Please provide material deemed as irrelevant under section 22(1)(a)(i) from FOI/2023/349
Hi,
This request for information is made in accordance with the FOI Act. Please refer your department's 10 Jan 2024 disclosure Ref No. FOI/2023/349. Please provide a copy of the disclosed document with the information that is redacted from that document via section 22 (1)(a)(ii) disclosed.
I expect all Australian government email addresses to be included in the disclosure. OAIC holds the view that it is generally not unreasonable for public servants’ names to be disclosed in response to an FOI request. FOI memorandum No. 94 states:
“It was not Parliament’s intention to provide anonymity for pubic officials each time once of them is mentioned in a file. That would be contrary to the aims of the FOI Act and would not assist in promoting openness or accountability.”
There are no special reasons that make disclosing public servant's email addresses unreasonable in this case. I have explicitly asked for their disclosure and they are therefore clearly not irrelevant to this request.
Please note, my legally enforceable right of access sits above your department's internal policy of not disclosing non-SES email addresses.
Yours faithfully,
Trav S
OFFICIAL
Reference: FOI/2024/014
Dear Trav S
Thank you for your email of 11 January 2024, in which you made a request
under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act) to the Department
of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (the Department).
You set out the terms of the request as follows:
This request for information is made in accordance with the FOI Act.
Please refer your department's 10 Jan 2024 disclosure Ref No.
FOI/2023/349. Please provide a copy of the disclosed document with the
information that is redacted from that document via section 22 (1)(a)(ii)
disclosed.
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Coordinator | FOI Section
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Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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Ngunnawal Country | One National Circuit Barton ACT 2600 | PO Box
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present and
emerging
Elders and
Traditional
Custodians
of Country,
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continuation
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spiritual
and
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practices of
Aboriginal
and Torres
Strait
Islander
peoples.
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OFFICIAL
FOI/2024/014
Dear Trav S
Please see attached correspondence regarding your Freedom of Information
request.
Kind regards
Emily
Adviser
FOI Section | Legal Policy Branch[]
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
p. (02) 6271 5849
Ngunnawal Country, One National Circuit, Barton ACT 2600 | PO Box
6500 CANBERRA ACT 2600
e. [1][email address] w. [2]pmc.gov.au
[3]cid:image003.jpg@01D78E24.FF2DAFB0 The
Department
acknowledges
and pays
respect to
the past,
present and
emerging
Elders and
Traditional
Custodians
of Country,
and the
continuation
of cultural,
spiritual
and
educational
practices of
Aboriginal
and Torres
Strait
Islander
peoples.
______________________________________________________________________
IMPORTANT: This message, and any attachments to it, contains information
that is confidential and may also be the subject of legal professional or
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you
must not review, copy, disseminate or disclose its contents to any other
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