Disclosure log

Under the Freedom of Information Act 1982, ANU is required to publish a disclosure log on its website. The disclosure log lists documents which have been released in response to FOI access requests in accordance with the requirements of the FOI Act. For documents released from 1 January 2021, the disclosure log will contain the documents released under FOI. For access to documents released prior to 1 January 2021, please send an email to foi@anu.edu.au.

Agencies are required to publish details of documents released under the FOI Act within ten working days of an applicant being given access to the documents.

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07 February 2025 202400162

Under the Freedom of Information Act 1982, I request access to copies of the following documents: 
Minutes for all meetings of ANU Council in 2024, including but not limited to meetings on:
鈥 8-9 February 2024
鈥 5 April 2024
鈥 14 June 2024
鈥 9 August 2024
鈥 23 September 2024
鈥 4 October 2024
鈥 6 December 2024

Any documents relating to declared interests or conflicts of Council members (such as a Register of Interests) for all meetings of ANU Council in 2024.

06 February 2025 202400179

Minutes for all meetings of ANU Council from 1 August to 31 December 2023, including but not limited to meetings on:
鈥 2 September 2023
鈥 6 October 2023
鈥 1 December 2023

Any documents relating to declared interests or conflicts of Council members (such as a Register of Interests) for all meetings of ANU Council from 1 August to 31 December 2023.

06 February 2025 202400158

Copies of engagement letters and terms of reference for the investigation into WHS concerns of the National Computational Infrastructure (NCI) conducted by Ashurst.

 

Date range for the documents being requested is February 2024 to June 2024.

29 January 2025 202400175

Under the Freedom of Information Act 1982, I request access to

 

Conflict of interest (potential, perceived or actual) declaration document(s) filed by or for by vice chancellor Genevieve Bell; and any other official document or record which document the conflict of interest declaration(s) made by the 天美传媒 Bell to the ANU council.

29 January 2025 202400176

I refer to the following ANU spokesperson statements made to news outlets:

Statement 1 - 鈥淧rofessor Bell鈥檚 work with Intel Labs was disclosed in accordance with the ANU disclosure of interest framework, and was known by the council"
Statement 2 - 鈥淭he ANU council unanimously supported and actively encouraged the continuation of the arrangement which recognised Professor Bell鈥檚 world-leading technical expertise and experience and enhanced the reputation of ANU.鈥
Referenced in the Australian Financial Review article at titled ANU council members say Bell鈥檚 second job was never mentioned and dated 20 Dec 2024, in the following excerpt

ANU originally told the Financial Review that 鈥淧rofessor Bell鈥檚 work with Intel Labs was disclosed in accordance with the ANU disclosure of interest framework, and was known by the council鈥.

When asked to clarify what was meant by 鈥渨as known by the council鈥, a spokeswoman said: 鈥淭he ANU council unanimously supported and actively encouraged the continuation of the arrangement which recognised Professor Bell鈥檚 world-leading technical expertise and experience and enhanced the reputation of ANU.鈥


Statement 3 - The statement(s) summarised by the article text "He said her role with Intel had been disclosed to the university council"
From the Australian Financial Review article at titled ANU leader 鈥榙ouble-dipped鈥 with $1.1m salary and big tech job and dated 10 Dec 2024 (and 11 Dec 2024), within the following excerpt

鈥淧rofessor Bell maintained a part-time paid position with Intel after leaving the company to join ANU in 2017,鈥 a spokesman told 天美传媒 Financial Review on Tuesday.

鈥淭he role was specifically with Intel Labs, a research division of Intel. This arrangement formally ceased on 15 November 2024.鈥

The spokesman did not disclose the size of Professor Bell鈥檚 remuneration but said outside paid work was commonplace for academics. He said her role with Intel had been disclosed to the university council.


Statement 4 - "Professor Bell's work with Intel is no secret, the source of media reporting on this is the university's own website,"
Statement 5 - "The arrangement was disclosed through our conflict processes in the normal way and was known by the Council."
Referenced in the The Canberra Times article at titled Calls for ANU vice-chancellor to resign after second paid job revealed and dated 11 Dec 2024, in the following excerpt

A university spokeswoman said it was common for academics to work with external parties in their field of expertise.

"Professor Bell's work with Intel is no secret, the source of media reporting on this is the university's own website," she said.

"The arrangement was disclosed through our conflict processes in the normal way and was known by the Council."


Under the Freedom of Information Act 1982, I request:

For each statement referred to above, excluding Statement 4 - the document(s) which form the basis the statement was made on.

For Statement 4 - the specific pages on the "university's own website" which formed the basis the statement was made on (Reason: the "university's own website" is huge and includes pages irrelevant to the statement).

Please clearly indicate which statement each document corresponds to, or organize pages to group documents corresponding to the same statement together with appropriate headers.

22 January 2025 202400174

The agenda and minutes of the ANU council meeting on 04 Oct 2024 and the ANU council meeting on 06 Dec 2024.

22 January 2025 202400172

The agenda and minutes for the out of session ANU council meeting on 2 Sep 2023 (or just Sep 2023 if that is not the exact date)

02 January 2025 202400102

鈥業nvoices, receipts or any other document recording financial expenditure related to the hire of security personnel for the ANU Gaza Solidarity Encampment, including costs for external contractors, timesheets, offer letters, letters of engagement, payslips etc. Date range for the documents being requested-29 April 2024 - 23 July 2024 (inclusive)鈥

02 January 2025 202400128

鈥楢ny documents, emails, correspondence or information regarding building mould at the following ANU student residences from January 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024.

路 Lena Karmel Lodge

Fenner Hall

This request includes but is not limited to:

路 Any reports, email correspondence or orders for work to address dampness or building mould

路 Complaints made about building mould

路 Correspondence to residents or staff members about building mould 

路 Any complaints, emails or documents regarding sickness among residents or students which is associated with building mould

Any documents, emails, correspondence or information regarding a media request made by Lanie Tindale at The Canberra Times on May 27, from May 27 to May 28. The media request is about mould at ANU student residences.

02 January 2025 202400096

鈥"Our Changing Snowscapes" report prepared by Ruby Olsson, Robert Steiger (external consultant), Adrienne B Nicotra and Jamie Pittock on behalf of a commercial client (Protect Our Winters).
The full report is publicly available online:
The specific information I am seeking includes:
1. The project Statement of Requirements provided by the client (Protect Our Winters) to ANU.
2. The signed project contract.
3. Conflict of interest disclosures and approved conflict of interest management plans relating to this project.
4. The signed project sub-contract between ANU and the external consultant engaged to provide modelling services (Robert Steiger).
5. The statement of requirements provided by ANU to the external consultant engaged to provide modelling services (Robert Steiger).
6. All correspondence (including file attachments) between the authors (including the external consultant) and the client.
7. Record of permission to conduct 鈥榠nformal interviews鈥 and include information obtained through informal interviews as deidentified evidence in the report.
8. Records of all correspondence with external stakeholders who were 鈥榠nformally interviewed鈥 including the 22 instances where the citation 鈥榩ers comms鈥 is provided as the source of evidence and quotes included throughout the report, without identifying specifically who was engaged in communication.
9. Records of internal examination and academic scrutiny.
10. Records demonstrating author consideration of and compliance with ANU鈥檚 risk management policy.
Date range for the documents being requested -01/01/2023-12/07/2024鈥