Speakers: Katherine Van Gurp, Speaker 1, Hon Jonathon Duniam

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Katherine Van Gurp

>> Um not a driving reason um per se, Senator. What I would say is um we continue to year on year receive um substantial increases in the number of FOIs that we do receive. So last financial year, the 2025 26 year, we received 1,162 FOI requests. Um that was a 9% increase on the previous year. Um we do continue to despite this increase in the number of FOIs received um and increasing complexity of them we do continue to see an upward trend in relation to our compliance rate for completing those FOIs on time. Um but in regards to refusals I I guess my comment would be the complexity of of the um matters that we're we're having subject to the FOI requests. Um we balance obviously the the legislation. We're pro transparency and and pro-release, but obviously have to balance the national security considerations um particularly when there's a current um criminal matter or a current royal commission. Those matters obviously impact what we're able to release under the legislation and given the interest um because of the bondo attack and and other matters. We are seeing an increasing number of requests around those types of things that that do have um complexities in what can be released.

Hon Jonathon Duniam

>> Sure. Thank you.

Speaker 1

>> Thank you, Senator Dian. She bridge.