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Tesi made this Freedom of Information request to Australian Federal Police

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The request was partially successful.

Dear Australian Federal Police,

I am seeking information in relation to the following AFP departments as to their establishment, purpose and the specific operational responsibilities assigned to each one;

National Response Operations team 3, Crime Operations.
Response and Human Trafficking.
Victim Based Crime Team, Crime Operations.

Yours faithfully,

Tesi

FOI, Australian Federal Police

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UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Tesi

Following advice from the line area the information you seek can be found in the 2018/19 AFP annual report at page 74. Further, the teams in question no longer exist.

Although this request was not officially commenced as we were awaiting advice from the line area, but given the information is in the public domain, do you wish to continue with this request?

Regards,

JACQUELINE (AFP12306)
PRINCIPAL FOI OFFICER/TEAM LEADER, FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
CHIEF COUNSEL
AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE

www.afp.gov.au
UNCLASSIFIED

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Dear Jacqueline

Yes I wish to continue with this request.

Thank you,

Tesi

FOI, Australian Federal Police

Thank you for your email.

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This FOI inbox is monitored between 8am and 4pm Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays and the period from 27-31 December.

If you wish to lodge a request for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), please ensure that your request is in writing, states that it is an application for the purposes of the FOI Act and provides sufficient detail describing the documents you wish to access.

If you are requesting personal information about yourself then please ensure you enclose a copy of your photographic identification.

Further details on how to make a valid FOI request can be found on the Australian Federal Police’s website at: http://www.afp.gov.au/about-the-afp/foi-...

The Australian Federal Police will acknowledge your request in accordance with the legislative requirements of the Act.

The FOI Team can be contacted on 02 6131 6131

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UNCLASSIFIED

 

Dear Tesi Fel

 

I refer to your email dated 10 December 2019, in which you seek access to
documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the Act) as follows:

 

Information in relation to the following AFP departments as their
establishment, purpose and specific operational responsibilities assigned
to the

 

National Response Operations team 3, Crime Operations;

Response and Human Trafficking; and

Victim Based Crime Team, Crime Operations.

 

Timeframe

 

Your confirmation to proceed with your request was received by this agency
on 10 December 2019, and the 30 day statutory period for processing your
request commenced from that date. The due date for your request is 9
January 2020.

 

Information considered irrelevant to the scope of your request

 

The AFP, in its management of FOI requests, excludes the following
information on the basis that is irrelevant to the scope of a request:

 

-      Names of AFP members, other than the Senior Executive.

-      Direct telephone numbers, signatures and mobile telephone numbers
of AFP members.

-      Duplicate documents, including duplicate emails.  The AFP will only
provide emails where they form a final email chain and the
authors/recipients are contained within the final email. 

-      Information that is publicly available, for example, newspaper
articles, online publications including information available on the AFP
Information Publication Scheme and the AFP disclosure log.

 

If you object to the AFP excluding any of the above information, please
advise this office within seven days of receipt of this email.

 

Charges

 

You will be notified of any charges in accordance with the Freedom of
Information (Fees and Charges) Regulations, should they apply, in relation
to your request as soon as practicable. 

 

Information Publication Scheme

 

Please be advised that effective 1 May 2011 and in accordance with section
8(2) of the Act, an agency is required to publish information on the AFP
website following the notification of a decision in respect of a freedom
of information request.  Details of the decision will be published in a
Disclosure Log which can be found at
[1]https://www.afp.gov.au/about-us/informat....

 

The requirement to publish information released under FOI reinforces the
objectives of the FOI Act to promote a pro-disclosure culture across
government and to increase recognition that information held by government
is a national resource.  Exceptions to the requirement to publish
information would apply to personal information and information concerning
the business affairs of a person if it was considered ‘unreasonable’ to do
so. 

 

If, however, after noting the above, you wish to raise any concerns about
the publication of information concerning your request prior to the
notification of a decision, please advise this office in writing before 9
January 2020.

 

Yours sincerely

 

TANYA (AFP14692)
ACTING SENIOR TEAM MEMBER
CHIEF COUNSEL PORTFOLIO

Tel +61(0) 2 51269366
[2]www.afp.gov.au
[3]Australian Federal Police

UNCLASSIFIED

 

 

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UNCLASSIFIED
Good afternoon,

I refer to your email below and would appreciate if you could please provide further clarification on the scope of your request to enable us to identify relevant documents.

We are unable to determine what type of information you are seeking which is not already publicly available. For example, are you seeking documents in relation to the creation of the teams, staff numbers and structure or each their responsibilities at the time of their existence.

To enable us to facilitate you request, I would appreciate if you could please provide a response by Tuesday, 24 December 2019.

Kind regards,

TANYA (AFP14692)
ACTING SENIOR TEAM MEMBER
CHIEF COUNSEL PORTFOLIO
AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE

Tel +61(0) 2 51269366
www.afp.gov.au

UNCLASSIFIED

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UNCLASSIFIED

 

Good afternoon,

 

Your Freedom of Information Request

 

I refer to your email dated 10 December 2019 in which you seek access to
documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982.

 

Upon consideration of your request, the AFP is of the view that your
request will take longer than 30 days to process.  The delay is
regrettable, however, due to the AFP’s stand down period for Christmas and
New Year being within the original decision making time and the
requirement to undertaken further searches with the relevant line areas to
identify relevant documents, the AFP will be unable to finalise this
matter within the 30 day time frame, therefore it will not be possible to
advise you of a decision by 9 January 2020.

 

Accordingly, pursuant to section 15AA of the Act, I seek your agreement to
extend the period to notify you of a decision to on or before 8 February
2020.

 

I apologise for the delay and any inconvenience this may cause and will
endeavour to provide you with a decision as possible.

 

I would be grateful if you would advise this office in writing of your
agreement to the proposed extension of time before close of business 9
January 2020. 

 

If you have any queries in relation to this matter, please do not hesitate
to contact this office.

 

Kind regards,

 

TANYA (AFP14692)
ACTING SENIOR TEAM MEMBER
CHIEF COUNSEL PORTFOLIO

Tel +61(0) 2 51269366
[1]www.afp.gov.au
[2]Australian Federal Police

UNCLASSIFIED

 

 

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UNCLASSIFIED

 

Good afternoon Tesi,

 

I refer to the attached correspondence and note that we are yet to receive
a response.

 

To enable us to facilitate your request, I would appreciate if you could
please respond providing further clarification on the scope of your
request to enable us to undertaken relevant searches to identify any
further documents which are not already publicly available.

 

I would also appreciate if you could please consider our extension of time
request under s15AA of the Act.

 

A response by 10am, 10 January 2020 would be appreciated.

 

Kind regards,

 

TANYA (AFP14692)
ACTING SENIOR TEAM MEMBER
CHIEF COUNSEL PORTFOLIO

Tel +61(0) 2 51269366
[1]www.afp.gov.au
[2]Australian Federal Police

UNCLASSIFIED

 

 

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Dear Tanya,

Yes I am seeking documents in relation to the creation of the teams, staff numbers and structure or each their responsibilities at the time of their existence.

Yours sincerely,

Tesi

FOI, Australian Federal Police

Thank you for your email.

Please note that this is an automated response to confirm that your email was sent to the Australian Federal Police Freedom of Information (FOI) inbox.

This FOI inbox is monitored between 8am and 4pm Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays and the period from 27-31 December.

If you wish to lodge a request for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), please ensure that your request is in writing, states that it is an application for the purposes of the FOI Act and provides sufficient detail describing the documents you wish to access.

If you are requesting personal information about yourself then please ensure you enclose a copy of your photographic identification.

Further details on how to make a valid FOI request can be found on the Australian Federal Police’s website at: http://www.afp.gov.au/about-the-afp/foi-...

The Australian Federal Police will acknowledge your request in accordance with the legislative requirements of the Act.

The FOI Team can be contacted on 02 6131 6131

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UNCLASSIFIED

 

Good afternoon Tesi,

 

I hope you are well and refer to my email correspondence below.

 

I note that the AFP is yet to receive a response in relation to further
clarification on the scope of your request.

 

Unfortunately, based on the information initially provided, the AFP is
unable to determine documents which contain further information which is
not already available at page 74 of the 2018/19 AFP Annual Report.

 

I am therefore informing you, that the AFP will be closing you file in
relation to this request.

 

Kind regards,

TANYA (AFP14692)
ACTING SENIOR TEAM MEMBER
CHIEF COUNSEL PORTFOLIO

Tel +61(0) 2 51269366
[1]www.afp.gov.au
[2]Australian Federal Police

UNCLASSIFIED

 

 

From: FOI <[email address]>
Sent: Thursday, 9 January 2020 4:11 PM
To: [FOI #5930 email]
Cc: FOI <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - FEL - CRM 2020/401
[SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

 

UNCLASSIFIED

 

Good afternoon Tesi,

 

I refer to the attached correspondence and note that we are yet to receive
a response.

 

To enable us to facilitate your request, I would appreciate if you could
please respond providing further clarification on the scope of your
request to enable us to undertaken relevant searches to identify any
further documents which are not already publicly available.

 

I would also appreciate if you could please consider our extension of time
request under s15AA of the Act.

 

A response by 10am, 10 January 2020 would be appreciated.

 

Kind regards,

 

TANYA (AFP14692)
ACTING SENIOR TEAM MEMBER
CHIEF COUNSEL PORTFOLIO

Tel +61(0) 2 51269366
[3]www.afp.gov.au
[4]Australian Federal Police

UNCLASSIFIED

 

 

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