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The decision-maker decides to release documents subject to appropriate exemptions under the FOI Act, namely:

Section Exemption
7 Exemption of Certain persons and bodies
21 Deferment of access
22 Access to edited copies with exempt or irrelevant matter deleted
24 Power to refuse – Diversion of resources
24A Requests may be refused if documents cannot be found, do not exist or have not been received
33 Documents affecting national security, defence or international relations
37 Documents affecting enforcement of the law and protection of public safety
38 Documents to which secrecy provisions of enactment apply
42 Documents subject to legal professional privilege
45 Documents containing material obtained in confidence
46 Documents disclosure of which would be contempt of Parliament or contempt of Court
47 Documents disclosing trade secrets or commercially valuable information
47A Electoral rolls and related documents
47B Public interest conditional exemptions – Commonwealth – State relations
47C Public interest conditional exemptions – deliberative processes
 47D Public interest conditional exemptions – financial property of the Commonwealth or Norfolk Island 
47E Public interest conditional exemptions – certain operations of agencies 
47F Public interest conditional exemptions – personal privacy 
47G Public interest conditional exemptions – business 
47H Public interest conditional exemptions – research
47J Public interest conditional exemptions – the economy

The decision-maker decides to release documents subject to appropriate exemptions under the FOI Act, namely:

Section Exemption
7 Exemption of Certain persons and bodies
21 Deferment of access
22 Access to edited copies with exempt or irrelevant matter deleted
24 Power to refuse – Diversion of resources
24A Requests may be refused if documents cannot be found, do not exist or have not been received
33 Documents affecting national security, defence or international relations
37 Documents affecting enforcement of the law and protection of public safety
38 Documents to which secrecy provisions of enactment apply
42 Documents subject to legal professional privilege
45 Documents containing material obtained in confidence
46 Documents disclosure of which would be contempt of Parliament or contempt of Court
47 Documents disclosing trade secrets or commercially valuable information
47A Electoral rolls and related documents
47B Public interest conditional exemptions – Commonwealth – State relations
47C Public interest conditional exemptions – deliberative processes
 47D Public interest conditional exemptions – financial property of the Commonwealth or Norfolk Island 
47E Public interest conditional exemptions – certain operations of agencies 
47F Public interest conditional exemptions – personal privacy 
47G Public interest conditional exemptions – business 
47H Public interest conditional exemptions – research
47J Public interest conditional exemptions – the economy

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