Disclosure Logs
Publicly available information released following an FOI access request
The Federal Magistrates Court is required by section 11C of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act) to publish a disclosure log on its website. The disclosure log lists information which has been released in response to an FOI access request. This requirement has applied since 1 May 2011.
The disclosure log requirement does not apply to:
- personal information about any person if publication of that information would be 'unreasonable' information about the business, commercial, financial or professional affairs of any person if publication of that information would be 'unreasonable'
- other information covered by a determination made by the Australian Information Commissioner if publication of that information would be 'unreasonable'
- any information if it is not reasonably practicable to publish the information because of the extent of modifications that would need to be made to delete the information listed in the above dot points.
Information released pursuant to FOI can be accessed through links provided. Information not available on the website can be obtained by writing to the Court's FOI contact officer:
The Chief Executive Officer
Federal Magistrates Court of Australia
GPO Box 9991
Canberra ACT 2601
Email: customer.service@fmc.gov.au
Further advice on making FOI requests may be obtained by calling 03 8600 4470.
Please note also that charges may be imposed to reimburse the Federal Magistrates Court for the cost of photocopying or reproducing documents. Notification will be given if any charges are payable and if the charges are required to be paid before the documents are provided.
Information attached to, or referred to, in the Federal Magistrates Court disclosure log will generally be removed after 12 months, unless the information has enduring public value.
The FOI Act also requires the Federal Magistrates Court to proactively publish a range of information under the Information Publication Scheme (IPS).You can find further information about the Federal Magistrates Court IPS on the Information Publication Scheme pages of this website.
DISCLOSURE LOG 2010
Date of access |
General description of document/s released |
Other information |
nil |
nil |
nil |
Note: There are no releases by the Federal Magistrates Court that met the criteria for disclosure at this time. In relation to the Family Court, the FOI Act only applies to documents which relate to matters of an administrative nature (see section 5).
DISCLOSURE LOG 2011
Date of release |
General description of document/s released |
Other information |
nil |
nil |
nil |
Note: There are no releases by the Federal Magistrates Court that met the criteria for disclosure at this time. In relation to the Family Court, the FOI Act only applies to documents which relate to matters of an administrative nature (see section 5).
DISCLOSURE LOG 2012 to date
Date of release |
General description of document/s released |
Other information |
nil |
Nil to date |
nil |
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