICR
Alternatively, you can submit your application to:
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
GPO Box 5218
SYDNEY NSW 2001
Or by email to xxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx , or by fax on 02 9284 9666.
Accessing your information
If you would like access to the information that we hold about you, please contact
xxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx . More information is available on the Access our information
page on our website.
Disclosure log
Section 11C of the FOI Act requires agencies to publish online documents released
to members of the public within 10 days of release, except if they contain personal
or business information that would be unreasonable to publish.
I am not of the view that the documents I have decided to release to you contain
personal and business information that would be unreasonable to publish. As a
result, the documents will be published on our disclosure log.
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