Text Messages

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This FOI release contains text messages and call logs from August 2025 between Treasury officials regarding a Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) matter. The documents show informal communication attempts to arrange urgent discussions, with one official (Michael) repeatedly trying to reach a colleague (Claudia and subsequently another staff member marked as "$22") about an unspecified FIRB-related issue. The messages indicate Claudia was overseas and unable to meet, leading to attempts to redirect the conversation to another staff member. No substantive policy analysis, financial figures, or specific FIRB decision details are disclosed in these exchanges—only the procedural attempts to schedule conversations about the matter. The redactions marked "s 22" indicate information withheld under the Freedom of Information Act.