Disclosure Log

Publicly available information released following an FOI access request

The Family Court of Australia is required by section 11C of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act) to publish a disclosure log on its website. The disclosure log lists information which has been released in response to an FOI access request. This requirement has applied since 1 May 2011.

The disclosure log requirement does not apply to:

personal information about any person if publication of that information would be ‘unreasonable’ information about the business, commercial, financial or professional affairs of any person if publication of that information would be ‘unreasonable’
other information covered by a determination made by the Australian Information Commissioner if publication of that information would be ‘unreasonable’
any information if it is not reasonably practicable to publish the information because of the extent of modifications that would need to be made to delete the information listed in the above dot points.

Documents may be obtained by writing to the Court’s FOI Contact Officer:

The Freedom of Information Officer
Family Court of Australia
GPO Box 9991
Canberra ACT 2601
Email: clientfeedback@familycourt.gov.au

Please note also that charges may be imposed to reimburse the Family Court for the cost of photocopying or reproducing documents. Notification will be given if any charges are payable and if the charges are required to be paid before the documents are provided.

Information attached to, or referred to, in the Family Court of Australia’s disclosure log will generally be removed after 12 months, unless the information has enduring public value.

The FOI Act also requires the Family Court to proactively publish a range of information under the Information Publication Scheme (IPS).You can find further information about the Family Court’s IPS on the Information Publication Scheme pages of this website.

DISCLOSURE LOG 2010

Date of access	General description of document/s released	Other information
Nil	Nil	Nil

Note: There are no releases by the Family Court that met the criteria for disclosure at this time. In relation to the Family Court, the FOI Act only applies to documents which relate to matters of an administrative nature (see section 5).

DISCLOSURE LOG 2011

Date of release	General description of document/s released	Other information
15/11/11	Copy of part Deed of Standing Offer between Auscript and Family Court	The release was enacted in two stages due to the need to consult with other parties
10/1/12	Copy of balance of Deed of Standing Offer between Auscript and Family Court

DISCLOSURE LOG 2012 to date

Date of release	General description of document/s released	Other information
23/3/12	Family Court Contentkeeper Rules, FCoA’s & FMC’s respective Internet & email policies.	n/a

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