LS5035  Schedule of Relevant Documents
	Request for:
	AEC file 2011/00937 FUNDING AND DISCLOSURE - Investigations - Returns - 2010 Federal Election Candidates - *** ***
Document No.	Folio	Description	Date	Recommendation/Decision	
1		1	File request form	22/09/2011	There is no reason to refuse access to Document No. 1.

I decide to grant access in full to Document No. 1.
Approved/Not approved	
2		2	Letter from Graeme Edwin Strang to the Australian Electoral Commissioner	31/12/2010	Document No. 2 contains personal information about Mr Strang as a candidate for election for the Division of Cook, NSW.
It is not unreasonable to release the substance of what the Mr Strang said in correspondence to the Governor-General.
However, the letter contains details of Mr Strang’s postal address, mobile telephone number and a facsimile of his signature. It would be unreasonable to release this information.

I decide to refuse access to Document No. 2 and to offer Mr Bull access to an edited version from which Mr Strang’s postal address, mobile telephone number and a facsimile of his signature are redacted.
Approved/Not approved	
3		3	Letter from Paul Pirani, Chief Legal Officer to Graeme Strang	6/01/2011	Document No. 3 contains personal information about Mr Strang as a candidate for election for the Division of Cook, NSW.
It is not unreasonable to disclose this information.
Document No. 3 contains personal information about Paul Pirani, namely a facsimile of his signature. It is unreasonable to disclose this information.

I decide to refuse access to Document No. 3 and to offer Mr Bull access to an edited version from the facsimile of Mr Pirani’s signature is redacted.	
4		4	Itinerary & Tax Invoice to G Strang re reservation No. 2366838	6/01/2011	Document No. 4 contains personal information about Mr Strang. 
It  is not unreasonable to release this information.

I decide to give access to Document No. 4 in full.
Approved/Not approved	
5		5-6	Press clipping The St George and Sutherland Leader article Cook candidates present their policies by Roslta Gallasch	[undated]	Document No. 5 consists of a press clipping. Press clippings are out of scope of Part III of the FOI Act by reason of:
•	paragraph (d) of the definition of ‘document’ in subsection 4(1) of the FOI Act being material maintained for reference purposes that is otherwise publicly available; or, in the alternative,
•	paragraph 12(1)(b) of the FOI Act being a document that is open to public access, as part of a public register or otherwise, in accordance with another enactment, where that access is subject to a fee or other charge.

I decide to refuse access to Document No. 5.
Approved/Not approved	
6		7	Annexure 8 to Election Petition (not filed) between Graeme (Edwin/a) Strand and Scott (John) Morrison	[undated]	Document No. 6 is an annexure marking document. There is no reason to refuse access to Document No. 6.

I decide to give access to Document No. 6 in full.
Approved/Not approved	
7		8	Annexure 7 to Election Petition (not filed) between Graeme (Edwin/a) Strand and Scott (John) Morrison	[undated]	Document No. 7 is an annexure marking document. There is no reason to refuse access to Document No. 7.

I decide to give access to Document No. 7 in full.
Approved/Not approved	
8		9	Extract of section 166 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 at page 174	[undated]	Document No. 8 is out of scope of Part III of the FOI Act by reason of:
•	paragraph (d) of the definition of ‘document’ in subsection 4(1) of the FOI Act being material maintained for reference purposes that is otherwise publicly available; or, in the alternative. The FOI Act is officially published on-line on the Comlaw website at http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Series/C2004A02562,
•	paragraph 12(1)(b) of the FOI Act being a document that is open to public access, as part of a public register or otherwise, in accordance with another enactment, where that access is subject to a fee or other charge.

I decide to refuse access to Document No. 8.
Approved/Not approved	
9		10	Letter from Doug Orr, Australian Electoral Officer and State Manager for New South Wales to Graham Strang
A copy of this letter appears also at folio 22: see Document No. 19.	10/08/2010	Document No. 9 contains personal information about Mr Strang as a candidate for election for the Division of Cook, NSW.
It is not unreasonable to disclose this information.
Document No. 9 contains personal information about Doug Orr, namely a facsimile of his signature. It is unreasonable to disclose this information.

I decide to refuse access to Document No. 9 and to offer Mr Bull access to an edited version from the facsimile of Mr Orr’s signature is redacted.
Approved/Not approved	
10		11	Letter from D Kapene, Divisional Returning Officer, Division of Cook to Graeme Edwin Strang	29/07/2010	Document No. 10 contains personal information about Mr Strang as a candidate for election for the Division of Cook, NSW.
It is not unreasonable to disclose this information.
Document No. 10 contains personal information about Mr Strang, namely a facsimile of his signature. It is unreasonable to disclose this information.

I decide to refuse access to Document No. 10 and to offer Mr Bull access to an edited version from the facsimile of Mr Strang’s signature is redacted.
Approved/Not approved	
11		12	Letter from Graeme Edwin(a) Strang Independent Candidate (Cook) Edwina to the Divisional Returning Officer (DRO) for the Cook Division
This is distinct from the letter of the same date at folio 14.	29/07/2010	Document No. 11 contains personal information about Mr Strang as a candidate for election for the Division of Cook, NSW.
It is not unreasonable to disclose this information.
Document No. 11 contains personal information about Mr Strang, namely a facsimile of his signature. It is unreasonable to disclose this information.

I decide to refuse access to Document No. 11 and to offer Mr Bull access to an edited version from the facsimile of Mr Strang’s signature is redacted.
Approved/Not approved	
12		13	Annexure 6 to Election Petition (not filed) between Graeme (Edwin/a) Strand and Scott (John) Morrison	[undated]	Document No. 12 is an annexure marking document. There is no reason to refuse access to Document No. 12.

I decide to give access to Document No. 12 in full.
Approved/Not approved	
13		14	Letter from Graeme Edwin(a) Strang Independent Candidate (Cook) Edwina to the Divisional Returning Officer (DRO) for the Cook Division
This is distinct from the letter of the same date at folio 12	29/07/2010	Document No. 13 contains personal information about Mr Strang as a candidate for election for the Division of Cook, NSW.
It is not unreasonable to disclose this information.
Document No. 13 contains personal information about Mr Strang, namely a facsimile of his signature. It is unreasonable to disclose this information.

I decide to refuse access to Document No. 13 and to offer Mr Bull access to an edited version from the facsimile of Mr Strang’s signature is redacted.
Approved/Not approved	
14		15	Annexure 5 to Election Petition (not filed) between Graeme (Edwin/a) Strand and Scott (John) Morrison	[undated]	Document No. 14 is an annexure marking document. There is no reason to refuse access to Document No. 14.

I decide to give access to Document No. 14 in full.
Approved/Not approved	
15		16-17	Nomination of a Member of the House of Representatives form (unpopulated)	[undated]	Document No. 15 is a nomination form for the nomination of a single candidate as a Member of the House of Representatives. This is Form D in Schedule 1 to the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (the ‘Electoral Act’).
Document No. 15 is out of scope of Part III of the FOI Act by reason of:
•	paragraph (d) of the definition of ‘document’ in subsection 4(1) of the FOI Act being material maintained for reference purposes that is otherwise publicly available; or, in the alternative. The AEC publishes nomination forms on line at http://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/candidates/sample-nomination-forms.htm; or, in the alternative,
•	paragraph 12(1)(b) of the FOI Act being a document that is open to public access, as part of a public register or otherwise, in accordance with another enactment, where that access is subject to a fee or other charge. The official version of the Electoral Act is published online on the Comlaw website at http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Series/C1918A00027

I decide to refuse access to Document No.15.
Approved/Not approved	
16		18	Annexure 4 to Election Petition (not filed) between Graeme (Edwin/a) Strand and Scott (John) Morrison	[undated]	Document No. 16 is an annexure marking document. There is no reason to refuse access to Document No. 16.

I decide to give access to Document No. 16 in full.
Approved/Not approved	
17		19-20	Letter from Lara to Graeme Edwin(a) Strang		Document No. 17 contains personal information about Mr Strang as a candidate for election for the Division of Cook, NSW and of a person named Lara.
It is not unreasonable to disclose this information.
Document No. 17 contains personal information about Lara, namely a facsimile of her signature. It is unreasonable to disclose this information.

I decide to refuse access to Document No. 17 and to offer Mr Bull access to an edited version from the facsimile of Lara’s signature is redacted.	
18		21	Annexure 3 to Election Petition (not filed) between Graeme (Edwin/a) Strand and Scott (John) Morrison	[undated]	Document No. 18 is an annexure marking document. There is no reason to refuse access to Document No. 18.

I decide to give access to Document No. 18 in full.
Approved/Not approved	
19		22	Letter from Doug Orr, Australian Electoral Officer and State Manager for New South Wales to Graham Strang
A copy of this letter appears also at folio 10: see Document No. 9.	10/08/2010	Document No. 19 contains personal information about Mr Strang as a candidate for election for the Division of Cook, NSW.
It is not unreasonable to disclose this information.
Document No. 19 contains personal information about Doug Orr, namely a facsimile of his signature. It is unreasonable to disclose this information.
Document No. 19 is a copy of Document No. 9. It is appropriate to subsume a decision about Document No. 19 in your decision about  Document No. 9.

I decide to subsume a decision about Document No. 19 in my decision about Document No. 9.
Approved/Not approved	
20		23	Letter from Graham Edwin(a) Strang to the Divisional Returning Officer (Banks Division)	4/08/2010	Document No. 20 contains personal information about Mr Strang as a candidate for election for the Division of Cook, NSW.
It is not unreasonable to disclose this information.
Document No. 20 contains personal information about Mr Strang, namely a facsimile of his signature. It is unreasonable to disclose this information.

I decide to refuse access to Document No. 20 and to offer Mr Bull access to an edited version from the facsimile of Mr Strang’s signature is redacted.
Approved/Not approved	
21		24	Annexure 2 to Election Petition (not filed) between Graeme (Edwin/a) Strand and Scott (John) Morrison	[undated]	Document No. 21 is an annexure marking document. There is no reason to refuse access to Document No. 21.

I decide to give access to Document No. 21 in full.
Approved/Not approved	
22		25	Receipt A 055027 from the Australian Electoral Commission to Graeme Strang	29/07/10	Document No. 22 contains personal information about Mr Strang as a candidate for election for the Division of Cook, NSW and of a person named Lara.
It is not unreasonable to disclose this information.
Document No. 22 contains personal information about the Receiver/Collector, namely a facsimile of that official’s signature. It is unreasonable to disclose this information.
I recommend that you refuse access to Document No. 22 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 22 from which the facsimile of the official’s signature is redacted.
I decide to refuse access to Document No. 22 and to offer Mr Bull access to an edited version from which the facsimile of the official’s signature is redacted.
Approved/Not approved	
23		26	Annexure 1 to Election Petition (not filed) between Graeme (Edwin/a) Strand and Scott (John) Morrison	[undated]	Document No. 23 is an annexure marking document. There is no reason to refuse access to Document No. 23.

I decide to give access to Document No. 23 in full.
Approved/Not approved	
24		27-36	Election Petition (not filed) between Graeme (Edwin/a) Strand and Scott (John) Morrison with endorsement by Justice Virginia Bell of the High Court directing the Registrar to refuse to file the petition without leave of a Justice.	27/10/2010	Document No. 24 contains personal information about Mr Strang and Scott (John) Morrison as candidates for the election as a member of the House of Representatives for the Division of Cook in the 2010 election. 
It is not unreasonable to release this information.
Document No. 24 contains personal information about the Honourable Virginia Bell AO, then a Justice of the High Court of Australia, namely a facsimile of her signature. It is unreasonable to release this information.
I recommend that you refuse access to Document No. 24 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 24 from which the facsimile of the signature of the Honorouble Virginia Bell AO is redacted. 

I decide to refuse access to Document No. 24 and to offer Mr Bull access to an edited version from the facsimile of the signature of the Honorouble Virginia Bell AO is redacted.
Approved/Not approved	
25		37	Letter from Graeme Edwin(a) Strang to Her Excellency Ms Quentin Brice AC	31/12/2010	Document No. 25 contains personal information about Mr Strang as a candidate for election for the Division of Cook, NSW.
It is not unreasonable to disclose this information.
Document No. 25 contains personal information about Mr Strang, namely a facsimile of his signature. It is unreasonable to disclose this information.

I decide to refuse access to Document No. 25 and to offer Mr Bull access to an edited version from the facsimile of Mr Strang’s signature is redacted.
Approved/Not approved	
26		38	Letter from Graeme Edwin(a) Strang, Independent Federal Candidate for Cook to the Australian Electoral Commissioner	6/01/2011	Document No. 26 contains personal information about Mr Strang as a candidate for election for the Division of Cook, NSW.
It is not unreasonable to disclose this information.
Document No. 26 contains personal information about Mr Strang, namely a facsimile of his signature. It is unreasonable to disclose this information.

I decide to refuse access to Document No. 26 and to offer Mr Bull access to an edited version from the facsimile of Mr Strang’s signature is redacted.
Approved/Not approved	
27		39	Letter from Graeme Edwin(a) Strang, Independent Federal Candidate for Cook to the Australian Electoral Commissioner
This is a copy of folio 38.	6/01/2011	Document No. 27 contains personal information about Mr Strang as a candidate for election for the Division of Cook, NSW.
It is not unreasonable to disclose this information.
Document No. 27 contains personal information about Mr Strang, namely a facsimile of his signature. It is unreasonable to disclose this information.
Document No. 27 is a copy of Document No. 26. It is appropriate to subsume a decision about Document No. 27 in your decision about Document No. 26.

I decide to subsume a decision about Document No. 27 in my decision about  Document No. 26.
Approved/Not approved	
28		40-41	Facsimile transmission from the Division of Barton to Paul Pirani
•	Letter dated 13/01/2011 from Graeme Edwin(a) Strang, Independent Federal candidate for Cook to the Australian Electoral Commission (National Office)
This is part of the facsimile transmission whose header is folio 41.	13/01/2011 15:45 PM	Document No. 28 contains personal information about Mr Strang as a candidate for election for the Division of Cook, NSW.
It is not unreasonable to disclose this information.
Document No. 28 contains personal information about Mr Strang, namely a facsimile of his signature. It is unreasonable to disclose this information.

I decide to refuse access to Document No. 28 and to offer Mr Bull access to an edited version from the facsimile of Mr Strang’s signature is redacted.
Approved/Not approved	
29		42-44	Facsimile transmission from the Division of Barton to Paul Pirani with stamped endorsement attest faxing
Attachment to folio 44.	13/01/2011 15:45	Document No. 29 contains personal information about Mr Strang as a candidate for election for the Division of Cook, NSW.
It is not unreasonable to disclose this information.
Document No. 29 contains personal information about Mr Strang, namely a facsimile of his signature. It is unreasonable to disclose this information.

I decide to refuse access to Document No. 29 and to offer Mr Bull access to an edited version from the facsimile of Mr Strang’s signature is redacted.
Approved/Not approved	
30		45	Letter from Paul Pirani, Chief Legal Officer to Graeme Strang	14/01/2011	Document No. 30 contains personal information about Mr Strang as a candidate for election for the Division of Cook, NSW.
It is not unreasonable to disclose this information.
Document No. 30 contains personal information about Mr Strang, namely a facsimile of his signature. It is unreasonable to disclose this information.

I decide to refuse access to Document No. 30 and to offer Mr Bull access to an edited version from the facsimile of Mr Strang’s signature is redacted.
Approved/Not approved