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Good morning,

Thank you for your email, which was received by the to the FOI team in the
Attorney-General’s Department on 4 December 2025.

In order for the department to process your email as a valid FOI request
under s15(2)(aa) of the FOI Act, please confirm that you're requesting
access to information for the purposes of the Freedom of Information 1982
(FOI Act).

Please note, the department is unable to take further action in response
to your email of 5 December 2025 until the additional information
requested above has been received.

Kind regards,

Freedom of Information & Privacy

Attorney General’s Department

( Phone: (02) 6141 6666 | * Email: [1][AGD request email]

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Dear Tyler,

Thank you for your request, which was received by the Commonwealth
Attorney-General’s Department (the department) Freedom of Information
(FOI) section (reference number FOI25/599). We write to acknowledge your
request, seek an extension of time for processing, and your agreement to
exclude certain information from your request.

Request for extension of time

We received your FOI request on Thursday, 4 December 2025 and the 30-day
statutory period for processing your request commenced on the following
day. The statutory due date for decision is currently Monday, 5 January
2026. As the department will be closed for the Christmas/New Year period
and will reopen with reduced staff capacity due to holiday leave, we are
seeking your agreement to a 30-day extension of time to process this
request under s 15AA of the FOI Act. This would mean that a decision about
your request would be due on Monday, 2 February 2026.

If we are in a position to make a decision earlier than this date, we will
endeavour to do so. The statutory period may also be extended if we need
to consult third parties or for other reasons permitted under the FOI Act.
We will advise you if this happens.

Request to exclude certain information from the scope of your request

The department is seeking your agreement to exclude the following
categories of information from the documents in your request:

• duplicates of documents that are in scope;
• personal information of members of the public;
• contact details for teams, internal to the department and other
agencies
• personal information belonging to officers of the department and other
government agencies.

Excluding the information listed above enables us to process your request
more efficiently. If you agree to the above exclusions, the names of
senior executive officers will be released where they are present in the
documents and do not attract an FOI exemption. In addition, publicly
available telephone numbers and email addresses will generally be
released.

Please note that, with some exceptions (such as personal information),
documents released under the FOI Act may later be published online on the
department's disclosure log
[1]http://www.ag.gov.au/RightsAndProtection....

Next steps

Please respond to this email by Wednesday, 10 December 2025 to confirm if
you agree to this extension of time and to the exclusion of the above
information. If you agree to the extension, we will notify the Office of
the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) of your agreement under s
15AA of the FOI Act, including your name and contact details.

If you would like to discuss this further please contact the FOI Team by
phoning (02) 6141 6666 or emailing [2][AGD request email].

Kind Regards,

Steph
Freedom of Information & Privacy

Attorney General’s Department

( Phone: (02) 6141 6666 | * Email: [3][AGD request email]

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Thank you Tyler for your response and agreement to the extension of time under section 15AA of the FOI Act to process your request.

Kind regards

Kellie
Freedom of Information +ACY- Privacy
Attorney-General+IBk-s Department
Phone: (02) 6141 6666 +AHw- Email: foi+AEA-ag.gov.au

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