Documents relating to Services Australia’s procurement and use of Fivecast software products (LEX 90561) (released administratively): Privacy Threshold Assessment Summary of Final Advice Fivecast…

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This FOI release from Services Australia concerns its procurement and use of Fivecast software, specifically the ONYX open-source intelligence tool (LEX 90561), and comprises four documents released in part. These are a Privacy Threshold Assessment (version 5.0, June 2025), an email chain from the Legal Services Division summarising legal advice on LEX 65930, the Fivecast ONYX User Guidelines for the Intelligence and Investigations Branch (version 1.3, July 2021), and a CIC Better Practice Guide on capturing and storing OSINT. Most operational content, including the description of ONYX functionality, search procedures and storage rules, is redacted under sections 47C, 47D, 47E(d), 47F, 47G and 37(2)(b). The released text describes safeguards: users must hold a User Agreement, searches must relate to official duties, inadvertent access must be reported, managers monitor compliance, and audits may occur. No processing volumes or error rates are disclosed.