…..documents And Communications That Authorised The Destruction/disposal Of The FOI Decisions And Documents Published On Your Disclosure Log Reference Numbers 10/21016 And 12/4777.

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DFAT released documents authorizing the destruction of records from file B2019/1079 in February 2020. The FOI decision approvals themselves were subsequently destroyed pursuant to National Archives of Australia disposal authorities (AFDA Express 2 and DAFDA). The minute from the Director of the FOI & Privacy Law Section to the Corporate Records Section authorized immediate destruction of sentenced files, with instructions that electronic documents would be permanently destroyed and unrecoverable. A National Archives of Australia NAS 45 form was required within 12 weeks to complete the formal disposal process. The records being destroyed appear to relate to FOI and privacy law matters handled by DFAT's Legal, General and Business Division during 2019-2020, though specific policy content is not detailed in the released authorization documents.