Age Assurance Stakeholder Advisory Group
Dear Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications,
I wish to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 for
(a) documents relating to the selection of members for the Age Assurance Stakeholder Advisory Board, chaired by Professor Jon Rouse APM; and
(b) documents relating to the representation, or lack thereof, of young people, LGBTIQA+ people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, disability and neurodivergence, and/or adult industry and sex workers on the Stakeholder Advisory Board; and
(c) any correspondence with Collective Shout, or with representatives or employees of Collective Shout, or with Melinda Tankard-Reist about the participation of Ms Tankard-Reist on the Stakeholder Advisory Board or her suitability for such participation; and
(d) any documents discussing Collective Shout or Melinda Tankard-Reist in connection with age assurance or the age assurance trial.
This request covers documents dated between 1 July 2024 and 12 August 2025, inclusive.
You may redact the names and identifying information of public servants.
You may redact the contact and address details and other private information of members of the Stakeholder Advisory Board, or applicants to become members, but not their names or correspondence.
I otherwise do not consent to other redactions, although feel free to ask if you think it's something I genuinely won't be interested in or which would significantly reduce the work involved in fulfilling the request.
If this information has been partially or substantially covered by a previous FOI disclosure you are welcome to direct me to it at an early opportunity in case it removes the need for any further work.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Yours faithfully,
Greg Tannahill
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Dear Greg Tannahill,
Thank you for your email of 12 August 2025 requesting access to documents
held by the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development,
Communications and the Arts (the Department) under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).
You have requested access to:
(a) documents relating to the selection of members for the Age Assurance
Stakeholder Advisory Board, chaired by Professor Jon Rouse APM; and
(b) documents relating to the representation, or lack thereof, of young
people, LGBTIQA+ people, culturally and linguistically diverse people,
disability and neurodivergence, and/or adult industry and sex workers on
the Stakeholder Advisory Board; and
(c) any correspondence with Collective Shout, or with representatives or
employees of Collective Shout, or with Melinda Tankard-Reist about the
participation of Ms Tankard-Reist on the Stakeholder Advisory Board or her
suitability for such participation; and
(d) any documents discussing Collective Shout or Melinda Tankard-Reist in
connection with age assurance or the age assurance trial.
This request covers documents dated between 1 July 2024 and 12 August
2025, inclusive.
Your request has been allocated the reference number FOI 26-050. Could you
please ensure that you quote this reference number in all future
correspondence with the Department.
Timeframes
The statutory due date for you to receive a decision on your request is 11
September 2025. This date may be extended in certain circumstances, and in
the event that this occurs, the Department will notify you. Where the due
date falls on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday, the timeframe will
expire on the next working day.
Other information
Please note that the Department considers the following information
outside the scope of your request unless you specifically request it:
o personal information of third-party individuals; including public
servants below the SES level and all email addresses, signatures and
direct telephone numbers
o any duplicates and drafts of final versions of documents captured by
your request
o any correspondence sent directly to or from you.
The Department may impose a charge for the work involved in providing
access to the documents in accordance with the Freedom of Information
(Charges) Regulations. You will be notified separately if the Department
decides to impose a charge. There is no charge for documents that contain
your own personal information.
Where documents are released to you under the FOI Act in response to your
request, the Department must publish those documents on its FOI Disclosure
Log within 10 business days of their release to you, unless they contain
personal information or business affairs information that would be
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Kind regards
FOI Coordinator
Freedom of Information Section • Enabling Services Division
P 02 6274 6294
E [3][Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications request email]
GPO Box 594 Canberra, ACT 2601
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development,
Communications, Sport and the Arts
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I would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land on
which we meet, work and live.
I recognise and respect their continuing connection to the land, waters
and communities.
I pay my respects to Elders past and present and to all Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islanders.
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