OFFICIAL

FOI/2021/098

Dear Mr Cole

Thank you for your email dated 18 June 2021, received by the Department of
the Prime Minister and Cabinet (the Department), in which you made a
request to the Department under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the
FOI Act) in the following terms:

Regarding the prime minister's visit to Singapore, Cornwall & london in
the uk and paris, france in June 2021

1. List of the delegation members travelling with the prime minister from
the department of the prime minister and the prime minister's office. and
if they just went to singapore, cornwall, london or paris  and the dates
they travelled. if you plan to withhold names just there titles/position.

2. Documents listing the name of the hotel the delegation stayed in and
number of rooms reserved in singapore, cornwall, london and paris

3. schedule of the prime minister for the whole trip.

Timeframe for receiving your decision

We received your request on 18 June 2021 and the 30 day statutory period
for processing your request commenced from the day after that date. You
should therefore expect a decision from us by 19 July 2021. The period of
30 days may be extended in certain circumstances. We will advise you if
there is any extension of time.

Charges

Agencies may decide that an applicant is liable to pay a charge in respect
of a request for access to documents. If the Department decides that you
are liable to pay a charge, we will send you a preliminary assessment of
the charge as soon as possible.

Publication of documents

Please note that information released under the FOI Act may later be
published online on our disclosure log at
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subject to certain exceptions. If you think you might wish to raise any
objections to the publication of any of the information which may be
released to you please contact us by email at [2][DPMC request email]. If you do
wish to object to the publication of information, you would need to
provide supporting reasons.

Exclusion of officers’ names and contact details

For documents that fall within scope of the request, it is the
Department’s policy to withhold:

•             any person’s signature;

•             the names and contact details of Australian Public Service
officers not in the Senior Executive Service (SES);

•             the mobile or direct numbers of SES officers;

•             the names and contact details of Ministerial staff at a
level below Chief of Staff.

The names and other details of SES officers will not be withheld unless
there is some reason for that information to be exempt from release. If
you require signatures, the names and contact details of non-SES officers
or Ministerial staff below the level of Chief of Staff, or the mobile or
direct numbers of SES officers please let us know at [3][DPMC request email] so
the decision-maker may consider; otherwise we will take it that you agree
to that information being excluded from the scope of your request (that
is, the information will be treated as irrelevant and redacted from any
documents for release).

We will write again when the Department has more information. Further
information on FOI processing can be found at the website of the Office of
the Australian Information Commissioner
[4]https://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-infor....

Yours sincerely

FOI Adviser

FOI and Privacy Section| Legal Policy Branch

Government Division | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

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OFFICIAL

FOI/2021/098

Dear Mr Cole

Thank you for your email dated 18 June 2021 in which you made an FOI
request (attached) to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

The due date for a decision on your FOI request is Monday, 19 July 2021.
Regrettably, the Department is not in a position to finalise your FOI
request by the current due date.

The Department has undertaken a search for your requested documents.
However, more time is required for the Department to undertake necessary
consultations before we can finalise the processing of your FOI request.

Accordingly, we seek your agreement to a 14-day extension of time to
Monday, 2 August 2021, in accordance with section 15AA of the FOI Act.

We would be grateful for your response by COB Thursday, 15 July 2021.

Yours sincerely

FOI Adviser

FOI and Privacy Section| Legal Policy Branch

Government Division | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

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OFFICIAL

FOI/2021/098

Dear Mr Cole

Please find attached the decision and the documents being released to you
regarding your request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982.

Yours sincerely

FOI Adviser

FOI and Privacy Section| Legal Policy Branch

Government Division | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

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