OFFICIAL

Good afternoon CR

I refer to your request dated 15 September 2024, seeking access to
documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the Act) as follows:

Request:

I request access to the following documents under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982:

1. An unredacted copy of the documents released in LEX 1455, including the
decision letter sent to the FOI applicant.

I request that a fresh decision be made regarding the documents identified
in the above request.

Please exclude the following information:

i) Personal information of FOI applicants.

I amend the scope of my FOI request to include:

2. Any proceeding decision letters sent to the FOI applicant as a result
of an internal or external review.

Timeframe

Your request was received by the AFP on 15 September 2024, and the 30 day
statutory period for processing your request commenced from that date. The
due date for your request is 15 October 2024.

Information irrelevant to the scope of your request

The AFP, in its management of FOI requests, excludes the following
information on the basis that is irrelevant to the scope of a request:

o duplicate documents, including duplicate emails (the AFP will only
provide emails where they form a final email chain and the
authors/recipients are contained within the final email); and
o information that is publicly available, for example, newspaper
articles, online publications including information available on the
AFP Information Publication Scheme and the AFP disclosure log.

Please advise this office whether you also consent to exclude the
following information:

o Names of AFP members, other than the Senior Executive;
o Direct telephone numbers, middle names of AFP members, signatures and
mobile telephone numbers of AFP members; and
o the names and other information identifying any third party (including
images).

Information Publication Scheme

Please be advised that effective 1 May 2011 and in accordance with section
8(2) of the Act, an agency is required to publish information on the AFP
website following the notification of a decision in respect of a freedom
of information request. Details of the decision will be published in a
Disclosure Log which can be found at
[1]https://www.afp.gov.au/about-us/informat....

The requirement to publish information released under FOI reinforces the
objectives of the FOI Act to promote a pro-disclosure culture across
government, and to increase recognition that information held by
government is a national resource. Exceptions to the requirement to
publish information would apply to personal information and information
concerning the business affairs of a person if it was considered
‘unreasonable’ to do so. 

If, however, after noting the above, you wish to raise any concerns about
the publication of information concerning your request prior to the
notification of a decision, please advise the AFP in writing before 15
October 2024.

If you have any queries in relation to this matter, please do not hesitate
to contact our team at [2][AFP request email].

Kind regards,

FOI OFFICER (AFP 27662)
AFP LEGAL – CORPORATE | CHIEF COUNSEL PORTFOLIO
[3]Australian Federal Police

The Australian Federal Police acknowledges the Traditional Owners and
Custodians of Country
throughout Australia, and their continuing connection to land, sea and
community. We pay
our respects to First Nations people, culture and Elders past, present and
emerging.

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3. http://www.afp.gov.au/

OFFICIAL

Dear CR

I refer to your request dated 15 September 2024 in which you seek access
to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982.

Upon consideration of your request, the AFP is of the view that your
request will take longer than 30 days to process.  The delay is
regrettable, however, following consultation with the relevant AFP line
area regarding a review of the previously exempted material, it has been
determined that additional consultation and clearance will be required,
the relevant operations team required to be consulted is currently
experiencing a very high volume of operational priorities so it’s taking
longer than expected to obtain this consultation and further opinion on
release and therefore taking longer for the documents and advice to be
received back to the FOI team. The AFP will be unable to finalise this
matter within the 30 day time frame. 

Accordingly, it will not be possible to advise you of a decision by 15
October 2024.

Accordingly, pursuant to section 15AA of the Act, I seek your agreement to
extend the period to notify you of a decision to 14 November 2024.

I would be grateful if you would advise this office in writing of your
agreement to the proposed extension of time by close of business tomorrow,
4 October 2024. 

If you have any queries in relation to this matter, please do not hesitate
to contact this office.

Kind regards,

FOI OFFICER (AFP 27662)
AFP LEGAL – CORPORATE | CHIEF COUNSEL PORTFOLIO
[1]Australian Federal Police

The Australian Federal Police acknowledges the Traditional Owners and
Custodians of Country
throughout Australia, and their continuing connection to land, sea and
community. We pay
our respects to First Nations people, culture and Elders past, present and
emerging.

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OFFICIAL
Good afternoon CR

Thank you for getting back to me so quickly and agreeing to a 14 day extension of time.

Kind regards,

FOI OFFICER (AFP 27662)
AFP LEGAL – CORPORATE | CHIEF COUNSEL PORTFOLIO

The Australian Federal Police acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of Country
throughout Australia, and their continuing connection to land, sea and community. We pay
our respects to First Nations people, culture and Elders past, present and emerging.

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