Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Secretary, Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (Freedom of information)
COURT OR TRIBUNAL
Administrative Appeals Tribunal
DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)
12/03/2020
LITIGATION TYPE
Access to Justice, Constitutional and Human Rights / State Accountability
SUBJECT MATTER
Transparency and disclosure, Transparency and disclosure
REVIEW TYPE
Merits review
SUMMARY
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION — OAIC decided not to review (FOI Act s 54W) — Documents conditionally exempt in part or in full as ‘deliberative material’ — Document exempt as cabinet document — Whether parliamentary privilege applies to documents tendered by the applicant — Whether disclosure of the conditionally exempt material is in the public interest — 11 reviewable decisions affirmed — One reviewable decision varied.
See the following paragraph which indicates the documents being sought: [20] The documents in issue, except the Cabinet submission document, were prepared from the creation of fictitious, but science informed, scenarios concerning climate change which were used to stimulate innovative thinking concerning climate risk. The documents resulted from a process which commenced with the preparation of a scenario to provoke and stimulate conversation concerning possible policy issues relevant to participating agencies’ areas of portfolio responsibility.
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