Afghanistan Inquiry Implementation Oversight Panel Reports and Responses
Dear Department of Defence,
I request copies of:
1. the quarterly Afghanistan Inquiry Implementation Oversight Panel Reports to the Defence Minister that have not yet been released under FOI (i.e. Report number 11 and 12).
2. any responses by the Minister, the Dept of Defence, or ADF to any of those reports (i.e. Report number 1 to 12).
3. copies of all documents initiating, requesting or establishing the report by Andrew Hocking into organisational "lessons learnt" during the Afghanistan Campaign (which ultimately became the report known as "Preparing for the future: key organisational lessons from the Afghanistan campaign").
4. copies of all documents which in any way set, changed, altered, edited or commented on the scope, terms, issues, matters or topics of the report referred to in item 3 above.
Yours faithfully,
James Smith
OFFICIAL
Dear James,
Acknowledgement
I refer to your correspondence of 29 October 2023, seeking access to
documents held by the Department of Defence (Defence), under the Freedom
of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act). This email is to advise you that your
request has been received and allocated for Case Management.
The scope of the request is:
“...1. the quarterly Afghanistan Inquiry Implementation Oversight Panel
Reports to the Defence Minister that have not yet been released under FOI
(i.e. Report number 11 and 12).
2. any responses by the Minister, the Dept of Defence, or ADF to any of
those reports (i.e. Report number 1 to 12).
3. copies of all documents initiating, requesting or establishing the
report by Andrew Hocking into organisational "lessons learnt" during the
Afghanistan Campaign (which ultimately became the report known as
"Preparing for the future: key organisational lessons from the Afghanistan
campaign").
4. copies of all documents which in any way set, changed, altered, edited
or commented on the scope, terms, issues, matters or topics of the report
referred to in item 3 above.”
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Ryan
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OFFICIAL
Dear James,
I refer to your correspondence of 29 October 2023, seeking access to the
following documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act):
1. the quarterly Afghanistan Inquiry Implementation Oversight Panel
Reports to the Defence Minister that have not yet been released under FOI
(i.e. Report number 11 and 12).
2. any responses by the Minister, the Dept of Defence, or ADF to any of
those reports (i.e. Report number 1 to 12).
3. copies of all documents initiating, requesting or establishing the
report by Andrew Hocking into organisational "lessons learnt" during the
Afghanistan Campaign (which ultimately became the report known as
"Preparing for the future: key organisational lessons from the Afghanistan
campaign").
4. copies of all documents which in any way set, changed, altered, edited
or commented on the scope, terms, issues, matters or topics of the report
referred to in item 3 above.
The current statutory deadline for you to receive a response to your FOI
request is 28 November 2023.
Due to competing priorities currently impacting the relevant line area
responsible for processing your request, our office is seeking your
agreement to a 14-day extension of the statutory deadline under section
15AA [extension with agreement] of the FOI Act.
Should you agree, the statutory deadline for you to receive a response to
your request will expire on 12 December 2023.
It would be much appreciated if you could confirm your agreement to this
extension of time via e-mail by Monday, 13 November 2023.
I am the Case Manager for your request and should you have any questions
regarding this matter please do not hesitate to contact me.
Kind regards,
Ryan
Freedom of Information
Media and Information Disclosure Branch
Ministerial & Executive Coordination and Communication Division
Department of Defence
Tel: 02 5108 8851
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Dear FOI Case Management,
I do not agree to the extension as it is not required.
Previous reports relating to Item 1 have been requested multiple times previously and reports 1-10 have been released.
Item 2 should be on file with item 1.
Items 3 and 4 should be easily obtainable from the Centre for Defence Research.
See here: https://www.defence.gov.au/research-inno...
Accordingly, the statutory timeframe provides ample time to source and produce the materials requested.
Yours sincerely,
James Smith
OFFICIAL
Dear James,
Please find attached the Decision and documents relating to Defence FOI
request 388/23/24.
Under section 54 of the FOI Act, you are entitled to request a review of
this decision. Your review rights are attached.
Please contact this office should you require any further information.
Kind regards,
Ryan
Freedom of Information
Media and Information Disclosure Branch
Ministerial & Executive Coordination and Communication Division
Department of Defence
Tel: 02 5108 8851
[1]Freedom of information requests | About | Defence
IMPORTANT: This email remains the property of the Department of Defence.
Unauthorised communication and dealing with the information in the email
may be a serious criminal offence. If you have received this email in
error, you are requested to contact the sender and delete the email
immediately.
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