Our FOI disclosure log

Reference number

FOIREQ25/00438

Date of access

19 January 2026

Published on

19 January 2026

FOI request

A. Narrowed scope (finals > drafts; exclude emails; shorter date range)

Date range: 1 April 2025 – 30 October 2025.

Documents sought (final versions only unless noted):

1. OAIC outgoing policy advice/briefs (final) to DITRDCA / eSafety / PM&C about the U16 regime (Part 4A):
   – topics: s 63E commencement/readiness and “reasonable steps”/age-assurance expectations;
   – include attachments to those final briefs (e.g., factual annexes, tables, PIAs/metrics).
2. Guidelines input (final): OAIC submissions/comments/consultation summaries provided to the policy owner on “reasonable steps” guidance (final consolidated documents only, not emails).
3. Less-Restrictive Alternatives (final): OAIC papers or slide decks that compare ID-free LRAs (device teen modes, parental dashboards/consent, curfews/content controls, rapid redress) vs platform-wide age assurance, including any efficacy/rights-impact tables.
4. External signals (final): OAIC impact notes/briefings (final) addressing how the OAIC facial-recognition determinations (Kmart, Bunnings) and the Digital ID Repeal Bill 2024 affect OAIC’s advice on U16 guidance/commencement.
5. Inter-agency posture (final): Any final MoUs/protocols executed in 1 Apr–30 Oct 2025 with eSafety/DITRDCA/PM&C concerning cooperation or referrals in the U16 context (only executed/final versions).
   Explicit exclusions (to reduce burden):
   – All email chains, Teams/IMs and drafts, except (i) the single “last prior draft” for Item 1 (final OAIC outgoing policy brief) to show material changes;
   – internal publications, routine admin, diary notes, media lines, duplicate copies.

B. s 17 database extract (reduced fields)

Please produce an s 17 document for 1 Apr–30 Oct 2025 listing counts only for:

1. OAIC policy briefs/advice notes on U16/Part 4A;
2. consultation meetings (internal/external) and participating entity types;
3. MoUs/protocols executed or drafted touching age assurance/U16.
   (I am dropping my earlier (d)–(e) metrics to reduce load.)

C. Custodians / repositories (tighter)

Limit searches to the Privacy Reform Implementation team, any line area that authored the final briefs above, and the records held/registered in Content Manager for those final items. If helpful, please focus on the file series the line area used to compile the final outgoing advice.

Other information

Release in Part s 47C, s 47E(d), s 47F

Information published in the disclosure log

Reference number

FOIREQ25/00512

Date of access

9 January 2026

Published on

16 January 2026

FOI request

all documents associated with finalisation of this request, including the external consultant's review.

Other information

Release in Part s 47E(d) s 47F

Information published in the disclosure log

Reference number

FOIREQ25/00511

Date of access

24/12/2025

Published on

24/12/2025

FOI request

List of all training given to OAIC staff from January 1 2023 to December 31 2024

Other information

Release in full

Information published in the disclosure log

Reference number

FOIREQ25/00508

Date of access

17 December 2025

Published on

18 December 2025

FOI request

Current internal policies and procedures on OAIC investigations of FOI complaints about the OAIC; including any OAIC referral of FOI complaints to external agencies, investigation timeframes, and any management of conflict of interest.

Other information

Release in Part, s 22

Information published in the disclosure log

Reference number

FOIREQ25/00464

Date of access

4 December 2025

Published on

10 December 2025

FOI request

Briefing papers relating to Freedom of Information (FOI) prepared for Commissioner Tydd and/or Commissioner Linacre for their planned appearance at the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Supplementary Budget Estimates hearing held on 7 October 2025.

Other information

Release in part, s 47E(d) s 42 s 22(1)(a)(ii)

Information published in the disclosure log

Reference number

FOIREQ25/00486

Date of access

24 November 2025

Published on

27 November 2025

FOI request

Neural Data Collection and Privacy Violations (1994–Present)

Other information

Release in part s 22, s 47E(d), s 47F

Information published in the disclosure log

Reference number

FOIREQ25/00487

Date of access

24 November 2025

Published on

25 November 2025

FOI request

The decision-making process for the implementation of the cookie notification banner (the banner that appears on https://www.oaic.gov.au/ that says "We use cookies to analyse traffic and to improve your browsing experience on our website.").

Other information

Release in part Section 22

Information published in the disclosure log

Reference number

FOIREQ25/00474

Date of access

14 November 2025

Published on

14 November 2025

FOI request

the number of applications made to the OAIC for external reviews on FOI requests where the decision was a deemed refusal, broken down by which government department or minister the request for external review was for.

If possible, please limit the data to applications made from January 1 2024 and the present date.

Other information

Release in full

Information published in the disclosure log

Reference number

FOIREQ25/00434

Date of access

6 November 2025

Published on

7 November 2025

FOI request

Data breaches involving Australian Government departments or agencies from 1 May 2022 to the present.

Other information

Release in part, s 47E(d)

Information published in the disclosure log

Reference number

FOIREQ25/00407

Date of access

31 October 2025

Published on

3 November 2025

FOI request

I want to know what costs the

1. OAIC paid out to another party,
2. OAIC incurred themselves,

to the extent documents show this. Therefore, it should be the business affairs of the OAIC, rather than Telstra.

Other information

Release in part, s 22(1)(a)(ii)

Information published in the disclosure log