All documents relied on or relevant to the Attorney General’s media statements on 2 and 3 September relating to the involvement of bots in making FOI applications

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The release comprises talking points, email correspondence, sample FOI requests and an explanatory second reading speech for the Freedom of Information Amendment Bill 2025, all dated around late August to September 2025 and relating to alleged AI and bot-generated FOI applications. Talking points (marked PROTECTED: CABINET) argue that foreign adversaries may exploit FOI, cite an agency finding that about 20% of personal and 50% of non-personal matters contained AI-generated content, and refer to a Washington State change allowing refusal of bot-generated requests. The proposed reforms would bar anonymous or pseudonymous requests and require third-party applicants to declare that status. Other material includes an applicant's AI-assisted submissions citing sections 15, 24A, 24AB, 47E(d) and 54 of the FOI Act, and cases such as Osland v Secretary to the Department of Justice and Lange v ABC. Substantial redaction under s 22(1) and s 47E(d) is visible, and no legal advice is evident.