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Tom Waters made this Freedom of Information request to Australian National University

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Tom Waters
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Dear Australian National University,

I request access to the following documents:

Any documents (including emails) produced by external consultancy firms that discuss ANU's appearance at the Senate hearing on August 12.

Please limit the search to any such documents that have been sent or received by: the Chancellor's Office, the Vice-Chancellor's Office, the COO's Office, or the CMCO's Office.

Yours faithfully,

Tom Waters

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Freedom of Information, Australian National University

Good afternoon

 

On 14 August 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:

 

‘Any documents (including emails) produced by external consultancy firms
that discuss ANU's appearance at the Senate hearing on August 12.

 

Please limit the search to any such documents that have been sent or
received by: the Chancellor's Office, the Vice-Chancellor's Office, the
COO's Office, or the CMCO's Office’

 

Your request has been assigned the case number 202500194.

 

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 13 September 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 [1][ANU request email].

 

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

 

We are using our best endeavors 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: [2][ANU request email]

Web: [3]https://www.anu.edu.au/freedom-of-inform...

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