Incoming ministerial briefs
Dear Attorney-General's Department,
I seek copies of incoming ministerial briefs - "red" and "blue" books - for the Liberal and Labor parties.
Yours faithfully,
Marcus Priest
Australian Financial Review
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13/15035
13 September 2013
Mr Marcus Priest
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Dear Mr Priest
Freedom of Information Request no. FOI13/147
I refer to your request for access to documents relating to incoming ministerial briefs under the Freedom of Information Act 1982. I have taken your request to be for:
Copies of incoming ministerial briefs - "red" and "blue" books - for the Liberal and Labor parties.
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Henare Degan left an annotation ()
The department says they didn't have the document when this request was made.
No matter, they refused access to the document later when Delimiter asked for it: http://delimiter.com.au/2013/11/11/depts...
In another request, they also refused access to the table of contents: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/p...