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4 April 2003

The FOI Coordinator
Office of Film and Literature Classification
Locked Bag 3
HAYMARKET NSW 1240

Dear Sir/Madam

Subject: Freedom of Information Application

We hereby request, under the Freedom of Information Act, a copy of the following document:

1. the draft agreement, prepared during 2000 or 2001, between the OFLC and the ABA concerning protocols/administrative arrangements for making Internet content classification decisions available online.

With a view to ensuring there is no misunderstanding regarding which document is requested, we advise the draft agreement referred to above is the one that does not reflect current operating procedures and was referred to during a Senate Estimates Committee hearing in November 2002 and in a subsequent answer to a Question on Notice, as detailed below:

Extract from transcript of Senate Estimates Committee hearing, 20 November 2002:

"Senator LUDWIG—What work has the OFLC and the ABA done to develop the protocols for making classification decisions available online?
Mr Clark—We have a draft agreement in relation to that, which has not been finalised. It has been somewhat overtaken by the guidelines review, but it is something that we have recently begun some further discussions on with the ABA.
Senator LUDWIG—Is that available to the committee? Is it in a draft stage?
Mr Clark—I do not see why not. I will try to make that available.
...
Mr Clark—The draft document has been there for at least 18 months."

Question on Notice No. 7 - Senate Estimates Committee

"Senator Ludwig asked the following question at the hearing of 20 November 2002:

Is that (the draft agreement between OFLC and the ABA) available to the Committee?

I am advised that the answer to the honourable Senator's question is as follows:

A draft document prepared by the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) dealing with administrative arrangements between the OFLC and the Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA) does not reflect current operating procedures. ..."

The relevant application fee of $30 is enclosed.

If there are any queries regarding this application, please contact EFA's Executive Director on the phone or fax number at the top of this letter, or via email to ...

Yours faithfully

Irene Graham
Executive Director
Electronic Frontiers Australia Inc.

Encl. - cheque