Freedom of Information Act 1982 : annual report by the Attorney-General

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Australia
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Nq 328.94 AUS
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Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service, 1983-
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1983/1984, PP no. 137 of 1985
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Contents

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 Annual Report 1983-84 1
Freedom of Information Act 1982 ANNUAL REPORT 1983-84 3 , 5 , 6
FOREWORD 7 , 8 , 9
CONTENTS 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19
PREFACE 21 , 22 , 23 , 24
CHAPTER 1 - LEGISLATIVE ACTION 25 , 26 , 27 , 28
CHAPTER 2 - USE OF THE LEGISLATION 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59
CHAPTER 3 - EXCEPTIONS AND EXEMPTIONS 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 85 , 86 , 87 , 88 , 89 , 90 , 91 , 92 , 93 , 94 , 95 , 96 , 97 , 98 , 99 , 100 , 101 , 102 , 103 , 104
CHAPTER 4 - REVIEW AND APPEALS 105 , 106 , 107 , 108 , 109 , 110 , 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 , 115 , 116 , 117 , 118 , 119 , 120
CHAPTER 5 - CO-ORDINATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE ACT 121 , 122 , 123 , 124 , 125 , 126 , 127 , 128 , 129 , 130 , 131 , 132 , 133 , 134 , 135 , 136 , 137 , 138 , 139 , 140 , 141 , 142 , 143 , 144 , 145
CHAPTER 6 IMPACT OF THE LEGISLATION: COSTS, BENEFITS AND DETRIMENTS 146 , 147 , 148 , 149 , 150 , 151 , 152 , 153 , 154 , 155 , 156 , 157 , 158 , 159 , 160 , 161 , 162 , 163 , 164 , 165 , 166 , 167 , 168 , 169 , 170
CHAPTER 7 - IMPACT OF THE LEGISLATION: CHANGES AND TRENDS 171 , 172 , 173 , 174 , 175 , 176 , 177 , 178 , 179 , 180 , 181 , 182 , 183 , 184 , 185 , 186 , 187 , 188 , 189 , 190 , 191 , 192 , 193 , 194 , 195 , 196 , 197 , 198 , 199 , 200 , 201 , 202 , 203 , 204 , 205 , 206 , 207 , 208 , 209
CHAPTER 8 - FUTURE DIRECTIONS 210 , 211 , 212 , 213 , 214
APPENDIXES APPENDIX A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 (Summary) 215 , 216 , 217 , 218 , 219 , 220 , 221
APPENDIX B FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AMENDMENT ACT 1983 (Summary) 222 , 223 , 224 , 225
APPENDIX C INDEX OF FOI MEMORANDA 226 , 227 , 228 , 229 , 230
APPENDIX C - PART 2 INDEX OF FOI 'D' SERIES MEMORANDA 231 , 232
APPENDIX D 233
APPENDIX E Decision-Making Arrangements in Agencies (s.23) 234 , 235 , 236 , 237 , 238 , 239 , 240 , 241 , 242 , 243 , 244 , 245 , 246 , 247 , 248 , 249 , 250 , 251 , 252 , 253 , 254 , 255 , 256 , 257 , 258 , 259 , 260 , 261 , 262 , 263 , 264 , 265 , 266 , 267 , 268 , 269 , 270 , 271 , 272 , 273 , 274 , 275 , 276 , 277
APPENDIX F (Requests received, decisions on access and charges collected) 278 , 279 , 280 , 281 , 282 , 283 , 284 , 285 , 286 , 287 , 288 , 289 , 290
APPENDIX G Internal Review (s.54) (Applications and results)* 291 , 292 , 293 , 294
APPENDIX H AAT and DRT Review (Applications and results) 295 , 296 , 297
APPENDIX I Section 12(2) - Exception (Prior documents) 298 , 299
APPENDIX J Section 11 - Exception (Documents not a document of an agency or an official document of a minister) 300 , 301
APPENDIX K Section 12(1) - Exception (Documents otherwise publicly available) 302 , 303
APPENDIX L Section 15(2) - Exception (Insufficient Information to Identify document) 304
APPENDIX M Section 17(2) - Exception (Production of a document not available In discrete form and compliance would substantially and unreasonably divert agency resources) 305
APPENDIX M I Section 18(1)(b) - Exception (Charges not paid) 306
APPENDIX N Section 20 (Access refused In form requested but granted In another form) 307
APPENDIX O Section 22(1) - Exception (Deletion of exempt matter Impracticable and would render copy document misleading) 308 , 309
APPENDIX P Section 24 Exception (Provision of all documents requested would substantially and unreasonable divert agency resources) 310
APPENDIX Q I Section 33(1)(a)(i) - Exemption (Security of the Commonwealth) 311
APPENDIX Q 2 Section 33(1)(a)(ii) - Exemption (Defence of the Commonwealth) 312
APPENDIX Q 3 Section 33(1)(a)(iii) - Exemption (International relations of the Commonwealth) 313
APPENDIX Q 4 Section 33(1)(b) - Exemption (Confidential communications by or on behalf of a foreign government or an international organisation) 314
APPENDIX Q 5 Section 33A - Exemption (Commonwealth/State relations) 315
APPENDIX R Section 34 - Exemption (Cabinet documents) 316
APPENDIX S Section 35 - Exemption (Executive Council documents) 317
APPENDIX T Section 36 - Exemption (Internal working documents) 318 , 319 , 320
APPENDIX U Section 37 - Exemption (Enforcement of the law and protection of public safety) 321 , 322
Section 37(1)(a) - Exemption (Enforcement/proper administration of the law In a particular Instance) 323
APPENDIX U 2 Section 37(1)(b) - Exemption (Confidential source of information (law enforcement/adminlstration)) 324
APPENDIX U 3 Section 37(1)(c) - Exemption (Endangering the life or physical safety of any person) 325
APPENDIX U 4 Section 37(2)(a) - Exemption (Fair trial/impartial adjudication of a particular case) 326
APPENDIX U 5 Section 37(2)(b) - Exemption (Lawful methods/procedures for dealing with breaches or evasions of the law) 327
APPENDIX U 6 Section 37(2)(c) - Exemption (Lawful methods for protecting public safety) 328
Section 38 - Exemption (Secrecy provisions) 329
APPENDIX W Section 39 - Exemption (Commonwealth financial or property interests) 330
APPENDIX X Section 40(1) - Exemption This table is a consolidation of Appendixes XI, X2, X3, X4 and X5 (Certain operations of agencies) 331 , 332
APPENDIX X I Section 40(1)(a) - Exemption (Conduct of agency tests/exams/audits) 333
APPENDIX X 2 Section 40(1)(b) - Exemption (Objects of particular agency tests/exams/audits) 334
APPENDIX X 3 Section 40(1)(c) - Exemption {Management/assessment personnel) 335 , 336
APPENDIX X 4 Section 40(1)(d) - Exemption (Proper and efficient conduct of agency operations) 337
APPENDIX X 5 Section 40(1)(e) - Exemption (Conduct of industrial relations) 338
APPENDIX Y Section 41 - Exemption (Personal privacy) 339 , 340 , 341
APPENDIX Z Section 42 - Exemption (Legal professional privilege) 342
APPENDIX AA Section 43 - Exemption (Business, commercial, financial, professional affairs) 343 , 344 , 345
APPENDIX BB Section 44 - Exemption (National economy) 346
APPENDIX CC Section 45 - Exemption (Breach of confidence) 347 , 348 , 349
APPENDIX DD Section 46 - Exemption (Contempt) 350
APPENDIX EE Agencies subject to the Freedom of Information Act 1982 as at 30 June 1983 351 , 352 , 353 , 354 , 355 , 356 , 357 , 358 , 359 , 360 , 361
APPENDIX FF SUMMARY OF ALL COSTS OF FOI REPORTED BY AGENCIES 362 , 363 , 364
APPENDIX GG AAT DECISIONS 1983/84 365 , 366 , 368

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