13Ministerial briefing

13 Ministerial briefing

For the purposes of paragraph 7(1)(b), this section covers a disclosure if the disclosure is necessary for the purposes of briefing a Minister covered by subsection 7(2):

so that the Minister can:

    consider a complaint or issue raised by or on behalf of a person with the Minister (in writing or orally); and
    respond to that person in relation to the complaint or issue; or
for a meeting or forum that the Minister is to attend; or
in relation to issues raised or proposed to be raised publicly by or on behalf of the person to whom the information relates so that the Minister can respond by correcting a mistake of fact, a misleading perception or impression, or a misleading statement; or
about an error or delay on the part of Services Australia; or
about an instance of an anomalous or unusual operation of the Act, the social security law or the family assistance law.