Appendix 1 - Submissions and Additional Information

Appendix 1Submissions and Additional Information

Submissions

1Department of Home Affairs

2Australian Financial Security Authority

3Mr Rex Patrick

3.1 Supplementary to submission 3

4Public Interest Advocacy Centre

5Grata Fund

6Centre for Public Integrity

7Professor John McMillan AO

8Refugee Advice and Casework Service

9Public Interest Journalism Initiative and Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne

10Australian Press Council

11Office of the Information Commissioner (Qld)

12NSW Council for Civil Liberties

13Country Press Australia

14Australian Conservation Foundation

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15Crikey

16Ms Megan Carter

17Dr Amanda-Jane George and Dr Julie-Anne Tarr

18Mr Robert Heron

19Mr Paul Hayes

20Law Council of Australia

21Attorney-General's Department

22Administrative Appeals Tribunal

23The Australia Institute

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24Shooting Industry Foundation Australia

25Mr Peter Timmins

26C Pope & Associates

27Australian Broadcasting Corporation

27.1 Supplementary to submission 27

28Dr Douglas Quarry and Mr Mike Berwick AM

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Attachment 4

Attachment 5

Attachment 6

29Name Withheld

30Name Withheld

31Australia's Right To Know

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Attachment 2

32Confidential

33Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

33.1 Supplementary to submission 33

34Name Withheld

35Local Government Elected Members Association (LGEMA)

36Mr Frank Pane

37Mr Bruce Francis

38Professor Peter Tregear OAM

39Dr Joyce Noronha-Barrett

40Name Withheld

41Dr Chris Lewis

41.1 Supplementary to submission 41

42Confidential

43Ms Lauren Gray

Additional Information

1Journal article: AJ George, Julie-Anne Tarr, Susan Bird, 'Forty Years of FOI: Accountability, Policy-making and The National Innovation and Science Agenda' (2021)

2Affidavit in Patrick v Australian Information Commissioner, RA Dowsett, 22August 2022.

3Affidavit in Patrick v Australian Information Commissioner, E.Hampton, 5August 2022

4Affidavit in Patrick v Australian Information Commissioner, RA Dowsett, 6March 2023.

5Office of the Australian Information Commissioner internal legislative change recommendations, February 2023.

6OAIC Submission to Hawke Review, December 2012.

7OAIC supplementary submission to Hawke Review, February 2013.

8Office of the Information Commissioner, correction of evidence provided during a public hearing on 29 August 2023, received 11 October 2023.

9Supplementary statement made by Mr Leo Hardiman PSM KC, received 15September 2023.

10Australia Information Commissioner, letter to committee, received 8November 2023

Answer to Question on Notice

1Attorney-General's Department, response to written questions on notice (received 23 June 2023).

2Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, response to written questions on notice (received 28 July 2023).

3Grata Fund, answer to questions taken on notice at a public hearing on 28August 2023 (received 13 September 2023).

4Department of Home Affairs, answers to question on notice taken at a public hearing on 29 August 2023 (received 15 September 2023).

5Refugee Advice and Casework Service, answers to questions on notice taken at a public hearing on 28 August 2023 (received 15 September 2023).

6Public Interest Advocacy Centre, answer to question taken on notice and correction of evidence at a public hearing on 28 August 2023.

7NSW Council for Civil Liberties, answers to questions on notice taken at a public hearing on 28 August 2023 (received 15 September 2023).

8Australian Broadcasting Corporation, answers to questions taken on notice at a public hearing on 28 August 2023 (received 15 September 2023).

9Administrative Appeals Tribunal, answers to questions taken on notice at a public hearing on 28 August 2023 (received 15 September 2023).

10Australian Financial Security Authority, response to questions on notice taken at public hearing on 29 August 2023 (received 27 September 2023).

11Australia Institute, answers to questions on notice taken at a public hearing on 29 August 2023 (received 22 September 2023).

12Australian Press Council, answers to questions on notice taken at a public hearing on 28 August 2023 (received 4 October 2023).

13Administrative Appeals Tribunal responses to questions on notice 5 and 7, taken at a public hearing on 28 August 2023 (received 15 September and 12October 2023).

14Office of the Australian Information Commissioner's response to questions on notice, taken at a public hearing on 29 August 2023 (received 10 October 2023).

15Australian Conservation Foundation, response to questions on notice taken at a public hearing on 29 August 2023, (received 28 September 2023).

16Law Council of Australia, response to questions on notice taken at a public hearing on 29 August 2023 (received 28 September 2023).

17Attorney-General's Department, answers to questions taken on notice at a public hearing on 29 August 2023 (received 21 September 2023).

18Dr Amanda-Jane George, response to spoken questions on notice taken at a hearing on 28 August 2023 (received 13 September 2023).

19Mr Rex Patrick, answer to question taken on notice at a public hearing on 28August 2023 (received 29 August 2023)

20Attorney-General's Department, revised answers to questions taken on notice at a public hearing on 29 August 2023 (received 24 November 2023).

Tabled Documents

1Statement made by Mr Leo Hardiman PSM KC at a public hearing on 29August 2023.

2Information Commissioner Review Statistics, tabled by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at a public hearing on 29 August 2023.

3Affidavit of M Dreyfus in Patrick v Australian Information Commissioner (8October 2022), tabled by Mr Rex Patrick at a public hearing on 28 August 2023

4Opening statement made by the Attorney-General's Department at a public hearing on 29 August 2023.

5Decision to grant an extension of time under s 15AB of the FOI Act 1982 (13June 2023), tabled at a public hearing on 29 August 2023.

6Decision to decline an extension of time application under s 15AB of the FOI Act 1982 (31 July 2023), tabled at a public hearing on 29 August 2023.

7Media Article - The Age - "The wait goes on: Dreyfus' department dodges disclosures" (27 July 2023), tabled at a public hearing on 29 August 2023.