Attachment A	

	LS4451 FOI Request by Margo Kingston
	Revised (6 January 2013)
all documents mentioning or referring to the assertion by Mr Abbott in his 1998 letter that he had sought legal advice before seeking donations to the Trust, and all documents mentioning or referring to allegations later made publicly (in 2003& 2004, and again in 2007) that that statement was untrue.
Schedule of Documents
Document No	Folio	Description	Date	Decision	
FILE 00/244 LEGAL SERVICES – COMPLIANCE – LEGAL REQUIREMENTS – TONY ABBOTT – AUSTRALIANS FOR HONEST POLITICS TRUST – QUESTION OF ASSOCIATED ENTITY	
1		12	Letter from Hon Tony Abbott to AEC submitting that the Trust is not an associated entity.
	20/10/1998		
File 04/869 Legal Services – Compliance – Legal requirements – Tony Abbott – Australians for Honest Politics Trust – Question of Associated Entity	
2		320-321	Letter from Tony Abbott MHR to Andy Becker, Electoral Commissioner
This is replicated by folios 141-142 of file 04/1376	8/6/2004	This is relevant. The answers give information about Mr. Abbott’s business affairs and his personal information. 
It would be unreasonable to give access to a facsimile of Mr. Abbott’s signature.
I decided to grant access to this document with the facsimile of the signature of Mr. Abbott redacted.