Vinder correspondance — ANU Council
Dear Australian National University,
I am writing to request access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982.
I seek access to any correspondence between:
Either:
a. the ANU Council, or
b. the ANU Council’s Audit and Risk Committee,
and:
Either:
a. the Office of the Chancellor (including the Chancellor), or
b. the Office of the Vice-Chancellor (including the Vice-Chancellor),
that relates to the prior procurement of speech writing services from Murray Hansen and/or Vinder Consulting.
The date range for this request is 1 February 2025 to 1 April 2025.
For the purposes of this request, “correspondence” should be taken to include (but not be limited to) emails, letters, briefing notes, meeting papers, attachments, text messages, Teams messages, or any other written communication.
If any part of this request requires clarification, or if it may assist processing for you to refine or narrow the scope, I am happy to discuss.
Yours faithfully,
Bruce Phillip Jost
Dear Bruce,
On 18 November 2025, the Australian National University (the University) received your 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:
“I seek access to any correspondence between… [e]ither:
a. the ANU Council, or
b. the ANU Council’s Audit and Risk Committee,
and either:
a. the Office of the Chancellor (including the Chancellor), or
b. the Office of the Vice-Chancellor (including the Vice-Chancellor),
that relates to the prior procurement of speech writing services from Murray Hansen and/or Vinder Consulting.”
You specified that the date range for this request is 1 February 2025 to 1 April 2025.
Your request has been assigned the case number 202500295.
Processing Timeframe
The statutory time frame for processing your request is 30 calendar days from day after the date your request was received by the University. You should therefore expect a decision from us by Thursday 18 December 2025.
This period of 30 days may be extended if we need to consult third parties, impose a charge or for other reasons. We will advise you in writing if this happens.
We will contact you using the email address you provided. Please advise if you would prefer us to use an alternative means of contact. If you have any questions regarding your request, please feel free to contact the FOI Team via the functional email [ANU request email].
The FOI Team’s workload is currently at very high levels due to the unprecedented volume of FOI requests.
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
University Governance Office
The Australian National University
Email: [ANU request email]
Web: https://www.anu.edu.au/freedom-of-inform...
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