The FOI Process
- Accessing Government documents in Western Australia (PDF)
- Calculating time and days guide (PDF)
- Dealing with personal information about an officer of an agency (PDF)
- Dealing with requests for documents related to an exempt agency (PDF)
- FOI Coordinators Manual (PDF)
- Third parties and their rights - guide for the public (PDF)
FOI Exemption Guides
- Clause 4(2) - Information that has a commercial value (PDF)
- Clause 4(3) - Business, professional, commercial or financial affairs (PDF)
- Clause 6 - Deliberative processes of Government (PDF)
- Clause 7 - Legal professional privilege (PDF)
- Clause 8 - Confidential communications (PDF)
External Review Process
- Application for External Review (PDF)
- Consulting with third parties during external review - guide for agencies (PDF)
- Decisions of the Information Commissioner – guide for access applicants (PDF)
- Decisions of the Information Commissioner – guide for agencies (PDF)
- Decisions of the Information Commissioner – guide for third parties (PDF)
- Documents that cannot be found or do not exist – guide for access applicants (PDF)
- Exchange of submissions and procedural fairness - guide for parties (PDF)
- External Review Procedure - guide for parties (PDF)
- Preparing for a conciliation conference - guide for parties (PDF)
- Producing documents to the Information Commissioner – guide for agencies (PDF)
- Understanding the conciliation process - guide for parties (PDF)
Information Statements
Open by Design
This publication is designed to assist and encourage agencies to develop appropriate Open by Design policies and processes to facilitate effective information release beyond the formal access procedures outlined in the Freedom of Information Act 1992 (WA) (the FOI Act).
It builds on the Joint Statement of Principles to support proactive disclosure of government-held documents, published by the Australian Information Access Commissioners and Ombudsmen in September 2021.
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