FOI Exemptions

Release of documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (‘FOI Act’).

The decision-maker decides to release documents subject to appropriate exemptions under the FOI Act, namely:

Section	Exemption
7	Exemption of Certain persons and bodies
21	Deferment of access
22	Access to edited copies with exempt or irrelevant matter deleted
24	Power to refuse – Diversion of resources
24A	Requests may be refused if documents cannot be found, do not exist or have not been received
33	Documents affecting national security, defence or international relations
37	Documents affecting enforcement of the law and protection of public safety
38	Documents to which secrecy provisions of enactment apply
42	Documents subject to legal professional privilege
45	Documents containing material obtained in confidence
46	Documents disclosure of which would be contempt of Parliament or contempt of Court
47	Documents disclosing trade secrets or commercially valuable information
47A	Electoral rolls and related documents
47B	Public interest conditional exemptions – Commonwealth – State relations
47C	Public interest conditional exemptions – deliberative processes
47D	Public interest conditional exemptions – financial property of the Commonwealth or Norfolk Island
47E	Public interest conditional exemptions – certain operations of agencies
47F	Public interest conditional exemptions – personal privacy
47G	Public interest conditional exemptions – business
47H	Public interest conditional exemptions – research
47J	Public interest conditional exemptions – the economy

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