Dear Mr/Ms Bennett,

In terms of the FOI Act 1982, I confirm receipt of your request and advise that processing of it commenced on 8 July 2022.

Please be advised that, consistent with the provisions of the Information Publication Scheme, the Bank’s policy is to release all documents provided to applicants under the FOI Act 1982 on the Bank’s FOI disclosure log close to the same time they are provided to the applicant. The publication of any FOI related documents on our website will also be notified to the Bank’s RSS feed subscriber list.

Yours sincerely,

Phil Lomas | FOI Officer
RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 65 Martin Place, Sydney NSW 2000
p: +61 2 9551 9744 | e: [RBA request email] | w: www.rba.gov.au

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Dear Mr/Ms Bennett,

I refer to your recent request seeking access to the latest banknote
distribution agreement between the RBA and NAB.

I advise that we have identified one document (the latest agreement)
relevant to your request.

I have decided to deny access to the document in terms of [1]section 45(1)
(documents containing material obtained in confidence) of the Freedom of
Information Act 1982, as release of the document ‘would found
an [2]action, by a person (other than an [3]agency or the Commonwealth),
for breach of confidence’.

I have further decided to also deny access to the document in terms of
[4]section 47(1)(b) (documents disclosing commercially valuable
information) as the document contains pricing information that has ‘a
commercial value that would be, or could reasonably be expected to be,
destroyed or diminished if the information were disclosed’.

In terms of the FOI Act, I advise that you have rights to review of my
decision if you are dissatisfied with it. You may apply as detailed below
for review of my decision.

Internal review

Under section 54 of the FOI Act, you may apply in writing to the Reserve
Bank of Australia for an internal review of my decision. The internal
review application must be made within 30 days of the date of this email,
and be lodged in one of the following ways:

email: [5][RBA request email]

post: Attn FOI Officer, SD, Reserve Bank of Australia, GPO Box 3947,
Sydney NSW 2001

Where possible, please attach reasons why you believe review of the
decision is necessary. The internal review will be carried out by another
officer within 30 days.

Information Commissioner review

Under section 54L of the FOI Act, you may apply to the Australian
Information Commissioner to review my decision. An application for review
by the Information Commissioner must be made in writing within 60 days of
the date of this email, and be lodged in one of the following ways:

online:
[6]https://forms.business.gov.au/smartforms...

email: [7][email address]

Yours sincerely

Anthony Dickman | Secretary
RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 65 Martin Place, Sydney NSW 2000
p: +61 2 9551 9744 | e: [8][RBA request email] | w: [9]www.rba.gov.au

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