OFFICIAL

Dear MBV,

I refer to your correspondence of 22 February 2023 seeking access under
the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).

The scope of your request is as follows:

“ All emails, electronic messages or records of conversations between RAAF
and the Prime Minister's Office or PM&C relating to the Prime Minister's
travel to Alice Springs (which took place on 24 January 2023).

Further, I seek any internal RAAF communications relating to this
tasking.”

Where staff details are captured in documents within the scope of your FOI
request, this information will be redacted; this includes private email
addresses, signatures, personnel (PMKeyS) numbers and mobile telephone
numbers, unless you specifically request such details. Defence excludes
duplicates of documents and any documents sent to or from you.
Furthermore, Defence only considers final versions of documents.

If you are seeking personal details of other individuals, please advise
this office by 27 February 2023 so that the decision maker can consider
your request.

The statutory deadline for you to receive a response to your request is 24
March 2023.

Should you have any questions relating to your request, please do not
hesitate to get in contact via email to
[1][email address].

Kind Regards,

FOI Case Management

Media and Information Disclosure Branch

Ministerial and Executive Coordination & Communication Division

Department of Defence

IMPORTANT: This email remains the property of the Department of Defence.
Unauthorised communication and dealing with the information in the email
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OFFICIAL

Good morning MBV,

The current statutory deadline for you to receive a response to your
Defence FOI request is 24 March 2023.

Due to processing demands associated with your request our office is
seeking your agreement to a 30 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 be 23 April 2023.

It would be greatly appreciated if you could confirm your agreement to
this extension of time via e-mail by 5:00pm Monday 20 March 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,

FOI Case Management

Media and Information Disclosure Branch

Ministerial and Executive Coordination & Communication Division

Department of 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.

OFFICIAL

Good afternoon MBV,

I refer to your correspondence of 22 February 2023 seeking access under
the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) to documents held by the
Department of Defence (Defence).

The revised scope of your request is:

Correspondence, Ministerial Submissions, Minutes, records of
conversations, emails, Signal, WhatsApp, Skype, Teams or text messages'
generated between 01 October 2022 and 2023 to date, relating to potential
impacts of the Government's planned and then actual decision to allow
persons on temporary protection visas (TPVs/SHEVs) to apply for permanent
visas (now known as RoS 851) on JTF 639; and

Correspondence, Ministerial Submissions, Minutes, records of
conversations, emails, Signal, WhatsApp, Skype, Teams or text messages'
generated between 01 October 2022 and 2023 to date, relating to potential
impacts of the Government's failure to re-designate Nauru as a regional
processing country (through the lapse of the designation) on JTF 639.

Where staff details are captured in documents within the scope of your FOI
request, this information will be redacted; this includes private email
addresses, signatures, personnel (PMKeyS) numbers and mobile telephone
numbers, unless you specifically request such details. Defence excludes
duplicates of documents and any documents sent to or from you.
Furthermore, Defence only considers final versions of documents.

If you are seeking personal details of other individuals, please advise
this office by 21 March 2023 so that the decision maker can consider your
request.

Extension Request:

The current statutory deadline for you to receive a response to your
Defence FOI revised request is 26 March 2023.

Due to processing demands associated with 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 revised request will be 09 April 2023.

It would be greatly appreciated if you could confirm your agreement to
this extension of time via e-mail by 5:00pm Monday 20 March 2023.

Kind Regards,

FOI Case Management

Media and Information Disclosure Branch

Ministerial and Executive Coordination & Communication Division

Department of 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.

OFFICIAL

Good morning MBV,

I refer to my below correspondence.

May I please seek confirmation of your decision regarding our request for
an extension.

Thank you in advance.

Kind Regards,

FOI Case Management

Media and Information Disclosure Branch

Ministerial and Executive Coordination & Communication Division

Department of 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.

From: FOI Case Management
Sent: Friday, 17 March 2023 11:44 AM
To: '[FOI #9976 email]'
<[FOI #9976 email]>
Subject: 20230317 1143 - [FOI Case
Management]-['[FOI #9976 email]'] Defence FOI
520 22 23 - Request for s15AA Extension

OFFICIAL

Good morning MBV,

The current statutory deadline for you to receive a response to your
Defence FOI request is 24 March 2023.

Due to processing demands associated with your request our office is
seeking your agreement to a 30 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 be 23 April 2023.

It would be greatly appreciated if you could confirm your agreement to
this extension of time via e-mail by 5:00pm Monday 20 March 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,

FOI Case Management

Media and Information Disclosure Branch

Ministerial and Executive Coordination & Communication Division

Department of 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.