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Jessie Brown
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Dear Australian National University,

ALL CORRESPONDENCE WITH PARLIAMENT AND REGULATORS
I request under the FOI Act all correspondence to and from the following ANU officials and the entities mentioned in section 2 of this request, titled "external correspondence", during the period January 1, 2025 to current date.

1. ANU CORRESPONDENTS

-The Vice-Chancellor and President
-The Chancellor
-Members of the ANU Council (in their capacity as Council members)
-The Chief Operating Officer
-The Provost

2. EXTERNAL CORRESPONDENTS

Senators (including but not limited to Senator David Pocock and Senator Katy Gallagher)
Members of the House of Representatives
Parliamentary / Senate committees
The Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA)
The Department of Education
The Minister for Education or the Minister's office

3. DOCUMENT TYPES INCLUDED

All emails sent to and from the specified ANU officials
All attachments and enclosures to emails
All email chains and threaded conversations

4. CORRESPONDENCE SCOPE
All email correspondence regardless of subject matter, including but not limited to:

ANU governance, leadership, or management matters
University restructuring, program cuts, or financial matters
Compliance with Commonwealth legislation (including PGPA Act, PID Act)
Regulatory oversight or intervention
Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor performance or appointments
Any other matters relating to ANU's operations, governance, or accountability

SCOPE AND CONSULTATION
If the material responsive to this request is too voluminous for practical processing, I am willing to discuss reasonable limitations to the scope. Please contact me to discuss options before imposing any restrictions.

PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS

Document Schedule: Please provide a comprehensive schedule of all emails identified, including documents exempted from release
Partial Release: If any documents contain exempt material, please provide non-exempt portions with redactions clearly marked and justified.

Yours faithfully,

Jessie Brown

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Good afternoon,

 

Please find attached correspondence regarding your request

 

Kind regards

 

FOI Team

University Governance Office

The Australian National University

 

Email: [1][ANU request email]

Web: [2]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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Jessie Brown
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Dear Freedom of Information,

I wish to clarify my request, to cover all correspondence between:

The Vice Chancellor and/or Chancellor,

and:

Senators Pocock, Sheldon and Gallagher; MPs D Smith, A Payne, A Leigh, and Minister for Education Jason Clare.

For the period of time 1 January 2025 to Present.

Yours sincerely,

Jessie Brown

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Dear Jessie Brown
Thank you for your email.
However, the change in scope does not sufficiently clarify the request to
enable us to undertake proper searches.  To require a search of "all
correspondence" does not provide clear search terms, such that the process
of undertaking such a search is likely to amount to an unreasonable
diversion of resources.  
In accordance with the previous notice, you have until the 12 August 2025
to provide a further refinement of your request which will remove the
practical refusal reason.
Regards,
FOI Team 

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From: Jessie Brown <[FOI #13420 email]>
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2025 2:43 PM
To: Freedom of Information <[ANU request email]>
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information Request- 202500156- Notice of
Practical Refusal
 
Dear Freedom of Information,

I wish to clarify my request, to cover all correspondence between:

The Vice Chancellor and/or Chancellor,

and:

Senators Pocock, Sheldon and Gallagher; MPs D Smith, A Payne, A Leigh, and
Minister for Education Jason Clare.

For the period of time 1 January 2025 to Present.

Yours sincerely,

Jessie Brown

-----Original Message-----

 

 Good afternoon,

  

 Please find attached correspondence regarding your request

  

 Kind regards

  

 FOI Team

 University Governance Office

 The Australian National University

  

 Email: [1][ANU request email]

 Web: [2]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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Jessie Brown
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Dear Freedom of Information Officer,

Thank you for your response.

To assist with processing, I now refine my request as follows:

Please provide emails sent or received by the Vice-Chancellor (Genevieve Bell) and/or Chancellor (Julie Bishop) and the following individuals and entities:

Senator David Pocock
Senator Tony Sheldon
Senator Katy Gallagher
MP David Smith
MP Alicia Payne
MP Andrew Leigh
Minister for Education Jason Clare
TEQSA

Please limit the search to emails that include any of the following keywords in the subject or body:
"Estimates", "governance", "concerns", "Renew ANU", "PGPA", or "TEQSA".

Timeframe: 1 January 2025 to 1 August 2025.

Yours sincerely,

Jessie Brown

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Dear Jessie Brown,

Apologies for not responding sooner, however, we have had some staff absences in the last few weeks.

Thank you for further revising the scope of your request, however, the latest revision does not appear to substantially differ from your first revision of 31 July 2025. Accordingly, the reasons for the Practical Refusal have not been removed.

You now have until COB 27 August 2025 to further revise the scope of your request in an effort to remove the reasons for the Practical Refusal.

If no further advice has been received by the 27 August 2025, your request will be deemed to be withdrawn.

Kind regards

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

-----Original Message-----
From: Jessie Brown <[FOI #13420 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 7 August 2025 2:55 PM
To: Freedom of Information <[ANU request email]>
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information Request- 202500156- Notice of Practical Refusal

Dear Freedom of Information Officer,

Thank you for your response.

To assist with processing, I now refine my request as follows:

Please provide emails sent or received by the Vice-Chancellor (Genevieve Bell) and/or Chancellor (Julie Bishop) and the following individuals and entities:

Senator David Pocock

Senator Tony Sheldon

Senator Katy Gallagher

MP David Smith

MP Alicia Payne

MP Andrew Leigh

Minister for Education Jason Clare

TEQSA

Please limit the search to emails that include any of the following keywords in the subject or body:

"Estimates", "governance", "concerns", "Renew ANU", "PGPA", or "TEQSA".

Timeframe: 1 January 2025 to 1 August 2025.

Yours sincerely,

Jessie Brown

-----Original Message-----

Dear Jessie Brown

Thank you for your email.

However, the change in scope does not sufficiently clarify the request to

enable us to undertake proper searches.  To require a search of "all

correspondence" does not provide clear search terms, such that the process

of undertaking such a search is likely to amount to an unreasonable

diversion of resources.  

In accordance with the previous notice, you have until the 12 August 2025

to provide a further refinement of your request which will remove the

practical refusal reason.

Regards,

FOI Team 

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From: Jessie Brown <[FOI #13420 email]>

Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2025 2:43 PM

To: Freedom of Information <[ANU request email]>

Subject: Re: Freedom of Information Request- 202500156- Notice of

Practical Refusal

 

Dear Freedom of Information,

I wish to clarify my request, to cover all correspondence between:

The Vice Chancellor and/or Chancellor,

and:

Senators Pocock, Sheldon and Gallagher; MPs D Smith, A Payne, A Leigh, and

Minister for Education Jason Clare.

For the period of time 1 January 2025 to Present.

Yours sincerely,

Jessie Brown

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[FOI #13420 email]

This request has been made by an individual using Right to Know. This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. More information on how Right to Know works can be found at:

https://www.righttoknow.org.au/help/offi...

Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will be delayed.

If you find this service useful as an FOI officer, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's FOI page.

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Dear Jessie Brown,

 

Your FOI request, 202500156, has now been finalised.

 

Please see attached, correspondence regarding your request.

 

Kind regards

 

 

FOI Team

University Governance Office

The Australian National University

 

Email: [1][ANU request email]

Web: [2]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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