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Drawer 13 · Freedom of information

Ask a Commonwealth agency for your file

Centrelink, the NDIA, Medicare, the AFP, a Commonwealth department. Same idea as the WA letter, a 30-day clock.

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Subject: Freedom of information request — documents containing my personal information — [your full name], DOB [your date of birth]

To the FOI Officer
[the agency]

Applicant: [your full name]
Date of birth: [your date of birth]
Address for notices: [your postal address]
Email: [your email]
Identification: attached

Under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) I request access to the documents held by [the agency] that contain my personal information, including: [the documents you want].

“Document” includes case notes, file notes, emails, letters, forms, call records, decision records and the audit log for each.

The documents are about me. I ask for them in PDF, by email to this address. I do not seek other people’s personal information; where a document contains it, please give me an edited copy.

Please acknowledge this request within 14 days and give me a decision within 30 days.

Yours faithfully,
[your full name]
today

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