Dear Isabella,

On 25 November 2025, the Australian National University (the University) received your below request for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act).

The University has taken your request to be as follows:

“… any Senate Estimates briefs prepared for, provided to, or used by the Australian National University for the University's appearance before the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee in October 2025, where those briefs relate to the ANU Governance Project.

This request includes briefs, attachments, talking points, and any material prepared for Interim Vice-Chancellor or other representatives attending the hearing.”

Your request has been assigned the case number 202500306.

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We are using our best endeavours to process all requests expeditiously however there may be some slippage due to the current workload. We will keep in touch with you and advise if there are any significant delays, and will, if necessary, seek extensions as permitted by the Act.

Yours sincerely,

FOI Team
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The Australian National University

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-----Original Message-----
From: Isabella Fairfax Chisholm <[FOI #14041 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 25 November 2025 4:48 PM
To: Freedom of Information <[ANU request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Senate Estimates Briefs relating to the ANU Governance Project

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Dear ANU FOI Team,

I am writing to request access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982.

I seek access to any Senate Estimates briefs prepared for, provided to, or used by the Australian National University for the University's appearance before the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee in October 2025, where those briefs relate to the ANU Governance Project. This request includes briefs, attachments, talking points, and any material prepared for Interim Vice-Chancellor or other representatives attending the hearing. If duplicates were prepared for multiple representatives, no duplicate copies are required.

Yours faithfully,

Isabella Fairfax Chisholm

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