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Dear Commonwealth Ombudsman,
On 6 May 2025, the Commonwealth Ombudsman, Iain Anderson, presented an address titled "best practices for ensuring transparency and accountability in decision-making processes" at the Public Sector Integrity and Governance colloquium in Canberra.
Under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth), I request access to any and all documents of the address delivered by Iain Anderson at the Public Sector Integrity and Governance colloquium.
For the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act, the concept of a document extends to traditional documents, as well as digital documents, audio recordings and video recordings. If a written record (e.g. written on paper, saved as a Microsoft Word or PDF document, or a transcript) of the address does not exist but a recording of the address exists (i.e. audio or video), please provide a recording of the address.
Please provide the requested address by return email.
Yours faithfully,
Lex
OFFICIAL
Our ref: FOI-2025-80053
Dear Lex
Freedom of Information request – Acknowledgment
I acknowledge receipt of your email dated 9 May 2025 to the Office of the
Commonwealth Ombudsman (the Office), in which you requested access to
documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act). Your
request for documents was in the following terms:
On 6 May 2025, the Commonwealth Ombudsman, Iain Anderson, presented an
address titled "best practices for ensuring transparency and
accountability in decision-making processes" at the Public Sector
Integrity and Governance colloquium in Canberra.
Under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth), I request access to any
and all documents of the address delivered by Iain Anderson at the Public
Sector Integrity and Governance colloquium.
For the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act, the concept of a
document extends to traditional documents, as well as digital documents,
audio recordings and video recordings. If a written record (e.g. written
on paper, saved as a Microsoft Word or PDF document, or a transcript) of
the address does not exist but a recording of the address exists (i.e.
audio or video), please provide a recording of the address.
Please provide the requested address by return email.
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and make a decision on one copy of each document. Agree to duplicates
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Kind regards
Carolina
Senior Legal Officer
Defence, Investigations, ACT & Legal Branch
1300 362 072
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OFFICIAL
Dear Lex
Please see attached decision letter and documents for FOI-2025-80053.
Kind regards
Senior Legal Officer
Defence, Investigations, ACT & Legal Branch
1300 362 072
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Level 5, 14 Childers St Canberra ACT 2600
The Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman acknowledges the traditional
owners of country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to
land, culture and community. We pay our respects to elders past and
present.
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