Dear Glenn,

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:

‘all documents and records of correspondents between the AEC and members
of the (now supposedly defunct) White Australia Party former founders’

I understand your request for documents to exclude:

• duplicate, draft versions and publicly available documents
• duplicates of email chains where the final emails capture previous
correspondence
• names and contact details of Australian Electoral Commission (AEC)
staff (noting this does not include email domains and job titles of
staff)

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Yours sincerely,

 

Candice

FOI Team

Australian Electoral Commission

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Glenn Hamiltonshire <[FOI #14215 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 22 January 2026 8:02 PM
To: FOI <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Recieved Documents From 'White
Australia' Party

 

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Dear Australian Electoral Commission,

 

 

 

This is a Freedom of Information Request for the purposes of the Freedom
of Information Act 1982.

 

 

 

I note various article written during late 2025, such as this article
published on the ABC by Isobel Roe and Sarah Gerathy on 12 November 2025
titled ''No scope' to block neo-Nazis from registering as federal
political party says Australian Electoral Commission'
[5]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...

 

 

 

I request access to all documents and records of correspondents between
the AEC and members of the (now supposedly defunct) White Australia Party
former founders.

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

Yours faithfully,

 

 

 

Glenn Hamiltonshire

 

 

 

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