LS5191 FOI Request by PAUL FARRELL OF THE GUARDIAN
Request for all funding and disclosure compliance audits of all associated entities and political parties since January 2013
	Schedule of Relevant Documents
	Document No.		Description		Date		Recommendation/decision	
1			Compliance Review Report Family First Party – Victoria		March 2013		
1	Document No. 1 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	Information about the information about the business affairs of the Family First Party, Victoria Branch (the ‘FFP Vic’) to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	Personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 1 relates to the return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/48/OMLI6.pdf and the amended return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/48/OMLI6A01.pdf. Each return gives the name and signature of the party agent who made the return. It follows that the personal information about the relevant agent making each return is in the public domain in connection with the return.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 1 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 1:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the FFP Vic adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act; and
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of FFP Vic,
(iv)	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 1 contains FFP Vic’s bank account details that could be used to attack the account;
(d)	find that Document No. 1 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the party agent of FFP Vic (namely the agent’s name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that disclosure of the personal information (namely the names) of other individuals affiliated with FFP Vic as a member, official (other than a secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employee would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(h)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 1, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information; 
(i)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No.1, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; 
(j)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 1 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 1 from which the:
(i)	FFP Vic’s bank details; and
(ii)	name of members, officials (other than a secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of FFP Vic,
	are redacted.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 1 and offer in lieu access to an edited copy of Document No. 1 from which the:
(i)	FFP Vic’s bank details; and
(ii)	name of the other employee of FFP ,
	are redacted.	
2			Compliance Review Report Australian Greens - Victorian Branch		September 2013		
1	Document No. 2 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	Information about the information about the business affairs of the Australian Greens, Victorian Branch (the ‘AG Vic’) to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	Personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 2 relates to the return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/48/OMJF2.pdf and the amended return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/48/OMJF2A01.pdf. Each return gives the name and signature of the party agent who made the return. It follows that the personal information about the relevant agent making each return is in the public domain in connection with the return.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 2 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 2:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the AG Vic adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of AG Vic,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 2 contains AG Vic’s bank account details that could be used to attack the account;
(d)	find that Document No. 2 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of AEC official (namely its name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of party agents of AG Vic (namely its name and business address) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that disclosure of the personal information (namely their names)of members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) of AG Vic would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(h)	find that the disclosure of address details of an individual who is the addressee of correspondence from the AEC, despite any withholding of the individual’s name, is nevertheless an unreasonable disclosure of the individual’s personal information;
(i)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 2, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information; 
(j)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 2, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; and
(k)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 2 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 2 from which the:
(i)	AG Vic’s bank account details; and
(ii)	name of members, officials (other than a secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of AG Vic,
	are redacted.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 2 and offer in lieu access to an edited copy of Document No. 2 from which the:
(i)	AG Vic’s bank account details; and
(ii)	name of the other employee of AG Vic,
	are redacted.	
3			Compliance Review Report Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group) 		October 2013		
1	Document No. 3 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	information about the information about the business affairs of the Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group) (the ‘CDP’) to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 3 relates to the return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/48/OLLP8.pdf and the amended return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/48/OLLP8A01.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 3 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 3:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the CDP adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of the CDP,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 3 contains CDP’s bank account details that could be used to attack the account;
(d)	find that Document No. 3 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of party agents of CDP (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that disclosure of the personal information of other employees and officials of CDP (namely their names) is unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(h)	find that the disclosure of address details of an individual who is the addressee of correspondence from the AEC, despite any withholding of the individual’s name, is nevertheless an unreasonable disclosure of the individual’s personal information;
(i)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 3, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information; 
(j)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 3, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; 
(k)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 3 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 3 from which the:
(i)	CDP’s bank account details; and
(ii)	name of the other employee of CDP,
	are redacted; and
(l)	direct that access to an edited copy of Document No. 3 be withheld until the exhaustion of the review rights of CDP.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 3 and offer in lieu access to an edited copy of Document No. 3 from which the:
(i)	CDP’s bank account details; and
(ii)	name of the other employee of CDP,
	are redacted; and
(c)	decided to direct that access to an edited version of Document No. 3 be withheld until the exhaustion of the review rights of CDP.	
4			Compliance Review Report National Party of Australia – Victoria including reports of the audits of:
•	Benalla AEDC;
•	Lowan AEDC;
•	Mallee FEDC;
•	Mildura Branch;
•	Morwell Campaign Account;
•	Rodney AEDC (& Banksia);
•	Terip-Ruffey Branch
•	Wangaratta Women’s Section;
•	Wodonga Branch		December 2013		
1	Document No. 4 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	information about the information about the business affairs of the National Party of Australia – Victoria (the ‘NPA Victoria’) to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 4 relates to the return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/48/OMJF2.pdf and the amended return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/48/OMJF2A01.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 4 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 4:
(i)	would not destroy or diminish information of commercial value of NPA Victoria;
(ii)	could not reasonably be expected to destroy or diminish information of commercial value of NPA Victoria;
(iii)	would not unreasonably affect the NPA Victoria adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(iv)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and
(v)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of NPA Victoria,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 4 contains NPA Victoria’s bank account details that could be used to attack the account;
(d)	find that Document No. 4 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of party agents of NPA Victoria (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that disclosure of the personal information party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of NPA Victoria (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(h)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 4, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information; 
(i)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 4, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; and
(j)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 4 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 4 from which the:
(i)	NPA Victoria’s bank account details; and
(ii)	name of the other employees of NPA Victoria 
	are redacted.
(k)	decide to direct that access to an edited version of Document No. 4 be withheld until the exhaustion of the review rights of NPA Victoria.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 4 and offer in lieu access to an edited copy of Document No. 4 from which the:
(i)	NPA Victoria’s bank account details; and
(ii)	name of the other employees of NPA Victoria 
	are redacted;
(c)	decided to direct that access to an edited version of Document No. 4 be withheld until the exhaustion of the review rights of NPA Victoria.	
5			Compliance Review Report The Greens – NSW		August 2014		Document N
1	Document No. 5 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	information about the information about the business affairs of the Greens NSW to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 5 relates to the return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/48/OMRQ2.pdf and the amended return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/48/OMRQ2A01.pdf. 
	recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 5 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 5:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the Greens NSW adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of Greens NSW,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 5 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(d)	find that disclosure of the personal information of AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of AEC officials (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the party agent of the Greens NSW (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that disclosure of the personal information of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of Greens NSW (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(h)	find that the disclosure of personal information of reportable donors to the Greens NSW (namely their names and details of the donation) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(i)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 5, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information; 
(j)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 5, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; and
(k)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 5 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 5 from which the names of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of Greens NSW are redacted.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 5 and offer in lieu access to an edited copy of Document No. 5 from which the names of rom which the names of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of Greens NSW are redacted.	
6			Compliance Review Report Animal Justice Party		March2013		
1	Document No. 6 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	Information about the information about the business affairs of the Animal Justice Party (the ‘AJP’) to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	Personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 6 relates to the return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PIUV4.pdf and the amended return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PIUV4A01.pdf. 
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	Find that Document No. 6 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	Find that publication of Document No. 6:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the AJP adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and ;
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of the AJP,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that disclosure of the personal information of AEC officials (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(d)	find that disclosure of the personal information of party agents of AJP (namely her name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(e)	Decide to give access in to Document No. 6.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	Decided to give access to Document No. 6.	
7			Compliance Review Report Australian Greens, Northern Territory Branch		June 2013		
1	Document No. 7 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	information about the information about the business affairs of the Australian Greens, Northern Territory Branch (the ‘Greens NT’) to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 7 relates to the return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PPZV6.pdf. It follows that the personal information about the relevant agent making the return is in the public domain in connection with the return.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 7 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 7:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the Greens NT adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and 
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of Greens NT,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 7 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(d)	find that disclosure of the personal information of AEC officials (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of party agents of Greens NT (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) and employees of Greens NT (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that, on balance, the factors favouring giving access in full to Document No. 7 are outweighed by the factors favouring it being contrary to the public interest to give such access, being the harm to an individual that could arise from disclosure of the affiliation to Greens NT of that individual as a member, official (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employee;
(h)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 7, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information; 
(i)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 7, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; and
(j)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 7 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 7 from which the names of rom which the names of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of Greens NT are redacted.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 7 and offer in lieu access to an edited copy of Document No. 7 from which the names of rom which the names of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of Greens NT are redacted.	
8			Compliance Review Report  Australian Labor Party (ALP) – NATIONAL		November 2013		
1	Document No. 8 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	Information about the information about the business affairs of the Australian Labor Party (the ‘ALP National’) to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	Personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 8 relates to the return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PNGX9.pdf and the amended returns published by the AEC at:
(a)	http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PNGX9A01.pdf; and
(b)	http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PNGX9A02.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 8 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 8:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the ALP National adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and 
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of ALP National,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 8 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(d)	find that disclosure of the personal information of AEC officials (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) and employees of ALP National (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that the disclosure of personal information of reportable donors to the ALP National (namely their names and details of the donations) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that, on balance, the factors favouring giving access in full to Document No. 8 are outweighed by the factors favouring it being contrary to the public interest to give such access, being the harm to an individual that could arise from disclosure of the affiliation to ALP National of that individual as a member, official (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employee;
(h)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 8, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information; 
(i)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 8, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; and
(j)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 8 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 8 from which the name of the other employee of ALP National is redacted.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 8 and offer in lieu access to an edited copy of Document No. 8 from which the name of the other employee of ALP National is redacted.	
9			Compliance Review Report Australian Labor (Northern Territory) Branch		June 2013		
1	Document No. 9 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	Information about the information about the business affairs of the Australian Labor Party Northern Territory Branch (the ‘ALP NT’) to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	Personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 9 relates to the return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PQWV0.pdf and the amended return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PQWV0A01.pdf.
	recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 9 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 9:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the ALP NT adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of ALP NT,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 9 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(d)	find that disclosure of the personal information of AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the party agent of ALP NT (namely his names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of ALP NT (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that the disclosure of personal information of reportable donors to the ALP NT (namely their names and details of the donations) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(h)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 9 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 9 from which the name of the other employee of ALP NT is redacted.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 9 and offer in lieu access to an edited copy of Document No. 9 from which the names of the other employee of ALP NT is redacted.	
10			Compliance Review Report Australian Protectionist Party		August 2013		
1	Document No. 10 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	Information about the information about the business affairs of the Australian Protectionist Party (the ‘APP’) to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	Personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 10 relates to the return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PQAJ7.pdf. The return gives the name and signature of the party agent who made the return. It follows that the personal information about the relevant agent making each return is in the public domain in connection with the return.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 10 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 10:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the APP adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of APP,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that disclosure of the personal information of AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(d)	find that disclosure of the personal information of party agents of APP (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(e)	decide to give access in to Document No. 10.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to give access in to Document No. 10.	
11			Compliance Review Report CLP Gifts and Legacies Pty Ltd		July 2013		
1	Document No. 11 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	Information about the information about the business affairs of the CLP Gifts and Legacies Pty Ltd (‘CLP G&L’) to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	Personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 11 relates to the return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PNHY3.pdf. The return gives the name and signature of the financial controller who made the return. It follows that the personal information about the relevant controller making each return is in the public domain in connection with the return.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 11 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 11:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the CLP G&L adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by an associated entity under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and  
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of CLP G&L,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 11 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(d)	find that disclosure of the personal information of AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of financial controllers of CLP G&L (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	decide to give access in to Document No. 11.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to give access to Document No. 11.	
12			Compliance Review Report Country Alliance		April 2013		Document No
1	Document No. 12 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	Information about the information about the business affairs of the Country Alliance (the ‘CA’) to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	Personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 12 relates to the return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PMAH8.pdf. The return gives the name of the party agent who made the return. It follows that the personal information about the relevant agent making each return is in the public domain in connection with the return.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 12 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 12:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the CA adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and  
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of CA,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that disclosure of the personal information of AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(d)	find that disclosure of the personal information of party agent of CA (namely his name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of other employees of CA (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	decide to give access to Document No. 12.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to give access to Document No. 12.	
13			Compliance Review Report Country Liberals (Northern Territory)		June 2013 		Document 
1	Document No. 13 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	Information about the information about the business affairs of the Country Liberals (Northern Territory) (the ‘CLNT’) to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	Personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 13 relates to the return published by the AEC http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/POWC9.pdf at and the amended returns published by the AEC at:
(a)	http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/POWC9A01.pdf; and
(b)	http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/POWC9A02.pdf. 
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 13 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 13:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the CLNT adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and 
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of CLNT,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that disclosure of the personal information of AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(d)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the party agent of CLNT(namely her name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act; and
(e)	decide to give access to Document No. 13.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to give access to Document No. 13.	
14			Compliance Review Report Democratic Labor Party (DLP) - Queensland Branch		November 2013		
1	Document No. 14 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	Information about the information about the business affairs of the Democratic Labor Party (DLP) - Queensland Branch (the ‘DLP Qld’) to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	Personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 14 relates to the return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/QAKO6.pdf and the amended return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/QAKO6A01.pdf. 
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 14 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 14:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the DLP QLD adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and  
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of DLP QLD,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 14 contains DLP QLD’s bank account details that could be used to attack the account;
(d)	find that Document No. 14 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of AEC officials (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of party agent of DLP QLD (namely his name, business address and telephone number) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 14 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 14 from which the bank account details are redacted.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 14 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 14 from which the bank account details are redacted.	
15			Compliance Review Report Family First Party - QLD		November 2013		
1	Document No. 15 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	Information about the information about the business affairs of the Queensland Branch (the ‘FFP Qld’) to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	Personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 15 relates to the return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/51/RGVJ2.pdf and the amended return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/QAKO6A01.pdf. 
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 15 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 15:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the FFP QLD adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and  
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of FFP QLD,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 15 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(d)	find that disclosure of the personal information of AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of party agents of FFP QLD (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	decide to give access in to Document No. 15.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to give access to Document No. 15.	
16			Compliance Review Report Katter's Australian Party		November 2013		
1	Document No. 16 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	Information about the information about the business affairs of the Katter's Australian Party (the ‘KAP’) to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	Personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 16 relates to the return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PPIH9.pdf and the amended return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PPIH9A01.pdf. 
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 16 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 16:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the KAP adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and  
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of KAP,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 16 contains KAP’s bank account details that could be used to attack the account;
(d)	find that Document No. 16 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of party agents of KAP (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that disclosure of the personal information of other employees and officials of KAP (namely their names) is unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(h)	find that the disclosure of address details of an individual who is the addressee of correspondence from the AEC, despite any withholding of the individual’s name, is nevertheless an unreasonable disclosure of the individual’s personal information;
(i)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 16, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information; 
(j)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 16, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; and
(k)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 16 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 16 from which the name of the other employee of KAP’ is redacted.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 16 and offer in lieu access to an edited copy of Document No. 16 from which the name of the other employee of KAP is redacted.	
17			Compliance Review Report Mehring Books Pty Ltd		May 2013		
1	Document No. 17 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	Information about the information about the business affairs of the Mehring Books Pty Ltd to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	Personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 17 relates to the return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/48/PQXD1.pdf. The return gives the name and signature of the financial controller. 
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 17 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 17:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the Mehring Books Pty Ltd adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	(is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and  
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of Mehring Books Pty Ltd,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 17 contains Mehring Books Pty Ltd’s bank account details that could be used to attack the account;
(d)	find that Document No. 17 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the financial controller of Mehring Books Pty Ltd (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 17, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information; 
(h)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 17, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; and
(i)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 17 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 17 from which the bank account details of Mehring Books Pty Ltd are redacted.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 17 and offer in lieu access to an edited copy of Document No. 17 from which the bank account details of Mehring Books Pty Ltd are redacted.	
18			Compliance Review Report National Party (NSW)- Limited		June 2013		
1	Document No. 18 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	Information about the information about the business affairs of the National Party (NSW) Limited (the ‘Nationals NSW’).
(b)	Personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 18 relates to the return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/48/OPUC9.pdf and the amended returnd published by the AEC at:
(a)	http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/48/OPUC9A01.pdf; and
(b)	http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/48/OPUC9A02.pdf. 
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 18 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 18:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the Nationals NSW adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of Nationals NSW,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 18 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(d)	find that disclosure of the personal information of an AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of party agents of Greens NSW (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 18, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information; 
(h)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 18, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; and
(i)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 18 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 18 from which the Nationals NSW’s bank account details are redacted.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 18 and offer in lieu access to an edited copy of Document No. 18 from which the Nationals NSW’s bank account details are redacted.	
19			Compliance Review Report Harold Nelson Holdings Pty Ltd as Trustee for Northern Territory ALP Investment Trust		June 2013		
1	Document No. 19 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	Information about the information about the business affairs of Harold Nelson Holdings Pty Ltd as Trustee for Northern Territory ALP Investment Trust (the ‘ALP NT Investment Trust’).
(b)	Personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 19 relates to the return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PQWU8.pdf and the amended return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PQWU8A01.pdf.
	recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 19 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 19:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the ALP NT Investment Trust adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and  
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of ALP NT Investment Trust,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 19 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(d)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the AEC officials (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the financial controller of ALP NT Investment Trust (namely his name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act; and
(f)	decide to give access to Document No. 19.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to give access to Document No. 19.	
20			Compliance Review Report NTN Services		November 2013		
1	Document No. 20 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	Information about the information about the business affairs of NTN Services.
(b)	Personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 20 relates to the return published  by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PLJZ8.pdf and the amended return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PLJZ8A01.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 20 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 20:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the NTN Services adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and  
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of NTN Services,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 20 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(d)	find that disclosure of the personal information of an AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the financial controller of NTN Services (namely her name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 20, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information; 
(g)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 20, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; and
(h)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 20 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 20 from which the NTN Services’ bank details are redacted.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 20and and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 20 from which the NTN Services’ bank details are redacted.	
21			Compliance Review Report Queensland Greens		29 Nov 2013		
1	Document No. 21 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	Information about the information about the business affairs of the Queensland Greens; and
(b)	Personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 21 relates to the return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PNXW8.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 21 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 21:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the Queensland Greens adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of Queensland Greens,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 21 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(d)	find that disclosure of the personal information of an AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the party agent of Queensland Greens (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of Queensland Greens (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 21, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information;
(h)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 21, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; and
(i)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 21 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 21 from which the names of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of Queensland Greens are redacted.
	
I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 21 and offer in lieu access to an edited copy of Document No. 21 from which the names of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of Queensland Greens are redacted; and	
22			Compliance Review Report The First Nations Political Party		18 Jun 2013		
1	Document No. 22 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	information about the information about the business affairs of the First Nation Party (the ‘FNP’) to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 22 relates to the return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/QCDN1.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 22 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 22:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the FNP adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of FNP,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 22 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(d)	find that the risk of identity theft makes it unreasonable to give access to a facsimile of an individual’s signature;
(e)	find that the objects of the Act in giving access to a document containing conditionally exempt material will be substantially achieved if access is given to an edited version of Document No. 22 from which the facsimile of the individual’s signature is redacted;
(f)	find that, on balance, the factors favouring giving access in full to Document No. 22 are outweighed by the factors favouring it being contrary to the public interest to give such access, namely the harm to an individual that could arise from identity theft facilitated by access to a facsimile of the individual’s signature; and
(g)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 22 and offer in lieu access to an edited copy of Document No. 22 from which the facsimile of the individual’s signature or manuscript initialling is redacted.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given; and 
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 22 and offer in lieu access to an edited copy of Document No. 22 from which the facsimile of the individual’s signature or manuscript initialing is redacted.	
23			Compliance Review Report Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory) Branch		July 2014
			
1	Document No. 23 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	information about the business affairs of the Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory) Branch (the ‘ALP NT’); and
(b)	Personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 23 relates to the return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/51/RGVO0.pdf and the amended return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/51/RGVO0A01.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 23 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 23:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the ALP NT adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of ALP NT,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 23 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(d)	find that disclosure of the personal information of an AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the party agent of ALP NT (namely his name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of ALP NT (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 23, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information;
(h)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 23, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; and
(i)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 23 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 23 from which the names of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of ALP NT are redacted.
	
I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 23 and offer in lieu access to an edited copy of Document No. 23 from which the names of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of ALP NT are redacted	
24			Compliance Review Report Australian Labor Party (NSW) –Limited		June 2014		
1	Document No. 24 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	information about the business affairs of the Australian Labor Party (NSW) –Limited (the ‘ALP NSW’) to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies.; and
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 24 relates to the return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/51/RDGL5.pdf and the amended returns published by the AEC at:
(a)	http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/51/RDGL5A01.pdf;
(b)	http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/51/RDGL5A02.pdf;
(c)	http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/51/RDGL5A03.pdf; and
(d)	http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/51/RDGL5A04.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 24 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 24:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the ALP NSW adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of ALP NSW,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(d)	find that disclosure of the personal information of an AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the party agent of ALP NSW (namely her/his name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of ALP NSW (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 24, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information;
(h)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 24, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; and
(i)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 24 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 24  from which the names of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of ALP NSW are redacted.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 24 and offer in lieu access to an edited copy of Document No. 24 from which the names of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of ALP NSW are redacted.	
25			Compliance Review Report Australian Labor Party (State of Queensland)		July 2014		
1	Document No. 25 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	information about the business affairs of the Australian Labor Party (State of Queensland) (the ‘ALP Qld’) to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 25 relates to the return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PMEQ2.pdf and the amended returns published by the AEC at:
(a)	http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PMEQ2A01.pdf; and
(b)	http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PMEQ2A02.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 25 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 25:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the ALP Qld adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of ALP Qld,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 25 contains ALP Qld’s bank account details that could be used to attack the account;
(d)	find that Document No. 25 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of an AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the party agent of ALP Qld (namely her/his name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that disclosure of the personal information of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of ALP Qld (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(h)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 25, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information;
(i)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 25, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; and
(j)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 25 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 25 from which the:
(i)	ALP Qld’s bank account details; and
(ii)	names of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of ALP Qld,
	are redacted.
	
I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and 
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 25 and offer in lieu access to an edited copy of Document No. 25 from which the:
(i)	ALP Qld’s bank account details; and
(ii)	names of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of ALP Qld,
	are redacted.	
26			Compliance Review Report Australian Labor Party (Vic) – Limited		June 2014		
1	Document No. 26 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	information about the business affairs of the Australian Labor Party (Vic) – Limited (the ‘ALP Vic’); and
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 26 relates to the return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/51/REBA0.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 26 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 26:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the ALP Vic’ adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of ALP Vic’,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	 find that Document No. 26 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(d)	find that disclosure of the personal information of an AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the party agent of ALP Vic (namely her/his name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of ALP Vic’ (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 26, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information;
(h)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 26, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; 
(i)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 26 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 26 from which the names of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of ALP Vic are redacted; and
(j)	decide to direct that access to an edited version of Document No. 26 be withheld until the exhaustion of the review rights of ALP Vic.
	
I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; 
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 26 and offer in lieu access to an edited copy of Document No. 26from which the names of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of ALP Qld are redacted; and
(c)	decided to direct that access to an edited version of Document No. 26 be withheld until the exhaustion of the review rights of ALP Vic.	
27			Compliance Review Report Country Liberals (Northern Territory) –Limited		2 May 2014		
1	Document No. 27 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	information about the business affairs of the Country Liberals  Northern Territory (‘CLNT’);
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 27 relates to the return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/51/RFFH3.pdf and the amended return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/51/RFFH3A01.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 27 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 27:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the CLNT adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and 
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of CLNT,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 27 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(d)	find that disclosure of the personal information of an AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the party agent of CLNT (namely her name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of CLNT (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	 decide to give access to Document No. 27; and
(h)	decide to direct that access to an edited version of Document No. 27 be withheld until the exhaustion of the review rights of CLNT.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; 
(b)	decided to give access to Document No. 27; and
(c)	decided to direct that access to an edited version of Document No. 27 be withheld until the exhaustion of the review rights of CLNT.	
28			Compliance Review Report Family First Party – National		March 2014		
1	Document No. 28 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	information about the business affairs of the Family First Party – National (the ‘FFP National’); and
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 28 relates to the return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PUFL1.pdf and the amended return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PUFL1A01.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 28 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 28:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the FFP National adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and 
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of FFP National,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 28 contains FFP National’s bank account details that could be used to attack the account;
(d)	find that Document No. 28 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of an AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the party agent of FFP National (namely her/his name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that disclosure of the personal information of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of FFP National (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(h)	find that the disclosure of personal information of reportable donors to the ALP NT (namely their names and details of the donations) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(i)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 28, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information; 
(j)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 28, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; and
(k)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 28 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 28 from which the:
(i)	FFP National’s bank account details; and
(ii)	names of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of FFP National,
	are redacted.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 28 and offer in lieu access to an edited copy of Document No. 28 from which the:
(i)	FFP National’s bank account details; and
(ii)	names of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of FFP National,
	are redacted	
29			Compliance Review Report Labor Holdings Pty Ltd		July 2014		
1	Document No. 29 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	information about the business affairs of the Labor Holdings Pty Ltd.
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 29 relates to the return made by Labor Holdings Pty Ltd for the financial year 2011-2012 published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PMER9.pdf and the amended return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PMER9A01.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 29 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 29:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the Labor Holdings Pty Ltd adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and 
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of Labor Holdings Pty Ltd,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 29 contains Labor Holdings Pty Ltd’s bank account details that could be used to attack the account;
(d)	find that Document No. 29 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of an AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the financial controller of Labor Holdings Pty Ltd (namely her/his name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that disclosure of the personal information of, officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of Labor Holdings Pty Ltd (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(h)	find that the disclosure of personal information of reportable donors to the ALP NT (namely their names and details of the donations) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(i)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 29, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information; 
(j)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 29, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; and
(k)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 29 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 29 from which the:
(i)	Labor Holdings Pty Ltd’s bank account details; and
(ii)	names of party officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of Labor Holdings Pty Ltd,
	are redacted.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 29 and offer in lieu access to an edited copy of Document No. 29 from which the:
(i)	Labor Holdings Pty Ltd’s bank account details; and
(ii)	names of officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of Labor Holdings Pty Ltd,
	are redacted;	
30			Limited Compliance Review Report Liberal Party of Australia – NATIONAL		April 2013		
1	Document No. 30 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	information about the business affairs of the Liberal Party of Australia – National (the ‘Liberals (National)’); and
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 30 relates to the return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/48/OMSN1.pdf and the amended return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/48/OMSN1A01.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 30 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 30:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the Liberals (National) adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and 
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of Liberals (National),
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 30 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(d)	find that disclosure of the personal information of an AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the party agent of Liberals (National) (namely her/his name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of Liberals (National) (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act; and
(g)	decide to give access to Document No. 30.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to give access to Document No. 30.	
31			Compliance Review Report Liberal Party of Australia - Tasmanian Division		May 2014
			
1	Document No. 31 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	information about the business affairs of the Liberal Party of Australia - Tasmanian Division (the ‘Liberals Tasmania’); and
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 31 relates to the annual return for the 2012 – 2013 financial year lodged by Liberals Tasmania and published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/51/RENT0.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 31 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 31:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the Liberals Tasmania adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and 
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of Liberals Tasmania,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 31 contains Liberals Tasmania’s bank account details that could be used to attack the account;
(d)	find that Document No. 31 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of an AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the party agent of Liberals Tasmania (namely her/his name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that disclosure of the personal information of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of Liberals Tasmania (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(h)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 31, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information; 
(i)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 31, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; and
(j)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 31 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 31 from which the names of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of Liberals Tasmania are redacted.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 31 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 31 from which the names of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of Liberals Tasmania are redacted.	
32			Compliance Review Report National Party of Australia - N.S.W.		March 2014		
1	Document No. 32 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	information about the business affairs of the National Party of Australia - N.S.W (the ‘Nationals NSW’); and
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 32 relates to the return made by Nationals NSW for the financial year 2012-2013 published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/51/RCHV4.pdf and the amended return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/51/RCHV4A01.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 32 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 32:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the Nationals NSW adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and 
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of Nationals NSW,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 32 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(d)	find that disclosure of the personal information of an AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the party agent of Nationals NSW (namely her/his name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	decide to give access to Document No. 32.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to give access to Document No. 32.	
33			Compliance Review Report Bunori Pty Ltd 		December 2013		
1	Document No. 33 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	information about the business affairs of Bunori Pty Ltd; and
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 33 relates to the return made by Bunori Pty Ltd for the financial year 2011-2012 published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/48/OMPE3.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 33 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 33:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the Bunori Pty Ltd adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and 
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of Bunori Pty Ltd,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 33 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(d)	find that disclosure of the personal information of an AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the financial controller of Bunori Pty Ltd (namely her/his name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of, officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of Bunori Pty Ltd (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 33, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information; 
(h)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 33, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document;
(i)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 33 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 33 from which the names of officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of Bunori Pty Ltd are redacted; and
(j)	decide to direct that access to an edited version of Document No. 33 be withheld until the exhaustion of the review rights of Bunori Pty Ltd.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter;
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 33 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 33 from which the names of officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of Bunori Pty Ltd are redacted; and
(c)	decided to direct that access to an edited version of Document No. 33 be withheld until the exhaustion of the review rights of Bunori Pty Ltd.	
34			Compliance Review Report Dame Pattie Menzies Foundation		December 2013		
1	Document No. 34 contains 
(a)	information about the business affairs of the Dame Pattie Menzies Foundation (the ‘Foundation’) to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 34relates to the return made by the Foundation for the financial year 2010-2011 published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/48/OMPD7.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 34 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 34:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the Foundation adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by an associated entity under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of the Foundation,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 34 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(d)	find that disclosure of the personal information of AEC officials (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the financial controller of the Foundation (namely her/his name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of, officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of the Foundation (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 34, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information;
(h)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 34, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document;
(i)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 34 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 34 from which the names of officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of the Foundation are redacted; and
(j)	decide to direct that access to an edited version of Document No. 34 be withheld until the exhaustion of the review rights of the Foundation.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter;
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 34 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 34  from which the names of officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of the Foundation are redacted; and
(c)	decided to direct that access to an edited version of Document No. 34 be withheld until the exhaustion of the review rights of the Foundation.	
35			Compliance Review Report Liberal Asset Management (Custodians) Limited		December 2013		
1	Document No. 35 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	information about the business affairs of the Liberal Asset Management (Custodians) Limited (‘LAM(C) Ltd’); and
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 35 relates to the return made by LAM(C) Ltd for the financial year 2010-2011 published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/55/SKZE4.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 35 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 35:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the LAM(C) Ltd adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by an associated entity under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of LAM(C) Ltd,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 35 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(d)	find that disclosure of the personal information of an AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the financial controller of LAM(C) Ltd (namely her/his name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of, officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of LAM(C) Ltd (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 35, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information;
(h)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 35, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; 
(i)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 35 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 35 from which the names of officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of LAM(C) Ltd are redacted; and
(j)	decide to direct that access to an edited version of Document No. 35  be withheld until the exhaustion of the review rights of LAM(C) Ltd.
	
I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter;
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 35 and offer in lieu access to an edited copy of Document No. 35 from which the names of officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of LAM(C) Ltd are redacted; and
(c)	decided to direct that access to an edited version of Document No. 35  be withheld until the exhaustion of the review rights of LAM(C) Ltd	
36			Compliance Review Report Liberal Properties Limited		December 2013		
1	Document No. 36 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	information about the business affairs of the Liberal Properties Limited (‘LP Ltd’) to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 36 relates to the return made by LP Ltd for the financial year 2010-2011 published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PPZE5.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 36 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 36:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the LP Ltd adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by an associated entity under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of LP Ltd,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 36 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(d)	find that disclosure of the personal information of an AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the financial controller of LP Ltd (namely her/his name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of, officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of LP Ltd (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 36, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information;
(h)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 36, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; and
(i)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 36 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 36 from which the names of officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of LP Ltd are redacted; and
(j)	decide to direct that access to an edited version of Document No. 36 be withheld until the exhaustion of the review rights of LP Ltd.
	
I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 36 and offer in lieu access to an edited copy of Document No. 36 from which the names of officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of LP Ltd are redacted; and
(c)	decided to direct that access to an edited version of Document No. 36 be withheld until the exhaustion of the review rights of LP Ltd.	
37			Compliance Review Report Liberal Party of Australia (NSW)		December 2013		
1	Document No. 37 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	information about the business affairs of the Liberal Party of Australia (NSW) (‘LPA NSW’) to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 37 relates to the return made by LPA NSW for the financial year 2010-2011 published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/48/OMQB2.pdf and the amended returns published by the AEC at:
(a)	http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/48/OMQB2A01.pdf;
(b)	http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/48/OMQB2A02.pdf; and
(c)	http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/48/OMQB2A03.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 37 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 37:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the LPA NSW adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and 
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of LPA NSW,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 37 contains LPA NSW’s bank account details that could be used to attack the account;
(d)	find that Document No. 37 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of an AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the party agent of LPA NSW (namely her/his name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that disclosure of the personal information of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of LPA NSW (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(h)	find that disclosure of the personal information of, officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of LPA NSW (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(i)	find that the disclosure of personal information of reportable donors to the ALP NT (namely their names and details of the donations) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(j)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 37, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information; 
(k)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 37, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document;
(l)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 37 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 37 from which the names of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of LPA NSW are redacted; and
(m)	decide to direct that access to an edited version of Document No. 37 be withheld until the exhaustion of the review rights of LPA NSW.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 37 and offer in lieu access to an edited copy of Document No. 37 from which the names of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of LPA NSW are redacted; and
(c)	decided to direct that access to an edited version of Document No. 37 be withheld until the exhaustion of the review rights of LPA NSW.	
38			Compliance Review Report Australian Greens 		September 2013		
1	Document No. 38 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	information about the business affairs of the Australian Greens to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 38 relates to the return made by the Australian Greens for the financial year 2011-2012 published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/POKO7.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 38 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 38:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the Australian Greens adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of Australian Greens,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 38 contains Australian Greens’ bank account details that could be used to attack the account;
(d)	find that Document No. 38 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of an AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the party agent of Australian Greens (namely her/his name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 38, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information;
(h)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 38, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; and
(i)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 38 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 38 from which the Australian Greens’ bank account details are redacted.

	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 38 and offer in lieu access to an edited copy of Document No. 38 from which the Australian Greens’ bank account details are redacted.	
39			Compliance Review Report Altum Pty Ltd ATF The HQ Trust		April 2013		
1	Document No. 39 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	information about the business affairs of Altum Pty Ltd ATF The HQ Trust (the HQ Trust’)); and
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 39 relates to the return made by the HQ Trust for the financial year 2010-2011 published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/48/OMPM0.pdf and the amended return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/48/OMPM0A01.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 39 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 39:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the HQ Trust adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by an associated entity under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of the HQ Trust,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 39 contains the HQ Trust’s bank account details that could be used to attack the account;
(d)	find that Document No. 39 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of an AEC officials (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the financial controller of the HQ Trust (namely her/his name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that disclosure of the personal information of, officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of the HQ Trust (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(h)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 39, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information;
(i)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 39, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; and
(j)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 39 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 39 from which the:
(i)	the HQ Trust’s bank account details; and
(ii)	names of officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of the HQ Trust,
	are redacted.
	
I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 39 and offer in lieu access to an edited copy of Document No. 39 from which the:
(i)	the HQ Trust’s bank account details; and
(ii)	names of officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of the HQ Trust,
	are redacted	
40			Compliance Review Report Altum Pty Ltd ATF Altum Property Trust		April 2013		
1	Document No. 40 contains 
(a)	information about the business affairs of Altum Pty Ltd ATF Altum Property Trust (the ‘Altum PT’) to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 40 relates to the return made by Altum PT for the financial year 2010-2011 published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/55/SKOU4.pdf.
	Redaction of exempt material
3	It is appropriate to treat a conditionally exempt document to which access in full is refused as an exempt document for the purposes of section 22 of the FOI Act.
4	You are required to consider the application to Document No. 40 of section 22 of the FOI Act which provides for access being given to edited copies of documents with exempt or irrelevant matter deleted.
5	It is open for you to find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare a copy (an edited copy) of Document No. 40, modified by deletions, ensuring that the edited copy would not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information.
6	It is also open to you to find that for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 40, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document.
	Recommendation
7	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 40 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 40:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the Altum PT adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by an associated entity under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of Altum PT,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 40 contains Altum PT’s bank account details that could be used to attack the account;
(d)	find that Document No. 40 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of AEC officials (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the financial controller of Altum PT (namely her name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that disclosure of the personal information of, officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of Altum PT (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(h)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 40, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information;
(i)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 40, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; and
(j)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 40 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 40 from which the:
(i)	Altum PT’s bank account details; and
(ii)	names of officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of Altum PT,
	are redacted.
	
I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 40 and offer in lieu access to an edited copy of Document No. 40 from which the:
(i)	Altum PT’s bank account details; and
(ii)	names of officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of Altum PT,
	are redacted.	
41			Compliance Review Report Altum Pty Ltd Altum Property Unit Trust 2012-13		March 2014		
1	Document No. 41 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	information about the business affairs of Altum Pty Ltd ATF Altum Property Trust (‘Altum PUT’) to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 41 relates to the return made by Altum PT for the financial year 2012-2013 published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/51/RJOF9.pdf and the amended return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/51/RJOF9A01.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 41 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 41:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the Altum PUT adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by an associated entity under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of Altum PUT,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 41 contains Altum PUT’s bank account details that could be used to attack the account;
(d)	find that Document No. 41 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of AEC officials (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the financial controller of Altum PUT (namely her/his name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that disclosure of the personal information of, officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of Altum PUT (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(h)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 41, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information;
(i)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 41, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; and
(j)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 41 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 41 from which the:
(i)	Altum PUT’s bank account details; and
(ii)	names of officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of Altum PUT,
	are redacted.
	
I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 41 and offer in lieu access to an edited copy of Document No. 41 from which the:
(i)	Altum PUT’s bank account details; and
(ii)	names of officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of Altum PUT,
	are redacted.	
42			Compliance Review Report Altum Pty Ltd AFT Altum Headquarters Trust 2012-13		March 2014		
1	Document No. 42 contains:
(a)	 information about the business affairs of Altum Pty Ltd as Trustee for the Headquarters Trust (‘HQ Trust’) to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and; and
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 42 relates to the return made by HQ Trust for the financial year 2012-2013 published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/51/RYHX5.pdf and the amended return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/51/RYHX5A01.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 42 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 42:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the HQ Trust adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by an associated entity under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of HQ Trust,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 42 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(d)	find that disclosure of the personal information of an AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the financial controller of HQ Trust (namely her/his name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of, officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of HQ Trust (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 42, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information;
(h)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 42, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; and
(i)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 42 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 42 from which the names of officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of HQ Trust are redacted.
	
I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 42 and offer in lieu access to an edited copy of Document No. 42 from which the names of officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of HQ Trust are redacted.	
43			Compliance Review Report Altum Pty Ltd Altum Property Unit Trust 2011-12		May 2014		
1	Document No. 43 contains:
(a)	information about the business affairs of Altum PUT to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 43 relates to the return made by Altum PUT for the financial year 2011-2012 published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PQUX9.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 43 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 43:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the Altum PUT adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by an associated entity under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of Altum PUT,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 43 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(d)	find that disclosure of the personal information of AEC officials (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the financial controller of Altum PUT (namely his name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of, officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of Altum PUT (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 43, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information;
(h)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 43, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; and
(i)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 43 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 43 from which the names of officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of Altum PUT are redacted.
	
I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the attached letter; and
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 43 and offer in lieu access to an edited copy of Document No. 43 from which the names of officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of Altum PUT are redacted.	
44			Compliance Review Report Altum Pty Ltd AFT Altum the HQ Trust 2011-12t		May 2014		
1	Document No. 44 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	information about the business affairs of the HQ Trust to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 44 relates to the return made by the HQ Trust for the financial year 2011-2012 published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PQUV6.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 44 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 44:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the HQ Trust adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by an associated entity under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of the HQ Trust,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 44 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(d)	find that disclosure of the personal information of AEC officials (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the financial controller of the HQ Trust (namely her/his name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of, officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of the HQ Trust (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 44, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information;
(h)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 44, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; and
(i)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 44 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 44 from which the names of officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of the HQ Trust are redacted.
	
I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given; and
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 44 and offer in lieu access to an edited copy of Document No. 44 from which the names of officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of the HQ Trust are redacted.	
45			Compliance Review Report LNP Nominees Pty Ltd ATF 6 St Pauls Trust 2011-12		May 2014		
1	Document No. 45 contains 
(a)	information about the business affairs of LNP Nominees Pty Ltd ATF 6 St Pauls Trust ‘St Pauls Trust’ to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 45 relates to the return made by St Pauls Trust for the financial year 2011-2012 published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PQVB2.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 45 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 45:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the St Pauls Trust adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by an associated entity under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of the St Pauls Trust,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 45 contains the St Pauls Trust’s bank account details that could be used to attack the account;
(d)	find that Document No. 45 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of an AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the financial controller of the St Pauls Trust (namely her/his name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that disclosure of the personal information of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of LNP (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(h)	find that disclosure of the personal information of, officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of the St Pauls Trust (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(i)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 45, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information;
(j)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 45, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; and
(k)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 45 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 45 from which the:
(i)	the St Pauls Trust’s bank account details; and
(ii)	names of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of LNP; and
(iii)	names of officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of the St Pauls Trust,
	are redacted.
	
I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 45 and offer in lieu access to an edited copy of Document No. 45 from which the:
(i)	the St Pauls Trust’s bank account details; and
(ii)	names of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of the LNP, 
(iii)	names of officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of the St Pauls Trust,
	are redacted	
46			Compliance Review Report Warringah Club		February 2013		
1	Document No. 46 is published on the AEC FOI Disclosure Log as LS5131 Released Document No. 2.pdf at http://www.aec.gov.au/information-access/foi/2014/files/ls5131-2.pdf.
2	The carve out in paragraph (d) of the definition of ‘document’ in subsection 4(1) of the FOI Act applies to Document No. 46 with the consequence that it is out of scope of documents that may be requested under Part III of the FOI Act (‘FOI Requests’).
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 46 is material maintained for reference purposes that is otherwise publicly available and thereby out of scope of a document that may be requested under the FOI Act; and
(b)	refuse access to Document No. 46.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the finding recommended above for the reasons given; and 
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 46.	
47			Compliance Review Report John McEwen House Pty Ltd		Jun 2013		
1	Document No. 47 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	information about the information about the business affairs of the John McEwen House Pty Ltd (the ‘John McEwen House’) to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 47 relates to the return made by John McEwen House for the financial year 2011-2012 published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/POKQ1.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 47 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 47:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the John McEwen House adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by an associated entity under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of John McEwen House,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 47 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(d)	find that disclosure of the personal information of an AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the financial controller of John McEwen House (namely her/his name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of, officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of John McEwen House (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 47, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information;
(h)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 47, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; and
(i)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 47 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 47 from which the names of officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of John McEwen House are redacted.
	
4	I have:
(i)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(ii)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 47 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 47 from which the names of officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of John McEwen House are redacted.	
48			Compliance Review Report National Party of Australia		June 2013		
1	Document No.48 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	information about the information about the business affairs of the National Party of Australia (the ‘Nationals’) to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No.48 relates to the return made by Nationals for the financial year 2011-2012 published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PPAE6.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No.48 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No.48:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the Nationals adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and 
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of the Nationals,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No.48 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(d)	find that disclosure of the personal information of an AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the party agent of the Nationals (namely her/his name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of the Nationals (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No.48, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information; 
(h)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No.48, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; and
(i)	refuse access to Document No. 48 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 48 from which the names of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of the Nationals are redacted.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 48 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 48 from which the names of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of the Nationals are redacted.	
49			Compliance Review Report Free Enterprise Foundation 		May 2013		
1	Document No. 49 contains:
(a)	information about the business affairs of the Free Enterprise Foundation (the ‘FE Foundation’) to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 49 relates to the return made by the FE Foundation for the financial year 2011-2012 published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/55/SKNF4.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 49 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 49:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the FE Foundation adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by an associated entity under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and 
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of the FE Foundation,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 49 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(d)	find that disclosure of the personal information of an AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the financial controller of the FE Foundation (namely her/his name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	decide to give access to Document No. 49.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to give access to Document No. 49.	
50			Compliance Review Report LNP Nominees AFT 6 Saint Paul’s Terrace Trust 		April 2013		
1	Document No. 50 contains:
(a)	information about the business affairs of LNP Nominees AFT 6 Saint Paul’s Terrace Trust (the ‘6 SP Trust’) to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 50 relates to the return made by SPT Trust for the financial year 2010-2011 published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/48/OMPL4.pdf and the amended return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/48/OMPL4A01.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 50 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 50:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the 6 SP Trust adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by an associated entity under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and 
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of the 6 SP Trust,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 50 contains the 6 SP Trust’s bank account details that could be used to attack the account;
(d)	find that Document No. 50 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of an AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the financial controller of the 6 SP Trust (namely her/his name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that disclosure of the personal information of, officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of the 6 SP Trust (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(h)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 50, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information; 
(i)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 50, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; and
(j)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 50 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 50 from which the:
(i)	the 6 SP Trust’s bank account details; and
(ii)	names of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of the 6 SP Trust,
(iii)	names of officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of the 6 SP Trust,
	are redacted.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 50 and offer in lieu access to an edited copy of Document No. 50 from which the:
(i)	the 6 SP Trust’s bank account details; and
(ii)	names of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of the 6 SP Trust, 
(iii)	names of officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of the 6 SP Trust,
	are redacted	
51			Compliance Review Report LNP Nominees Pty Ltd  AFT 6 Saint Paul’s Terrace Trust 2012-13		March 2014		
1	Document No. 51 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	information about the business affairs of the 6 SP Trust to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 51 relates to the return made by the 6 SP Trust for the financial year 2012-2013 published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/51/RJOG5.pdf and the amended return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/51/RJOG5A01.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 51 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 51:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the 6 SP Trust adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by an associated entity under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and 
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of the 6 SP Trust,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 51 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(d)	find that disclosure of the personal information of an AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the financial controller of the 6 SP Trust (namely her/his name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of the 6 SP Trust (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that disclosure of the personal information of, officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of the 6 SP Trust (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(h)	find that the disclosure of personal information of reportable donors to the ALP NT (namely their names and details of the donations) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(i)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 51, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information; 
(j)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 51, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; and
(k)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 51 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 51 from which the names of officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of the 6 SP Trust are redacted.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 51 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 51 from which the names of officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of the 6 SP Trust are redacted.	
52			Compliance Review Report Liberal National Party of Queensland		April 2013		
1	Document No. 52 contains to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(a)	information about the business affairs of the Liberal National Party of Queensland (‘LNPQ’) to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 52 relates to the return made by LNPQ for the financial year 2010-2011 published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/48/OMPO3.pdf and the amended returns published by the AEC at:
(a)	http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/48/OMPO3A01.pdf; and
(b)	http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/48/OMPO3A02.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 52 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 52:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the LNPQ adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and 
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of LNPQ,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 52 contains LNPQ’s bank account details that could be used to attack the account;
(d)	find that Document No. 52 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of an AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the party agent of LNPQ (namely her/his name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that disclosure of the personal information of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of LNPQ (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(h)	find that disclosure of the personal information of, officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of LNPQ (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(i)	find that the disclosure of personal information of reportable donors to the ALP NT (namely their names and details of the donations) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(j)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 52, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information; 
(k)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 52, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; and
(l)	decide to refuse access to Document No. 52 and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 52 from which the:
(i)	LNPQ’s bank account details; and
(ii)	names of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of LNPQ,
(iii)	names of officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of LNPQ,
	are redacted.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 52 and offer in lieu access to an edited copy of Document No. 52 from which the:
(i)	LNPQ’s bank account details; and
(ii)	names of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of LNPQ, 
(iii)	names of officials (other than the financial controller) or employees of LNPQ,
	are redacted.	
53			Compliance Review Report Liberal Party of Australia t		November 2013		
1	Document No. 53 contains:
(a)	information about the business affairs of the Liberal Party of Australia (‘LPA’) to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 53 relates to the return made by LPA for the financial year 2011-2012 published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PQDN1.pdf and the amended returns published by the AEC at:
(a)	http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PQDN1A01.pdf; and
(b)	http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PQDN1A02.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 53 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 53:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the LPA adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and 
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of LPA,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 53 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(d)	find that disclosure of the personal information of an AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the party agent of LPA (namely his name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 53, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information; 
(g)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 53, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; and
(h)	decide to give access to Document No. 53.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to give access to Document No. 53.	
54			Compliance Review Report Liberal Party of Australia – Victoria Frankston SEC		May 2013		
1	Document No. 54 contains:
(a)	information about the business affairs of the Liberal Party of Australia – Victoria Frankston SEC (‘LPAV Frankston’) to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 54 relates to the financial declarations lodged by LPAV Frankston for inclusion in the Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division) (‘LPAV’) returns the financial years: 
(a)	2010-2011 published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/48/OMOC2.pdf and the amended returns published by the AEC at:
(i)	http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/48/OMOC2A01.pdf; and
(ii)	http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/48/OMOC2A02.pdf
(b)	2011-2012 published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PQRZ7.pdf and the amended return published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PQRZ7A01.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 54 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 54:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the LPAV Frankston adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	would not unreasonably affect the LPAV adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by a political party under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(iii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and 
(iv)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of LPAV Frankston,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 54 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(d)	find that disclosure of the personal information of an AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the party agent of LPA (namely her/his name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	find that disclosure of the personal information of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of LPA (namely their names) would be unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(g)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(b) of the FOI, it is possible for the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 54, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information; 
(h)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 54, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; and
	decide to refuse access to Document No. 54and offer in lieu access to an edited version of Document No. 54 from which the names of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of LPAV are redacted.
	
	I have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to refuse access to Document No. 54 and offer in lieu access to an edited copy of Document No. 54 from which the names of party members, officials (other than the secretary, registered officer or party agent) or employees of LPAV are redacted.	
55			Compliance Review Report The Greens Institute Ltd		August 2013		
1	Document No. 55 contains no exempt material but does contain conditionally exempt material, namely:
(a)	information about the business affairs of The Green Institute Ltd (‘GI Ltd)’ to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies; and
(b)	personal information about individuals to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies.
2	Document No. 55 relates to the return made by GI Ltd for the financial year 2011-2012 published by the AEC at http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Returns/49/PIRO9.pdf.
	Recommendation
3	I recommend that you:
(a)	find that Document No. 55 contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation to which section 47G of the FOI Act applies;
(b)	find that publication of Document No. 55:
(i)	would not unreasonably affect the GI Ltd adversely its lawful business, commercial or financial affairs given the public interest in knowing about such affairs insofar as they relate to financial disclosure by an associated entity under Part XX of the Electoral Act;
(ii)	is in the public interest in order for the AEC to demonstrate that it has taken appropriate action in relation to the matter to ensure compliance with Part XX of the FOI Act; and 
(iii)	on balance is consistent with the public interest in having access to the document having more weight than the public interest in protecting the conditional exemption of the lawful business, commercial or financial affairs of GI Ltd,
	subject to consideration of other conditional exemptions that follows;
(c)	find that Document No. 55 contains personal information to which section 47F of the FOI Act applies;
(d)	find that disclosure of the personal information of an AEC official (namely their names) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(e)	find that disclosure of the personal information of the financial controller of GI Ltd (namely her/his name) is not unreasonable for the purposes of subsection 47F of the FOI Act;
(f)	the AEC to prepare an edited copy of Document No. 55, modified by appropriate deletions that ensure that the edited copy does not disclose any information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the FOI Request or be exempt information; 
(g)	find that, for the purposes of paragraph 22(1)(c) of the FOI Act, having regard to the resources available to modify Document No. 55, it is reasonably practicable for the AEC to prepare the edited copy of that document; and
(h)	decide to give access to Document No. 55.
	
	have:
(a)	made the findings recommended above for the reasons given in the accompanying letter; and
(b)	decided to give access to Document No. 55.	

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