OFFICIAL

Reference: 2025/101 

Dear Mr Tyler

Thank you for your email of 16 May 2025 in which you made a request under
the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act) to the Department of the
Prime Minister and Cabinet (the Department). 

You set out the terms of the request as follows:

Dear Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet,

My request is this.

Is it possible to provide a copy of the Commissions or similar official
instruments which effect the appointments of ministers, and terminations
of past ministerial appointments, of the australian federal government
following the general election on 3 May 2025, and a copy of the signed
oath or affirmation for appointments?

I understand that the above appointments and terminations made by the
Governor-General may already be known in public
[1]https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/file....

My request now is for a copy of the formal Commission or similar official
instrument on the appointments and terminations, and the oaths or
affirmations for appointments.

Thank yous!

Timeframe for receiving your decision

The 30 day statutory period for processing your request commenced from the
day after the Department received your request, you should therefore
expect a decision from us by 18 June 2025.

The processing period of 30 days may be extended in certain circumstances
and we will write to you separately regarding any extension of time. 

Charges

Agencies may decide that an applicant is liable to pay a charge in respect
of a request for access to documents. If the Department decides that you
are liable to pay a charge, we will send you a preliminary assessment of
the charge as soon as possible. 

Publication of documents

Please note that information released under the FOI Act may later be
published online on our disclosure log at
[2]https://www.pmc.gov.au/government/depart...,
subject to certain exceptions. 

If you think you might wish to raise any objections to the publication of
your requested document, which may be released to you, please contact us
by email at [3][DPMC request email].  If you do wish to object to the
publication of information, you would need to set out your reasons.

Exclusion of officers’ names and contact details

For documents that fall within scope of the request, it is the
Department’s policy to withhold:

o any person’s signature;
o the names and contact details of Australian Public Service officers
not in the Senior Executive Service (SES);
o the mobile or direct numbers of SES officers;
o the names and contact details of Ministerial staff at a level below
Chief of Staff.

If you consider the information categorised above is relevant to the terms
of your request please let us know at [4][DPMC request email], otherwise we will
take it that you agree this category of information may be reasonably
regarded as irrelevant and we will delete this information if it appears
in the documents that are otherwise responsive to your request. 

The names and other details of SES officers will not be withheld unless
there is some reason for that information to be exempt from release.

Further information on FOI processing can be found at the website of the
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at
[5]https://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-infor...

Yours sincerely

Coordinator

FOI Section

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

p. (02) 6271 5849

Ngunnawal Country | One National Circuit Barton ACT 2600 | PO Box
6500 CANBERRA ACT 2600
e. [6][email address] w. [7]pmc.gov.au

[8]cid:image003.jpg@01D78E24.FF2DAFB0 The
Department
acknowledges
and pays
respect to
the past,
present and
emerging
Elders and
Traditional
Custodians
of Country,
and the
continuation
of cultural,
spiritual
and
educational
practices of
Aboriginal
and Torres
Strait
Islander
peoples.

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you 
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3. mailto:[DPMC request email]
4. mailto:[DPMC request email]
5. https://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-infor...
6. mailto:[email address]
7. https://www.pmc.gov.au/

OFFICIAL

Departmental reference: FOI/2025/101

PM&C Ref: FOI/2025/101

Dear Mr Tyler

I refer your request of 16 May 2025 under the Freedom of Information Act
1982 seeking access to:

Dear Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet,

My request is this.

Is it possible to provide a copy of the Commissions or similar official
instruments which effect the appointments of ministers, and terminations
of past ministerial appointments, of the australian federal government
following the general election on 3 May 2025, and a copy of the signed
oath or affirmation for appointments?

I understand that the above appointments and terminations made by the
Governor-General may already be known in public
[1]https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/file....

My request now is for a copy of the formal Commission or similar official
instrument on the appointments and terminations, and the oaths or
affirmations for appointments.

Thank yous!

The current due date for a decision on your FOI request is 18 June 2025.
Unfortunately, we are unable to make this timeframe. The Department would
like to work with applicants in managing the timeframes of its requests.
The FOI Act has built-in provisions that facilitate extensions in
consultation with applicants, this enables agencies to manage their FOI
requests and keep them within time.

Given this, we seek your agreement to an extension of 14-days under
section 15AA of the FOI Act, this would extend the due date to 2 July
2025.

We would be grateful if you can provide your response on or before COB 12
June 2025.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Kind regards,

Adviser

FOI Section | Legal Policy Branch[]

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

p. (02) 6271 5849
Ngunnawal Country, One National Circuit, Barton ACT 2600 | PO Box
6500 CANBERRA ACT 2600
e. [2][email address] w. [3]pmc.gov.au

[4]Reconciliation The Department of the Prime Minister and    [5]Torres
Action Plan Cabinet (PM&C) would like to acknowledge Strait
artwork the Traditional Custodians of Country Islander
throughout Australia and their continuing artwork
spiritual, social and cultural relationship
with the land, waters, skies and community.
We pay our respects to their Elders past
and present, and to their community
leaders, and extend that respect to all
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
peoples.

______________________________________________________________________ 
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that is confidential and may also be the subject of legal professional or 
other privilege. If you are not the intended recipient of this message,
you 
must not review, copy, disseminate or disclose its contents to any other 
party or take action in reliance of any material contained within it. If
you 
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3. https://www.pmc.gov.au/

OFFICIAL

Departmental reference: FOI/2025/101

Dear Mr Tyler,

I refer your request of 16 May 2025 under the Freedom of Information Act
1982 seeking access to:

Dear Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet,

My request is this.

Is it possible to provide a copy of the Commissions or similar official
instruments which effect the appointments of ministers, and terminations
of past ministerial appointments, of the australian federal government
following the general election on 3 May 2025, and a copy of the signed
oath or affirmation for appointments?

I understand that the above appointments and terminations made by the
Governor-General may already be known in public
[1]https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/file....

My request now is for a copy of the formal Commission or similar official
instrument on the appointments and terminations, and the oaths or
affirmations for appointments.

Thank yous!

Thank you for your earlier agreement to extend the processing period by 14
days. The processing of the request has progressed. We are finalising
internal consultations and once complete we will move to finalising a
decision for approval and clearance. However, this means that it is
unlikely this matter will be finalised by the current due date of 2 July
2025. Accordingly, we are seeking your agreement to a short 14-days
extension to 16 July 2025 under section 15AA of the FOI Act.  

If you agree to this request for an extension of time, we ask that you
confirm this in writing via return email by 12pm 27 June 2025.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Kind regards,

Adviser

FOI Section | Legal Policy Branch[]

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

p. (02) 6271 5849
Ngunnawal Country, One National Circuit, Barton ACT 2600 | PO Box
6500 CANBERRA ACT 2600
e. [2][email address] w. [3]pmc.gov.au

[4]Reconciliation The Department of the Prime Minister and    [5]Torres
Action Plan Cabinet (PM&C) would like to acknowledge Strait
artwork the Traditional Custodians of Country Islander
throughout Australia and their continuing artwork
spiritual, social and cultural relationship
with the land, waters, skies and community.
We pay our respects to their Elders past
and present, and to their community
leaders, and extend that respect to all
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
peoples.

______________________________________________________________________ 
IMPORTANT: This message, and any attachments to it, contains information 
that is confidential and may also be the subject of legal professional or 
other privilege. If you are not the intended recipient of this message,
you 
must not review, copy, disseminate or disclose its contents to any other 
party or take action in reliance of any material contained within it. If
you 
have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately
by 
return email informing them of the mistake and delete all copies of the 
message from your computer system. 
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References

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2. mailto:[email address]
3. https://www.pmc.gov.au/

OFFICIAL

Departmental reference: FOI/2025/101

Dear Mr Tyler

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet seeks your agreement to
extend the processing time for your current FOI request. We are finalising
internal consultations and require some additional time for a decision
maker to consider the access decision.

In line with our below emails we seek your agreement for a further 14 days
under section 15AA of the FOI Act. This would amend the due date for a
decision to 16 July 2025.

Please reply to this email by 10am 30 July 2025.

Yours sincerely

Adviser

FOI Section | Legal Policy Branch[]

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

p. (02) 6271 5849
Ngunnawal Country, One National Circuit, Barton ACT 2600 | PO Box
6500 CANBERRA ACT 2600
e. [1][email address] w. [2]pmc.gov.au

[3]Reconciliation The Department of the Prime Minister and    [4]Torres
Action Plan Cabinet (PM&C) would like to acknowledge Strait
artwork the Traditional Custodians of Country Islander
throughout Australia and their continuing artwork
spiritual, social and cultural relationship
with the land, waters, skies and community.
We pay our respects to their Elders past
and present, and to their community
leaders, and extend that respect to all
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
peoples.

From: FOI <[5][email address]>
Sent: Thursday, 26 June 2025 4:07 PM
To: '[FOI #13173 email]'
<[6][FOI #13173 email]>
Cc: FOI <[7][email address]>
Subject: FOI/2025/101 - Seeking additional extension of time
[SEC=OFFICIAL]

OFFICIAL

Departmental reference: FOI/2025/101

Dear Mr Tyler,

I refer your request of 16 May 2025 under the Freedom of Information Act
1982 seeking access to:

Dear Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet,

My request is this.

Is it possible to provide a copy of the Commissions or similar official
instruments which effect the appointments of ministers, and terminations
of past ministerial appointments, of the australian federal government
following the general election on 3 May 2025, and a copy of the signed
oath or affirmation for appointments?

I understand that the above appointments and terminations made by the
Governor-General may already be known in public
[8]https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/file....

My request now is for a copy of the formal Commission or similar official
instrument on the appointments and terminations, and the oaths or
affirmations for appointments.

Thank yous!

Thank you for your earlier agreement to extend the processing period by 14
days. The processing of the request has progressed. We are finalising
internal consultations and once complete we will move to finalising a
decision for approval and clearance. However, this means that it is
unlikely this matter will be finalised by the current due date of 2 July
2025. Accordingly, we are seeking your agreement to a short 14-days
extension to 16 July 2025 under section 15AA of the FOI Act.  

If you agree to this request for an extension of time, we ask that you
confirm this in writing via return email by 12pm 27 June 2025.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Kind regards,

Adviser

FOI Section | Legal Policy Branch[]

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

p. (02) 6271 5849
Ngunnawal Country, One National Circuit, Barton ACT 2600 | PO Box
6500 CANBERRA ACT 2600
e. [9][email address] w. [10]pmc.gov.au

[11]Reconciliation The Department of the Prime Minister and    [12]Torres
Action Plan Cabinet (PM&C) would like to acknowledge Strait
artwork the Traditional Custodians of Country Islander
throughout Australia and their continuing artwork
spiritual, social and cultural
relationship with the land, waters, skies
and community. We pay our respects to
their Elders past and present, and to
their community leaders, and extend that
respect to all Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander peoples.

______________________________________________________________________ 
IMPORTANT: This message, and any attachments to it, contains information 
that is confidential and may also be the subject of legal professional or 
other privilege. If you are not the intended recipient of this message,
you 
must not review, copy, disseminate or disclose its contents to any other 
party or take action in reliance of any material contained within it. If
you 
have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately
by 
return email informing them of the mistake and delete all copies of the 
message from your computer system. 
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9. mailto:[email address]
10. https://www.pmc.gov.au/

OFFICIAL

Departmental reference: FOI/2025/101

Dear Tyler,

Please find attached the decision, documents for release and schedule of
documents regarding your request under the Freedom of Information Act
1982. Due to the size of the outcome documents associated with your
request, this email is sent as part 1 of 2.

Kind regards,

Adviser | FOI Section[]

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

p. (02) 6271 5849

Ngunnawal Country, One National Circuit  Barton  ACT  2600  |  PO Box
6500  CANBERRA  ACT  2600
e. [1][email address]  w. [2]pmc.gov.au

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OFFICIAL

Departmental reference: FOI/2025/101

Dear Tyler,

Please find attached outcome documents 2 relating to your request under
the Freedom of Information Act 1982. Due to the size of the outcome
documents associated with your request, this email is sent as part 2 of 2.

Kind regards,

Adviser | FOI Section[]

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

p. (02) 6271 5849

Ngunnawal Country, One National Circuit  Barton  ACT  2600  |  PO Box
6500  CANBERRA  ACT  2600
e. [1][email address]  w. [2]pmc.gov.au

______________________________________________________________________ 
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