Freedom of information

The Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) gives you the right to access information in the possession of the Victorian Government, including the SRO and the Land Tax Hardship Relief Board.

Table 25: FOI requests received and determined 2025–26

  State Revenue Office Land Tax Hardship Relief Board
Requests for access to documents
Requests received in 2025–26 49 0
Requests received in 2024–25 actioned in 2025–26 8 0
Initial access decision
Access granted in full 11 0
Access granted in part 8 0
Access denied in full 5 0
Withdrawn 4 0
No documents 1 0
Not proceeded with 1 0
Released outside the Act* 78 0
Pending at 30 June 2026 14 0
* Documents provided outside the FOI process or request satisfied outside FOI process.

Table 26: FOI 5-year overview

  2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
FOI requests received 12 12 15 32 49
FOI requests received in the previous year but actioned in the year 3 3 3 3 8
Requests processed outside the FOI Act (i.e. administrative release) 86 209 183 156 78
Total number of information requests 101 224 201 191 135