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OAIC reference: FOIREQ26/00023

 

To Daisy

 

I refer to your request (below), for access to documents made to the
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) under the Freedom
of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act).

 

Scope of your request

 

Your FOI request was made in the following terms:

 

I request access to briefing papers prepared for OAIC Commissioners and
officials for their appearance at the Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Legislation Committee, Supplementary Budget Estimates hearing held on 1
December 2025, including briefing papers relating to privacy complaints,
privacy investigations, and the OAIC’s privacy regulatory functions.

 

This includes the index or table of contents for the briefing pack and any
associated annexes to the briefing papers.

 

This request excludes drafts.

 

Timeframes for dealing with your request

Your FOI request was received by the OAIC on 21 January 2026 and the
30-day statutory time period for processing your request commenced the
next day. Therefore, the timeframe will expire on 20 February 2026.

 

The processing time may also be extended if we need to consult with third
parties and we will advise you if this happens.  

 

In order to process your request more quickly, we will remove from any
document bundle we provide, duplicate material, unless context requires
otherwise.

 

Please advise us

 

To further assist a faster decision, can you please advise whether we can
remove as irrelevant OAIC staff names below SES level and direct internal
contact details for all OAIC staff members.  The OAIC does not remove
roles or the position titles of staff.

 

Disclosure Log

Documents released under the FOI Act may be published online on our
disclosure log, unless they contain personal or business information that
would be unreasonable to publish.

 

If you do not receive a decision within 30 days, or advice from us that
the statutory timeframe has been extended, you can apply to the
Information Commissioner for review of what is called a ‘deemed decision’.
For further information, see [1]Apply for an Information Commissioner
review | OAIC (or visit [2]www.oaic.gov.au).

 

If you have any queries, please contact us by email or provide a phone
number and advise a convenient time for us to call you.

 

Regards

 

 

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