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Dear Bob

Thank you for your email, which was received by the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department (the department) Freedom of Information (FOI) section on 22 April 2024.

The right of access to information under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) pertains to documents held by this department such as internal correspondence, ministerial submissions, reports, etc. It is not a mechanism by which we can respond to queries about the operation of government or legislation. You request appears to ask whether individuals, and their property, are subject to the laws of this country. Unfortunately, FOI requests are not the appropriate mechanism for commissioning legal research or having questions of this nature answered.

All Australian legislation is available on the Federal Register of Legislation here: https://www.legislation.gov.au/

You can submit specific questions you may have in relation to the operation of the parliament through the Parliamentary Education Office at https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parlia.... Alternatively, if you do have specific questions about the operation of government or the effect of laws in Australia, you may wish to seek your own legal advice.

Please let us know if we have misunderstood the nature of your request, or if you wish to submit a new or revised request for access to documents held by this department.

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Freedom of Information & Privacy
Attorney-General’s Department
Phone: (02) 6141 6666 | Email: [AGD request email]
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Dear Bob

Thank you for your email of 29 April 2024.

In your email, you advised that “There are no visible public legislation documents that indicates jurisdiction as it relates to man as per my original request.”

As we advised previously, all Australian legislation is available on the Federal Register of Legislation here: https://www.legislation.gov.au/. If the legislation on the Federal Register does not contain the elements prescribed in your request, then it is likely that no legislation consistent with the terms of your request exists. In any event, it is not within the remit of this team to undertake legislative research on your behalf.

Additionally, a preliminary search of the department’s holdings has not yielded any policy documents relating to ‘jurisdiction over a man’ and ‘jurisdiction over said man’s property’ per the terms of your request.

You advised that you are not seeking documents that “relate to a legal entity such as an 'individual' or 'person'.” If you wish to proceed, we would appreciate your clarification about how a ‘man’ is distinct from an individual or person, for the purposes of your request. Your clarification will help us to tailor searches for any policy documents within the scope of your request.

Kind regards

Freedom of Information & Privacy
Attorney-General’s Department
Phone: (02) 6141 6666 | Email: [AGD request email]

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