Classification application, e-mail, database webpage screenshot of Halo Infinite and Halo Infinite (Campaign); e-mail about releasing footage file

The request was partially successful.

Requesting copy of:
- application including attachment, but not including footage file released in request FOI CB 22-015, to classify the computer game Halo Infinite and Halo Infinite (Campaign),
- e-mail including attachment sent and received about classifying those games during the classification process,
- e-mail including attachment to and from the applicant about releasing footage file for request FOI CB 22-015,
- screenshot of the information about those games on the non-public webpage that the Classification Board has access to

FOI, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications

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OFFICIAL

 

Good afternoon,

 

Thank you for your email of 27 April 2023 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:

 

“- application including attachment, but not including footage file
released in request FOI CB 22-015, to classify the computer game Halo
Infinite and Halo Infinite (Campaign),

- e-mail including attachment sent and received about classifying those
games during the classification process,

- e-mail including attachment to and from the applicant about releasing
footage file for request FOI CB 22-015,

- screenshot of the information about those games on the non-public
webpage that the Classification Board has access to.”

 

Your request has been allocated the reference number [FOI23-259]. 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 27
May 2023. 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
unreasonable to publish. Further information regarding the Department’s
FOI Disclosure Log can be found [1]here.

 

Should you have any questions relating to your request, please do not
hesitate to contact the FOI Section via email to
 [2][email address]

 

Kind regards

 

FOI Coordinator

Freedom of Information Section (FOI)

[3][email address]

P +61 2 6274 6294  
GPO Box 594 Canberra, ACT 2601

 

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development,
Communications and the Arts
CONNECTING AUSTRALIANS  •  ENRICHING COMMUNITIES  •  EMPOWERING REGIONS

[4]infrastructure.gov.au                [5][IMG]

 

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.

 

OFFICIAL

 

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I also request the personal information of third-party individuals; including public servants below the SES level and all email addresses, signatures and direct telephone numbers to be included in the scope of my request.

FOI, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications

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OFFICIAL

 

Good afternoon

I refer to your request for access to documents held by the Classification
Board (the Board) under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).

Notification of Third-Party Consultation and Extension of Time

Your request captures documents which contain another individual’s
personal information and information concerning the business, commercial
or financial affairs or an organisation, or a person’s business or
profession affairs. Under section 27A and section 27 of the FOI Act, the
Department is required to consult with the affected person or
organisation before making a decision on access to those documents.

For this reason, the period for processing your request has been extended
by 30 days under section 15(6) of the FOI Act in order to allow the
Department time to consult with the relevant person or organisation. As
such, the statutory due date for your request is now 26 June 2023.

The consultation mechanism under section 27A applies when we believe the
individual (or their representative) may wish to contend that the
requested documents are exempt for reasons of personal privacy.

The consultation mechanism under section 27 applies when we believe the
person or organisation concerned may wish to contend that the requested
documents are exempt because their release would disclose trade secrets or
commercially valuable information or may adversely affect their business
or financial affairs.

With kind regards

FOI Coordinator

Freedom of Information Section

Assurance, Integrity, Risk and Governance Branch

Finance, Governance, Budget and Business Services Division

E: [1][Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications request email]

T: +61 2 6274 6294 

GPO Box 594 Canberra, ACT 2601

 

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development,
Communications and the Arts
CONNECTING AUSTRALIANS  •  ENRICHING COMMUNITIES  •  EMPOWERING REGIONS

[2]infrastructure.gov.au                [3][IMG]

 

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.

OFFICIAL

 

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References

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1. mailto:[Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications request email]
2. http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/
3. http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/departm...

FOI, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications

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OFFICIAL

 

Good afternoon,

 

I refer to your request below for access to documents under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).

 

Please find attached a decision in response to your request.

 

The documents released will be provided to you via Secure File Transfer
(SFT). For this to occur we will require an alternative email address for
you to provide you with access to the system. Once you have provided us
with this, we can provide you with access to copies of the documents
released.

 

Section 11C of the FOI Act requires publication of documents released
under the FOI Act on the Department’s FOI disclosure log, subject to
certain exceptions, including where publication of personal, business,
professional or commercial information would be unreasonable. The
documents released to you will be published on the disclosure log within
10 working days.

 

Kind regards,

 

Daniel

FOI Officer • Freedom of Information Section

Assurance, Integrity, Risk and Governance Branch • Finance and Business
Services Division

[1][email address]

P +61 2 6274 6294  

GPO Box 594 Canberra, ACT 2601

 

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development,
Communications and the Arts
CONNECTING AUSTRALIANS  •  ENRICHING COMMUNITIES  •  EMPOWERING REGIONS

[2]infrastructure.gov.au                [3][IMG]

 

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.

 

 

 

OFFICIAL

 

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The alternative email address is [email address]

FOI, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications

OFFICIAL

Good afternoon,

Thank you for your email.

I confirm that the file has been shared using the Secure File Transfer to your nominated email below.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if there are any issues.

Kind regards,

Daniel
FOI Officer • Freedom of Information Section
Assurance, Integrity, Risk and Governance Branch • Finance and Business Services Division
[email address]
P +61 2 6274 6294  
GPO Box 594 Canberra, ACT 2601

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
CONNECTING AUSTRALIANS  •  ENRICHING COMMUNITIES  •  EMPOWERING REGIONS
infrastructure.gov.au

            

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.

OFFICIAL

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Can not login. I clicked on forget password and followed the steps. After writing the username (which is the e-mail address) and new password, and clicking on log in, it says login has failed, check credentials, try again.

There was an e-mail in the past saying password had expired, and some of the steps written on that e-mail were to enter current password when prompted, then enter new password.

FOI, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications

OFFICIAL

Good morning,

Thank you for your email.

I have re-shared the workspace with you and hopefully this assists in resolving the issue.

We have had feedback from one user where they advised that they had greater success in using Chrome rather than Microsoft Edge.

If this does not fix the issue for you, then please advise and we will take further steps to resolve the problem.

Kind regards,

Daniel
FOI Officer . Freedom of Information Section
Assurance, Integrity, Risk and Governance Branch . Finance and Business Services Division
[email address]
P +61 2 6274 6294  
GPO Box 594 Canberra, ACT 2601

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
CONNECTING AUSTRALIANS  .  ENRICHING COMMUNITIES  .  EMPOWERING REGIONS
infrastructure.gov.au

            

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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Login still fails.

FOI, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications

OFFICIAL

Good afternoon

Thank you for your email advising of the below.

We have escalated the issue of your SFT account to our IT section and we should hopefully have a resolution shortly.

In the meantime, we have also endeavoured to send the documents by email to your nominated email address.

Please advise the FOI section if you have not received them and we will continue to find a resolution to your access to the SFT.

Please do not hesitate to contact us should you wish to discuss further.

Kind regards,

Daniel
FOI Officer . Freedom of Information Section
Assurance, Integrity, Risk and Governance Branch . Finance and Business Services Division
[email address]
P +61 2 6274 6294  
GPO Box 594 Canberra, ACT 2601

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
CONNECTING AUSTRALIANS  .  ENRICHING COMMUNITIES  .  EMPOWERING REGIONS
infrastructure.gov.au

            

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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FOI, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications

OFFICIAL

Good morning,

I am just following up on the below email.

Could you please confirm receipt of the documents, or advise if there are any issues and you have not yet received them.

Kind regards,

Daniel
FOI Officer . Freedom of Information Section
Assurance, Integrity, Risk and Governance Branch . Finance and Business Services Division
[email address]
P +61 2 6274 6294  
GPO Box 594 Canberra, ACT 2601

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
CONNECTING AUSTRALIANS  .  ENRICHING COMMUNITIES  .  EMPOWERING REGIONS
infrastructure.gov.au

            

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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I have not received e-mail containing the documents.

FOI, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications

OFFICIAL

Good morning,

Thank you for your email.

To confirm we sent the documents to your proton mail account, and they may have been blocked by filtering.

We escalated your SFT login issues to the department's IT Service Desk, who have now reactivated your account and your login should work. I have also reshared the SFT workspace with you.

Please contact us of there are any issues now accessing and downloading the documents from the SFT.

Kind regards,

Daniel
FOI Officer • Freedom of Information Section
Assurance, Integrity, Risk and Governance Branch • Finance and Business Services Division
[email address]
P +61 2 6274 6294  
GPO Box 594 Canberra, ACT 2601

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
CONNECTING AUSTRALIANS  •  ENRICHING COMMUNITIES  •  EMPOWERING REGIONS
infrastructure.gov.au

            

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.

OFFICIAL

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