Freedom of information disclosure log

Publicly available information released following an FOI access request

Information to assist Australian Government agencies in developing their own FOI Disclosure Log is available on our guidelines page.

The OAIC is required by section 11C of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 to publish a disclosure log on its website. The disclosure log lists information which has been released in response to an FOI access request. This requirement has applied since 1 May 2011.

The disclosure log requirement does not apply to:

• personal information about any person if publication of that information would be ‘unreasonable’
• information about the business, commercial, financial or professional affairs of any person if publication of that information would be ‘unreasonable’
• other information covered by a determination made by the Australian Information Commissioner if publication of that information would be ‘unreasonable’
• any information if it is not reasonably practicable to publish the information because of the extent of modifications that would need to be made to delete the information listed in the above dot points.

The information described in the disclosure log table below has been released by the OAIC under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 and is available for public access.

A link is provided if the information can be downloaded from this website or another website.

Information that is not available online may be obtained by emailing us at enquiries@oaic.gov.au or writing to us at GPO Box 5218, Sydney, NSW 2001. A charge may be imposed to reimburse the OAIC for the cost incurred in copying or reproducing the information or sending it to you. There will be no charge for the time spent by the OAIC in processing the FOI request that led to this information being made available. You will be notified if any charge is payable and required to pay the charge before the information is provided.

There may be documents in the disclosure log that are currently not available in HTML format. If you are unable to read the format provided please contact us for an alternative accessible format. We will try to meet all reasonable requests for an alternative format of the document in a timely manner and at the lowest reasonable cost to you.

Information attached to, or referred to, in the OAIC’s disclosure log will generally be removed after 12 months, unless the information has enduring public value.

Reference number	Date of access	FOI request	Information published in the disclosure log	Other information
PF51	21-10-2011	A copy of the current signed delegation / authorization / permission for all powers to make decisions under the FOI Act and copies of the last five signed delegations / authorisations / permissions but nothing older than 2005.	OAIC FOI Act s 23(1) Authorisation (current 1-11-2010) OAIC FOI s 10A (IPS) Authorisation (current 20-4-2011) OAIC FOI Act s 25 Delegation (current 27-1-2011) OPC FOI Act s 23(1) delegation(no longer current, dated 4-2-2009) -------- OAIC Privacy Act s 68 Appointment of authorised officers (current 1-11-2010)	Full access provided. In addition a Privacy Act authorisation was supplied.

Notes:

• Most FOI requests to the OAIC are made by individuals in relation to their complaint file. These releases do not meet the criteria for public release in this disclosure log.
• A document published on the disclosure log may be an edited version of the document originally provided to an applicant because of an exception in s 11C(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 1982.

The FOI Act also requires the OAIC to proactively publish a range of information under the Information Publication Scheme (IPS). The OAIC’s IPS entry can be found at http://www.oaic.gov.au/ips.

Information about making an freedom of information request, in relation to information held by the OAIC, can be found at http://www.oaic.gov.au/foi .