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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 FOI25/435). We write to acknowledge your request and seek your agreement to exclude certain information from your request.

We received your FOI request on 9 September 2025 and the 30 day statutory period for processing your request commences from the following day. A decision is therefore due by Thursday 9 October 2025. However this may be extended if the department needs to consult third parties or for other reasons. 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 http://www.ag.gov.au/RightsAndProtection....

Next steps
Please respond to this email by Thursday 11 September 2025 to confirm if you agree the exclusion of the above information.

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

Kind regards

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

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