Consultation on Part 3—Processing and Deciding FOI Requests
Submission Date: 18 June 2025
The Law Council of Australia provided a submission in response to the proposed updates to Part 3 of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner’s (OAIC’s) FOI Guidelines: Processing and deciding on FOI requests (the Guidelines).
This submission is informed by contributions from the Law Society of New South Wales and the Law Institute of Victoria.
The Law Council is encouraged by the OAIC consultation, and its commitment to improve the Guidelines to advance the objects of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) which support and promote public access to information. In general, we consider that the updates to Part 3 of the Guidelines are comprehensive and take account of current case law.
We commend the OAIC’s approach to incorporate case law through Part 3 of the Guidelines to support practical application and understanding, and highlight key principles. We would welcome this approach being readily adopted throughout the Guidelines more broadly.
Last Updated on 20/06/2025
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