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Commissioner (OAIC). Please note the OAIC does not hold documents of other
Commonwealth agencies or State or Territory Departments. 

 

FOI requests to the OAIC

 

Important: This email address is only for making requests to obtain access
to a document held by the OAIC, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act
1982 (Cth) (FOI Act). We will only action and respond to emails making FOI
requests to the OAIC.

For information on how to make an FOI request to the OAIC, and to ensure
that your request complies with the requirements of the FOI Act, please
refer to the FOI page on the OAIC website at:
[1]https://www.oaic.gov.au/about-us/access-...

 

Once your request has been assessed by the OAIC, and registered on our
system, a separate acknowledgement email will be sent to you with an FOI
reference number.

 

The OAIC does not hold documents of other Commonwealth government
agencies, other state government agencies, or private organisations. The
OAIC does not hold Police Records or State Government Records.  Further
information on how to access these types of records is here [2]Freedom of
information requests to the OAIC

 

Accordingly:

1)       if you are seeking to access documents of a particular
Commonwealth agency, you will need to make your request directly to the
relevant agency. For example, if you are requesting a copy of your visa
records, please make an FOI request and send it to the Department of Home
Affairs.  Further details and information is below.

2)       if you are seeking to access documents of a state or local
government agency, as each Australian state and territory also have
separate FOI legislation that governs information held by state government
agencies, please contact the relevant agency as to how to make an
application to access the documents. For example, if you are seeking
access to police report from NSW Police Force, it is governed by the
Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) (GIPA Act), and you
will need to contact NSW police to find out how to make a GIPA application
for the police report.

3)       if you are seeking to access documents of a private organization,
which the FOI Act does not apply to, please contact the organization
directly to find out how to access the documents you are seeking. For
example, if you are seeking to access to hospital records or your medical
centre records, please contact these organisations directly. 

4)       You can request copies of documents directly from other
Commonwealth agencies, such as:
Australian Federal Police
[3]Freedom of Information access requests - AFP
Department of Home Affairs
[4]Freedom of information (homeaffairs.gov.au)- external site
Services Australia
[5]Freedom of information - Services Australia- external site
Department of Veterans Affairs
[6]Freedom of information | Department of Veterans' Affairs (dva.gov.au)-
external site
Australian Taxation Office
[7]Freedom of information (FOI) request – individuals and businesses |
Australian Taxation Office (ato.gov.au)- external site
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (passports)
[8]Freedom of information | Australian Government Department of Foreign
Affairs and Trade (dfat.gov.au)- external site

5)       For other Commonwealth or State agencies, please visit that
agency's website and search "freedom of information" or "FOI request".

 

Enquiries and other matters

 

If your email relates to any of the following, please use the OAIC's
online forms instead - at [9]https://www.oaic.gov.au/about-us/contact...

-               Enquiry

-               Privacy Complaint

-               Notifiable Data Breach

-               Consumer Data Right Complaint

-               FOI Complaint

-               Freedom of Information (IC) Review

-               Agency FOI Extension of Time Requests

-               Speech requests.

Notice:

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