Good morning Joyce,

On 8 October 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:

“… copies of any correspondence, via email, teams, or other text messaging services between:

- Ian Chubb and Rebekah Brown
- Ian Chubb and any staff member of the Provost's or Interim Vice-Chancellor's Office

This request is for any correspondence since the 12 August 2025.”

Your request has been assigned the case number 202500254.

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 7 November 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 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: [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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Good evening Joyce,

I refer to your request for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 as follows:

"... copies of any correspondence, via email, teams, or other text messaging services between:

- Ian Chubb and Rebekah Brown
- Ian Chubb and any staff member of the Provost's or Interim Vice-Chancellor's Office

This request is for any correspondence since the 12 August 2025."

As a result of searches conducted a document has been identified as relevant to your request. Upon review, it has been determined that this document refers to the personal information of at least one third party. Accordingly, the University is required to consult with that third party (under section 27A of the FOI Act) before making a decision on the release of the document.

The consultation mechanism under section 27A applies when we believe the third parties concerned might reasonably wish to contend that the requested documents are exempt or partially exempt because their release would disclose the personal information of those third parties.

Accordingly, the period for processing your request has been extended by a further 30 days in order to allow our agency time to consult with those third parties concerned.

The processing period for your request will now end on Saturday 11 October 2025, and you can expect to receive a decision no later than Monday 8 December 2025.

Please note that this is a maximum timeframe, and the University still aims to respond to your request for access as soon as possible.

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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A typo fixed below:

* The processing period for your request will now end on Sunday 7 December 2025, and you can expect to receive a decision no later than Monday 8 December 2025.

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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Acknowledged, Joyce - thank you for letting us know.

We will mark this as withdrawn at our end.

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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