FOI Request LS4882  Schedule of Relevant Documents
	Request for:
1.	In relation to the requests for a recount of the 2013 WA Senate election lodged by Senator Scott Ludlum and Mr Wayne Dropulich:
(a)	the original requests submitted by Senator Ludlum and Mr Dropulich to the AEO Western Australia
(b)	documents relating to the consideration of those requests by the AEO Western Australia
(c)	the record of and reasons for decision by the AEO Western Australia
(d)	the appeals submitted by Senator Ludlum and Mr Dropulich to the Electoral Commissioner
(e)	documents relating to the consideration of those appeals by the Electoral Commissioner
(f)	the record of and reasons for decision by the Electoral Commissioner
(g)	legal advice obtained by the AEC (including documents subject to legal professional privilege insofar as the documents fall within the definition of operation information as given in section 8A of the FOI Act, or the AEC has waived legal professional privilege);
2.	In relation to the loss of 1,370 ballot papers in the 2013 WA Senate election:
(a)	memoranda or reports prepared prior to the commencement of the Keelty Inquiry on 5 November 2013
(b)	legal advice obtained by the AEC prior to the commencement of the Keelty Inquiry on 5 November 2013 (including documents subject to legal professional privilege insofar as the documents fall within the definition of operation information as given in section 8A of the FOI Act, or the AEC has waived legal professional privilege).
Document no.	Date document received by AEC	Size 	Description	Statement as to the grounds relied upon in support of the claim for exemption	Decision	
1	2 October 2013	2 pages	Letter from Senator Ludlum to AEO Western Australia – request for recount of the 2013 WA Senate election ballot papers	Not applicable.	Access granted.	
2	3 October 2013	2 pages	Letter from Senator Ludlum to AEO Western Australia – supplementary letter to the request for recount of the 2013 WA Senate election ballot papers	Not applicable.	Access granted.	
3	2 October 2013	1 page	Email from Wayne Dropulich to AEO Western Australia – request for recount of the 2013 WA Senate election ballot papers	Not applicable.	Access granted.	
4	Undated document	9 pages	Analysis prepared by AEO Western Australia – procedure for investigating discrepancies in ballot numbers	Not applicable.	Access granted.	
5	3 October 2013	1 page	AEC media release – WA Senate Recount Requests Declined	Not applicable.	Access granted.	
6	3 October 2013	2 pages	Email from AEO Western Australia to Senator Ludlum – request for recount declined	Not applicable.	Access granted.	
7	3 October 2013	2 pages	Email from AEO Western Australia to Wayne Dropulich - request for recount declined	Not applicable.	Access granted.	
8	3 October 2013	3 pages	Letter from Senator Ludlum to Electoral Commissioner – appeal for recount of the 2013 WA Senate election ballot papers	Not applicable.	Access granted.	
9	4 October 2013	3 pages	Letter from Senator Ludlum to Electoral Commissioner – supplement to appeal for recount of the 2013 WA Senate election ballot papers	Not applicable.	Access granted.	
10	4 October 2013	1 page	Email from Wayne Dropulich to Electoral Commissioner – appeal for recount of the 2013 WA Senate election ballot papers	Not applicable.	Access granted.	
11	8 October 2013	1 page	Letter from Electoral Commissioner to Senator Pratt – invitation to make submissions regarding a possible recount of the 2013 WA Senate election ballot papers	Not applicable.	Access granted.	
12	8 October 2013	8 pages	Letter from Hopgood Ganim to the Electoral Commissioner – submission concerning a possible recount of the 2013 WA Senate election ballot papers	Not applicable.	Access granted.	
13	9 October 2013	2 pages	Letter from Slater and Gordon to the Electoral Commissioner – response to invitation to make submissions (Document 11)	Not applicable.	Access granted.	
14	9 October 2013	1 page	Letter from Slater and Gordon to the Electoral Commissioner – request for copies of submissions from other interested parties	Not applicable.	Access granted.	
15	10 October 2013	7 pages	Letter from the Electoral Commissioner to Wayne Dropulich – decision to direct a recount of the 2013 WA Senate election ballot papers	Not applicable.	Access granted.	
16	10 October 2013	1 page	Email from the AEC to Wayne Dropulich, enclosing a copy of Document 14	Not applicable.	Access granted.	
17	10 October 2013	7 pages	Letter from the Electoral Commissioner to Senator Ludlum – decision to direct a recount of the 2013 WA Senate election ballot papers	Not applicable.	Access granted.	
18	10 October 2013	2 pages	Email correspondence between the AEC and mdclegal concerning Document 16	Not applicable.	Access granted.	
19	10 October 2013	7 pages	Letter from the Electoral Commissioner to Senator Pratt – decision to direct a recount of the 2013 WA Senate election ballot papers	Not applicable.	Access granted.	
20	10 October 2013	1 page	Email from the AEC to Slater Gordon, enclosing a copy of Document 18	Not applicable.	Access granted.	
21	10 October 2013	7 pages	Letter from the Electoral Commissioner to Zhenya Wang – decision to direct a recount of the 2013 WA Senate election ballot papers	Not applicable.	Access granted.	
22	10 October 2013	1 page	Direction from the Electoral Commissioner to the AEO Western Australia pursuant to section 278 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918	Not applicable.	Access granted.	
23	29 October 2013	2 pages	Note prepared by the DRO for the Division of Forrest concerning the recount of 2013 WA Senate election ballot papers	Not applicable.	Access granted.