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DVSC Reference: FOI/2025/01

Dear Mr Hamiltonshire

Thank you for your email of 30 October 2025 in which you made a request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act) to the Defence and Veterans' Services Commission (the DVSC). You set out the terms of the request as follows:

This is a Freedom of Information Request for the purposes of the Freedom of information Act 1982. I request access to the Style Guides/Brand Guides/Writing Guides currently used for the Defence and Veterans' Services Commission,

Timeframe for receiving your decision
Please accept our sincere apologies for the delay in acknowledging your request. Your email was received in our office on 30 October 2025, however due to an administrative oversight it was only located on 24 November 2025. However, your request has been given priority and the Notice of Decision is attached.

Publication of documents
Please note that information released under the FOI Act may later be published online on our disclosure log, subject to certain exceptions. If you think you might wish to raise any objections to the publication of the released document please contact us by email at [Defence and Veterans' Services Commission request email]. If you do wish to object to the publication of information, you would need to set out your reasons.

Exclusion of officers’ names and contact details
For documents that fall within scope of the request, it is the DVSC’s policy to withhold:

• any person’s signature;
• the names and contact details of Australian Public Service officers not in the Senior Executive Service (SES);
• the mobile or direct numbers of SES officers;
• the names and contact details of Ministerial staff at a level below Chief of Staff.

I note that you have provided agreement to this below. However, in this instance no redactions were required.

Further information on FOI processing can be found at the website of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at https://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-infor...

Kind regards
FOI Coordinator

-----Original Message-----
From: Glenn Hamiltonshire <[FOI #13950 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 30 October 2025 7:34 PM
To: FOI (DVSC) <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - DVSC Style/Writing/Brand Guides

Dear Defence and Veterans' Services Commission,

This is a Freedom of Information Request for the purposes of the Freedom of information Act 1982

I request access to the Style Guides/Brand Guides/Writing Guides currently used for the Defence and Veterans' Services Commission,

Please exclude duplicates and documents already publicly released, including media releases, reports, articles and statements to the media.

Please limit emails to the final message in the chain as long as previous messages are captured.

I agree to having the names and direct contact details of non-senior staff removed, however I request that redactions do not include non-personally identifying information. For example, please leave the domain and job titles when redacting email addresses or signature blocks on emails.

I preemptively agree to requests for third party consultation if necessary, but would prefer that my information about my identity is not shared with those consulted.’

Yours faithfully,

Glenn Hamiltonshire

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