Dear Joyce,

On 24 November 2025, the Australian National University (the University) received your request for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act).

The University has taken your request to be as follows:

“… documents held by ANU for October 2024 for the College of Science Dean payments. This includes invoices and SAP concur payments; receipts and travel forms/email approvals.”

Your request has been assigned the case number 202500303.

Processing Timeframe

The statutory time frame for processing your request is 30 calendar days from day after the date your request was received by the University. You should therefore expect a decision from us by Wednesday 24 December 2025.

This period of 30 days may be extended if we need to consult third parties, impose a charge or for other reasons. We will advise you in writing if this happens.

We will contact you using the email address you provided. Please advise if you would prefer us to use an alternative means of contact. If you have any questions regarding your request, please feel free to contact the FOI Team via the functional email [ANU request email].

The FOI Team’s workload is currently at very high levels due to the unprecedented volume of FOI requests.

We are using our best endeavours to process all requests expeditiously however there may be some slippage due to the current workload. We will keep in touch with you and advise if there are any significant delays, and will, if necessary, seek extensions as permitted by the Act.

Yours sincerely,

FOI Team
University Governance Office
The Australian National University

Email: [ANU request email]
Web: https://www.anu.edu.au/freedom-of-inform...
TEQSA Provider ID: PRV12002 (Australian University) | CRICOS Provider Code: 00120C | ABN: 52 234 063 906

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Hello again Joyce,

Thank you for your engagement with your other case today. Now, another clarification is sought with regard to your below recent access request.

To avoid confusion, this is in relation to your FOI access request received by the Australian National University (the University) on 24 November 2025 regarding College of Science Dean Payments.

Update

Your request is being processed and has been passed on to the relevant subject matter experts to conduct a search for any relevant documents.

Clarification Sought

Did you mean payments made TO the Dean, or payments approved BY the Dean for other people?

A heads up that, iff you are seeking documents in relation to payments approved BY the Dean for other people, we may also need to come back to you to ask who those other people are (depending on the volumes of approved payments at the time). And if this is the case, please be aware of any privacy considerations the University may need to take into account in accordance with the FOI Act.

Thank you again for your help.

Yours sincerely,

FOI Team
University Governance Office
The Australian National University

Email: [ANU request email]
Web: https://www.anu.edu.au/freedom-of-inform...
TEQSA Provider ID: PRV12002 (Australian University) | CRICOS Provider Code: 00120C | ABN: 52 234 063 906

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