Dear Mr Hamiltonshire,                      

                                                                                                                                   

Acknowledgement of your Freedom of Information
Request                                        

 

I refer to your request for access to documents under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) made in the following terms:

 

I request access to the most recent political party constitutions received
by the AEC from the following political parties:

 

a. Katters Australia Party (KAP)

 

b. Centre Alliance

 

c. Dai Le & Frank Carbone W.S.C.

 

d. Pauline Hanson's One Nation

 

e. Jacqui Lambie Network

 

f. United Australia Party

 

g. Australia's Voice

 

h. David Pocock

 

i. Tammy Tyrrell for Tasmania

 

Please exclude duplicates and documents already publicly released,

including media releases, reports, articles and statements to the media.

 

Please limit emails to the final message in the chain as long as previous

messages are captured.

 

I agree to having the names and direct contact details of non-senior staff
removed, however I request that redactions do not include non-personally
identifying information. For example, please leave the domain and job
titles when redacting email addresses or signature blocks on emails.

 

I pre-emptively agree to requests for third party consultation if
necessary, but would prefer that my information about my identity is not
shared with those consulted.’

 

I understand your request for documents to exclude:

 

o duplicate and draft versions of documents, as well as publicly
released material, including media releases, reports, articles and
statements to the media.
o names and contact details of Australian Electoral Commission (AEC)
staff.
o Emails chains, excepting the final correspondence in the chain, so
long as that chain captures the entire correspondence.

 

Timeframe to process your request

Your request was received by the AEC on 6 August 2025, and the 30-day
statutory timeframe for processing your request commenced from the day
after that date.  You should expect to receive a decision from us by 5
September 2025. The period of 30 days may be extended if we need to
consult third parties or for other reasons.  We will advise you if this
timeframe is extended.

 

Charges

We will advise you if any charge is payable to process your request and
the amount of any charge as soon as practicable.  No charge is payable for
providing a person with their own personal information.

 

Your address

The FOI Act requires that you provide us with an address to which we can
send notices.  You have advised that your electronic address is
[1][FOI #13464 email].  We will send all
notices and correspondence to this address.  Please advise us as soon as
possible if you wish for notices and correspondence to be sent to a
different address.  If you do not advise us of changes to your address,
notices and correspondence will continue to be sent to the address
specified above.

 

Administrative release of documents

The AEC has administrative access arrangements for the release of certain
documents without the need for a formal freedom of information request.
Where appropriate we may offer you documents via the administrative access
scheme in lieu of processing under the FOI Act.  Information relating to
third parties cannot be released via administrative access.  You will be
notified when documents are released to you on an administrative access
basis.

 

Disclosure log

Documents released under the FOI Act may be published in a disclosure log
on the AEC's website.  Section 11C of the FOI Act requires this
publication, however it is subject to certain exceptions, including where
publication of personal, business, professional or commercial information
would be unreasonable.

 

Further assistance

If you have any questions, please email [email address], or advise us if
you would like us to call you at a time that is convenient to you.

 

Kind regards,

 

Charlotte

FOI Team

Australian Electoral Commission

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Dear Mr Hamiltonshire,

​​Notification of consultation – Freedom of Information Request​ LEX9423

I refer to your request for access to documents under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), made in the following terms:

a. Katters Australia Party (KAP)

 

b. Centre Alliance

 

c. Dai Le & Frank Carbone W.S.C.

 

d. Pauline Hanson's One Nation

 

e. Jacqui Lambie Network

 

f. United Australia Party

 

g. Australia's Voice

 

h. David Pocock

 

i. Tammy Tyrrell for Tasmania

 

Please exclude duplicates and documents already publicly released,

including media releases, reports, articles and statements to the media.

 

Please limit emails to the final message in the chain as long as previous

messages are captured.

 

I agree to having the names and direct contact details of non-senior staff
removed, however I request that redactions do not include non-personally
identifying information. For example, please leave the domain and job
titles when redacting email addresses or signature blocks on emails.

 

I pre-emptively agree to requests for third party consultation if
necessary, but would prefer that my information about my identity is not
shared with those consulted.

 

As noted in the terms of your request, the scope of your request includes
documents that may contain:  

o information concerning a person’s business or professional affairs
o information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs
of an organisation  
o personal information about a person.

Before making a decision on the release of the requested documents, the
Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) is required to consult with the
person/s or organisation/s concerned under sections 27 and/or 27A of the
FOI Act. 

For this reason, the period for processing your request has been extended
by 30 days to allow the AEC time to consult (section 15(6) of the FOI
Act).  The AEC is now required to notify you of the decision on your
request by Monday 6 October 2025.

The consultation mechanism under section 27 applies when a third party may
wish to contend that the requested documents are exempt because their
release may disclose trade secrets or commercially valuable information or
may adversely affect their business or financial affairs.  

The consultation mechanism under section 27A applies when the requested
documents may contain personal information about a person, and it appears
that the person or their legal personal representative might reasonably
wish to make a contention that the document is conditionally exempt under
section 47F, and that access to the document would be contrary to the
public interest. 

We will consider any comments we receive from third parties.  However, the
final decision on the request will be made by the AEC’s authorised
officer.   

Further information about exemptions under the FOI Act is available on the
[1]Office of the Australian Information Commissioner’s website.

If you have any questions, please email [email address], or advise us if
you would like us to call you at a time that is convenient to you.

 

Kind regards,

 

Charlotte

FOI Team

Australian Electoral Commission

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Dear Mr Hamiltonshire,

 

Please see attached correspondence in relation to your FOI request.

 

Kind regards,

 

Charlotte

FOI Team

Australian Electoral Commission

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