Documents relating to flexible working arrangements

Written by Claude Haiku 5.5 from the extracted text on 14 Oct 2026. It can miss or misread redacted and scanned pages. Check the source before relying on it.

This FOI release from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, dated 14 July 2026, runs to around 210 pages and concerns flexible working arrangements rather than biosecurity or trade matters. The main content is a log of Working Away From Office requests lodged between 12 April 2024 and 12 June 2026, recorded by status and outcome, with many entries marked Approved and a smaller number Not Approved. Organisation unit details are withheld under s. 47F(1), which concerns personal privacy. The release also includes the January 2026 Flexible Working Arrangements Policy, covering types of arrangements, request and assessment processes, security and work health and safety requirements, and review rights. Task cards for managers and delegates, a change-of-hours application form, a working-from-home checklist and lawful decision-making guidance are also included. The excerpts reference reasonable business grounds for refusal under the FW Act and the 2024–2027 Enterprise Agreement. No quantified outcome totals or refusal reasons are visible in the excerpt.