External scrutiny

Judicial review

During 2018–19, the agency was not involved in any matters before the Federal Court, the Full Federal Court or the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

Reports by the Auditor-General, Parliamentary Committees or Commonwealth Ombudsman

As at 30 June 2019, no reports were made by Parliamentary Committees regarding ARPANSA for the year 2018–19.

During 2018–19, there were no complaints made to the Commonwealth Ombudsman against the agency. There were no earlier complaints that remained open.

Freedom of Information

Agencies subject to the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) are required to publish information to the public as part of the Information Publication Scheme. This requirement is in Part II of the FOI Act and has replaced the former requirement to publish a section 8 statement in an annual report. Each agency must display on its website a plan showing what information it publishes in accordance with the Information Publication Scheme requirements.

ARPANSA, as an Australian Government agency, is subject to the FOI Act and is required to comply with the Information Publication Scheme provisions. ARPANSA has developed an agency plan describing ARPANSA’s compliance with Information Publication Scheme provisions as required by section 8(1) of the FOI Act.

Feedback on this plan can be provided by contacting the FOI and Privacy Officer at:

The FOI and Privacy Officer ARPANSA
PO Box 655
MIRANDA NSW 1490
foi [at] arpansa.gov.au
03 9433 2211

Documents released by ARPANSA in response to FOI requests can be found on the disclosure log at arpansa.gov.au/disclosure.

Statistics

ARPANSA received twenty FOI requests during the reporting period.