Good morning,

On 12 August 2025, the Australian National University (the University)
received your request for access to documents under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act).

The University has taken your request to be as follows:

‘I request all documents associated with Liz Allen's complaint and
resignation from Council’

Your request has been assigned the case number 202500187.

Processing Timeframe

The statutory time frame for processing your request is 30 calendar days
from day after the date your request was received by the University. You
should therefore expect a decision from us by 11 September  2025.

This period of 30 days may be extended if we need to consult third
parties, impose a charge or for other reasons. We will advise you in
writing if this happens.

We will contact you using the email address you provided. Please advise if
you would prefer us to use an alternative means of contact. If you have
any questions regarding your request, please feel free to contact the FOI
Team via the functional email [1][ANU request email].

The FOI Team’s workload is currently at very high levels due the
unprecedented volume of FOI requests.

We are using our best endeavors to process all requests expeditiously
however there may be some slippage due to the current workload. We will
keep in touch with you and advise if there are any significant delays,
and, will, if necessary, seek extensions as permitted by the Act.

Yours sincerely

FOI Team

University Governance Office

The Australian National University

Email: [2][ANU request email]

Web: [3]https://www.anu.edu.au/freedom-of-inform...

TEQSA Provider ID: PRV12002 (Australian University) | CRICOS Provider
Code: 00120C | ABN: 52 234 063 906

References

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Good morning,

I refer to your request for access to documents under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 as follows:

‘I request all documents associated with Liz Allen's complaint and
resignation from Council’

As a result of searches conducted a number of documents have been
identified as relevant to your request. On review of the documents, it has
been determined that some of the documents that refers to the personal
information of a third party.  Accordingly, the University is required to
consult with that third party (under section 27A of the FOI Act) before
making a decision on the release of the documents.

The consultation mechanism under section 27A applies when we believe the
third party concerned might reasonably wish to contend that the requested
documents are exempt because their release would disclose the personal
information of that third party.

Accordingly, the period for processing your request has been extended by a
further 30 days in order to allow our agency time to consult with
that/those third party/parties concerned.

The processing period for your request will now end on 2 October 2025.

Yours sincerely

FOI Team

University Governance Office

The Australian National University

Email: [1][ANU request email]

Web: [2]https://www.anu.edu.au/freedom-of-inform...

TEQSA Provider ID: PRV12002 (Australian University) | CRICOS Provider
Code: 00120C | ABN: 52 234 063 906

References

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mailto:[ANU request email]
2. https://www.anu.edu.au/freedom-of-inform...
https://www.anu.edu.au/freedom-of-inform...