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Good afternoon,

Thank you for submitting a request for access to information you believe to be held by AUSTRAC. In accordance with section 15(5)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), I formally acknowledge receipt of your freedom of information request for access to:

‘'I seek access to all correspondents AUSTRAC has had with officials of the Queensland Government, since 27 October 2024, relating to issuing an exemption for the MEDQ.

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

Under section 15(5)(b) of the FOI Act the statutory time frame for processing a request is 30 days, within which a decision on access to the requested documents is to be notified. We received your request on 30 July 2025 and the 30 day statutory period for processing your request commenced from the day after that date.

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Exclusion of non-SES staff details, and SES staff contact details
AUSTRAC’s policy is to exclude the details (name, position title, telephone and/or mobile number, and email address) of officers not in the Senior Executive Service (SES), as well as the contact details (telephone and/or mobile number and email address) of SES staff, contained in documents that fall within scope of an FOI request. If you require names, position titles and contact details of non-SES officers, or the contact details of SES staff, please inform us so that the decision maker may consider your request.  Otherwise, we will take it that you agree to the information being excluded from the scope of your request.

If you have any questions in relation to your request, or require further information, please contact the Privacy and Information Access team via [email address] and quote reference PIAT-7043.

Regards

Jessica Johnson | Officer, Privacy and Information Access Team
Privacy and Information Access Team

@AUSTRAC  W: www.austrac.gov.au

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-----Original Message-----
From: Glenn Hamiltonshire <[FOI #13452 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 30 July 2025 1:32 AM
To: INFO_ACCESS <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Exemption Of The Minister for Economic Development Queensland [EXTERNAL]

Dear Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre,

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

For Context, On 23 June 2025, AUSTRAC issued an instrument exempting the Minister for Economic Development Queensland Pty Ltd (ABN 76 590 288 697) from various provisions of the AML/CTF Act (https://www.austrac.gov.au/sites/default...)

I seek access to all correspondents AUSTRAC has had with officials of the Queensland Government, since 27 October 2024, relating to issuing an exmption for the MEDQ.

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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OFFICIAL

Good afternoon,

AUSTRAC seeks your agreement to extend the legislative processing time of
your Freedom of Information (FOI) request by 30 days.

Your request has progressed since it was received. AUSTRAC undertook the
steps of registering your request, acknowledging your request and we are
conducting searches for the documents requested. However, AUSTRAC are
experiencing an increased FOI workload and I’m hopeful you would be
agreeable to this extension of time request sought under s 15AA of the FOI
Act.

Granting us the extension of time will enable AUSTRAC to continue
progressing your request, ensuring your request is completed within the
allowable legislative time frame which would be extended to 29 September
2025 if you were to agree.

 
I look forward to your response confirming if you agree to this extension,
thank you for the understanding.

Regards,  

     
Jessica Johnson | Officer, Privacy and Information Access
Team

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