The 2025 decision in MVX v Ambulance Victoria [2025] VCAT 402: Key Takeaways Overview This case involved a Freedom of Information (“FOI”) dispute between a former Ambulance Victoria (“AV”) employee, referred to as MVX, and AV. The matter arose after AV refused to release a confidential investigation report prepared by its external lawyers. The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (“VCAT”) …
Increase in FOI application fee 1 July 2025
From 1 July 2025, an request for access under the Victorian FOI Act must be accompanied by an application fee of $33.60. The Treasurer published in the Victorian Government Gazette on 22 May 2025 that a fee unit will increase to $16.81 from 1 July 2025. An application fee under the FOI Act is 2 fee units, but the product …
FOI Requests can’t be amended during OVIC review
VCAT has confirmed that applicant’s cannot amend FOI requests during an OVIC review. That means that they cannot tell OVIC that they are now willing to get partial access. An applicant must be held to the terms of the original request and any decision by OVIC must be in relation to the original request: Davies v Victoria Police [2022] VCAT …