Freedom of information

The Freedom of Information Act 1982 provides you with the right to access information in the possession of the Victorian Government, including the State Revenue Office and the Land Tax Hardship Relief Board.

FOI requests received and determined 2022-23

  State Revenue Office Land Tax Hardship Relief Board
Requests for access to documents
Requests received in 2022–23 12 0
Requests received in 2021–22 actioned in 2022–23 3 0
Initial access decision
Access granted in full 2 0
Access granted in part 9 0
Access denied in full 0 0
Withdrawn 0 0
No documents 0 0
Not proceeded with 1 0
Released outside the Act* 209 0
Pending at 30 June 2023 3 0
* Documents provided outside the FOI process or request satisfied outside FOI process.

FOI 5-year overview

  2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
FOI requests received* 105 59 23 12 12
FOI requests received in the previous year but actioned in the year 4 13 16 3 3
Requests processed outside the FOI Act (i.e. administrative release) 35 47 94 86 209
Total number of information requests 144 119 133 101 224
* The decrease in the number of requests processed under the FOI Act in recent years is attributable to information being released outside of the FOI Act, i.e. administrative release. For example, liquidator requests.