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OFFICIAL

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FOI Request:         FA 21/06/00100

File Number:          OBJ2021/16474 

Dear Xiaoly

Acknowledgement of Freedom of Information Access request

I refer to your correspondence received on 2 June 2021 seeking access to
documents held by the Department of Home Affairs (the Department) under
the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act).

Scope of request

You have requested access to the following:

1. Number of Australian citizenship by conferral applicants whose had been
approved and were waiting for a citizenship ceremony hosted by the
Brisbane City Council.

2. Number of Australian citizenship applicants who attended citizenship
ceremonies per month in Brisbane City Council during period June 2020 to
July 2021.

Your request was received by the Department on 2 June 2021 and has been
allocated FOI request number FA 21/06/00100. Please include your FOI
request number in all correspondence with the Freedom of Information
Section.

Timeframe for receiving your decision

The statutory timeframe for processing a request is 30 days from the date
upon which your application was received by the Department.

Your review rights in relation to your request are available on the
website of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner [1]here.

Exclusion of staff details

The Department’s policy is to exclude the personal details of staff not in
the Senior Executive Service (SES), as well as the direct contact details
of SES staff, contained in documents that fall within scope of an FOI
request. If you require personal details of non-SES officers, or direct
contact details of SES staff, please inform us so the decision maker may
consider your request. Otherwise we will take it that you agree to that
information being excluded from the scope of your request.

Duplicate documents

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not assess those pages as part of your FOI request. This means that if a
there is a decision to release the document to you, you will receive only
one copy, even if multiple copies of that document exists.

Publication of document

Where documents are released to you in response to your request, the
Department may be required to publish these documents on its website
within 10 working days in accordance with section 11C of the FOI Act.
Publication will not be required where the documents contain personal or
business affairs information.

Contacting the FOI Section

Should you wish to discuss your request you may contact the FOI Section at
[2][Department of Home Affairs request email]

Regards

Stefan

Position number: 60094807

Authorised FOI Officer

Freedom of Information

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OFFICIAL

Dear Xiaoly,  

In reply please quote:

FOI Request:       FA 21/06/00100

File Number:        OBJ2021/16474

This email refers to your FOI request received on 02 June 2021 seeking
access to:

1. Number of Australian citizenship by conferral applicants whose had been
approved and were waiting for a citizenship ceremony hosted by the
Brisbane City Council. (since October 2020)

2. Number of Australian citizenship applicants who attended citizenship
ceremonies per month in Brisbane City Council during period June 2020 to
July 2021

The purpose of this email is to advise you (as required under s.24AB of
the FOI Act) that I consider a 'practical refusal reason' exists under
s.24AA of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) in relation to
your request.  I have set out my reasons in the attached notice. 

The FOI Act requires that you respond to this notice before the end of the
consultation period, which is close of business Australian Eastern
Standard Time (AEST) Monday 12 July 2021.

As advised in the notice, you may reply to me at this email address
([1][Department of Home Affairs request email]).

Signed electronically

Glen

Position number 60081621

Authorised Decision Maker | Freedom of Information Section

FOI and Records Management Branch

Data Division | Strategy and Law Enforcement Group

Department of Home Affairs

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OFFICIAL

Dear Xiaoly,

Freedom of Information Request – FA 21/06/00100

I refer to your email dated 02 June 2021 in which you requested access to
documents held by Department of Home Affairs under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act).

Your FOI request received sought access to:

1. Number of Australian citizenship by conferral applicants whose had been
approved and were waiting for a citizenship ceremony hosted by the
Brisbane City Council. (since October 2020)

2. Number of Australian citizenship applicants who attended citizenship
ceremonies per month in Brisbane City Council during period June 2020 to
July 2021

On 28 June 2021, the Department notified you of its intention to refuse
your request on the basis that either the work involved in processing your
request in its current form would substantially and unreasonably divert
the resources of Department from its other operations due to its broad
nature, size and complexity, or that the request does not satisfy the
requirement in section 15(2)(b) of the FOI Act, which requires you to
provide such information concerning the document you are seeking access
to, to enable the Department to be able to identify it.   

In particular, Department notified you that, within 14 days of receipt of
that letter, you must advise Department that:

·         you wish to make a revised request; or

·         indicate that you do not wish to revise your request; or

·         withdraw your request.

The 14 day period has now expired.  As such, in accordance with section
24AB(7) of the FOI Act, Department considers that your request has been
withdrawn.

If you have any enquiries concerning this matter, please do not hesitate
to contact an FOI officer at [1][Department of Home Affairs request email]

Signed electronically

Glen

Position number 60081621

Authorised Decision Maker | Freedom of Information Section

FOI and Records Management Branch

Data Division | Strategy and Law Enforcement Group

Department of Home Affairs

OFFICIAL

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