The ACT Freedom of Information Act 2016 gives individuals the legal right to:

access government information unless access to the information would, on balance, be contrary to the public interest;
ask for personal information to be changed if it is incomplete, out-of-date, incorrect or misleading; and
appeal a decision about access to a document, or a decision in relation to a request to amend or annotate a personal record.

Disclosure Log

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2016 an agency is required to have a disclosure log listing Freedom of Information requests received. Details of requests for personal information are not required to be reported under the act and therefore are not provided here.

Reference No.	Date of Application	Date of Publication	Information Requested	Decision	Date of Decision	Fees (paid or waived)	Time Spent on Application	Ombudsman or ACAT Decision (if relevant
2018/001	20 Nov 2018	19 Dec 2018	‘…final documents or briefing notes prepared for or used by witnesses appearing as part of the Inquiry into Annual and Financial Reports 2017-18. This may include, but is not limited to, summary documents or briefs, copies of correspondence or other documents, meeting summaries or agendas, or other types of supplementary or internal materials that were available to or used by witnesses during the hearings. If the documents relate to issues not disclosed or touched on at the hearings, we request that they still be included if they were available to witnesses. We are not seeking drafts of the documents, the 2017-18 Annual Report itself, or copies of audit reports previously published that may have been available to witnesses appearing before at the hearing.’	Partial Release	N/A	17 Dec 18	N/A	10.5 working days	N/A

Reference No.

Date of Application

Date of Publication

Information Requested

Decision

Date of Decision

Fees (paid or waived)

Time Spent on Application

Ombudsman or ACAT Decision (if relevant

Information Given

Additional Information

2018/001

20 Nov 2018

19 Dec 2018

‘…final documents or briefing notes prepared for or used by witnesses appearing as part of the Inquiry into Annual and Financial Reports 2017-18. This may include, but is not limited to, summary documents or briefs, copies of correspondence or other documents, meeting summaries or agendas, or other types of supplementary or internal materials that were available to or used by witnesses during the hearings. If the documents relate to issues not disclosed or touched on at the hearings, we request that they still be included if they were available to witnesses.

We are not seeking drafts of the documents, the 2017-18 Annual Report itself, or copies of audit reports previously published that may have been available to witnesses appearing before at the hearing.’

Partial Release

N/A

17 Dec 18

N/A

10.5 working days

N/A

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Disclosure Log