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The information described in the disclosure log table below has been released by NHMRC under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 and is available for public access.
Publicly available information released following an FOI access request
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Accessing information in the Disclosure Log
The information described in the disclosure log table below has been released by NHMRC under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 and is available for public access.
Due to technical limitations we may not be able to provide in electronic format some information identified in the disclosure log. Hardcopy documents can be obtained by emailing us at foi@nhmrc.gov.au
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Annual FOI Disclosure Log (2021–22)
Note: The FOI reference number in this table may not be sequential. This can occur because the FOI request has been withdrawn at the request of the applicant, or information is deemed by the relevant Decision Maker to be of a commercial-in-confidential or personal nature, in accordance with section 11C of the FOI Act and as such has not been disclosed in the log.
| Reference number | Access Date | FOI content |
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2021/22 016 |
31/03/2022 |
Description of request |
| 2021/22 014 | 04/03/2022 |
Description of request Access to any documents produced between January 2006–December 2018 that include discussions, speculations, assessments, research or judgments on the risks of gain-of-function research. Summary of document released Presentation slides and committee meeting papers. Number of documents and type of release One document released in full, one document released with redactions under s22, s33(a) and s47E of the FOI Act, and access refused to 2 documents under s45, s47C and s47E of the FOI Act. |
| 2021/22 013 | 04/03/2022 |
Description of request Access to NHMRC’s Gain of Function Research Review or if not completed, the most recent draft of the Review and any progress updates on the Review that NHMRC has provided to third parties. Summary of document released Presentation slides. Number of documents and type of release Two documents released in full and access refused to 9 documents under s47C and s47E of the FOI Act. |
| 2021/22 015 | 16/02/2022 |
Description of request Access to NHMRC documents relating to the office of NHMRC’s duty under work health and safety laws to eliminate, or if that is not reasonably practical, minimise the risks of COVID-19 in the workplace so far as is reasonably practical. NHMRC’s current:
Summary of document released COVIDSafe workplace plan and health and safety risk assessment. COVID-19 risk assessment and risk control for vulnerable staff. Number of documents and type of release Three documents released in full. |
| 2021/22 009 | 13/01/2022 |
Description of request Access to the application, funding agreement and any progress report for grant #GA59728 awarded to Sydney Health Partners – Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Rapid Applied Research Translation, Stage Two. Summary of document released A copy of the funding agreement, with personal information redacted under section 47F of the FOI Act. Number of documents and type of release One document released with redactions (under section 47F of the FOI Act) and access refused to 3 documents (under sections 45, 47E and 47G of the FOI Act). |
| 2021/22 010 | 24/11/2021 |
Description of request Access to a list of all applications for NHMRC funding over the past 5 years for ‘migraine’, including whether they were successful or unsuccessful. Summary of document released Tabular report containing publically available grant information. Number of documents and type of release One tabular report, containing publically available information on funded grant applications for migraine-related research, released in full. Access refused, under sections 45, 47E and 47G of the FOI Act, to one tabular report containing information on grant applications that were not funded. |
| 2021/22 008 | 10/11/2021 |
Description of request Access to information that outlines total funding from NHRMC towards the University of South Australia. Summary of document released Tabular report containing publically available grant information. Number of documents and type of release |
| 2021/22 006 | 1/11/2021 |
Description of request Access to all studies and/or reports describing the purification (i.e. via filtration and ultra-centrifugation and chromatography) of any "COVID-19 virus" (aka "SARS-COV-2", including any alleged "variants" i.e. "B.1.1.7", "B.1.351", "P.1") directly from a sample taken from a diseased human, where the patient sample was not first combined with any other source of genetic material (i.e. monkey kidney cells aka Vero cells; fetal bovine serum). Summary of documents released Links to publically available journal articles. Number of documents and type of release Seven publically available documents released in full via links. |
| 2021/22 005 | 8/10/2021 |
Description of request Access to:
Summary of document released Tabular report containing publically available grant information. Number of documents and type of release One document released in full containing publically available grant information, however, access refused to most parts of the request under subsection 24A(1) of the FOI Act on the basis that the documents requested do not exist within NHMRC as these matters are the role of another government agency. |
| 2021/22 001 | 4/08/2021 |
Description of request Access to:
Summary of documents released Publication assessment report, position statements and committee reports. Number of documents and type of release Six documents released in full, in addition to the documents released under a previous FOI (2020/21 015). |
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