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FOI determinations

The Australian Information Commissioner can make determinations under the FOI Act to exempt documents from publication either through the Information Publication Scheme (IPS) or the FOI Disclosure Log.

The ComLaw website contains authoritative versions of all legislative instruments enabled by the FOI Act, including FOI determinations.

For information on the OAIC’s process in considering applications and developing determinations, please see the IPS and Disclosure Log Determinations Policy and Procedure, in the Agency Resources section of this website.

Disclosure Log Determination No. 2013-1 (Exempt documents)

The effect of this determination by the Information Commissioner is that agencies and Ministers are not required to publish information prescribed by the determination, in their disclosure log. This determination has effect from 17 October 2013 until 16 October 2018 inclusive. Below is a link to the authoritative version of the determination and the explanatory statement on ComLaw.

Read more: Disclosure Log Determination No. 2013-1 (Exempt documents)

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