Department of Social Services

Part of the Social Services portfolio and a Federal authority

The Department’s name has changed from the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs to the Department of Social Services.

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DisabilityCare Australia Fund Allocations for 2016-2017
Follow up sent to Department of Social Services by Brian O'Hart on .

Partially successful.

Locutus Sum, sincere thanks for your intervention and clarifying the law, much appreciated. Obviously my request had deficiencies and not within the...
DisabilityCare Australia Fund Allocations for 2016-2017
Response by Department of Social Services to Brian O'Hart on .

Long overdue.

Dear Mr O’Hart,   Thank you for your emails dated 31 March 2016 and 10 April 2016. The Department provides the following response to the questions...
Social media policy
Follow up sent to Department of Social Services by James Smith on .

Successful.

Thank you for confirming the non-existence of documents in my revised request. As requested, I withdraw this FOI request. Yours sincerely, James...
Complaints related to the removal of "Conscientious Objector" from Payments
Response by Department of Social Services to Ben Fairless on .

Waiting clarification.

Dear Mr Fairless,   Please see attached correspondence from the Department of Social Services regarding your request received on 25 January 2016....
Deaths of children due to neglect/abuse
Response by Department of Social Services to Monique on .

Information not held.

Dear Ms Dalby,   Please see attached the Department of Social Services’ decision on access in relation to your request received on 26 February 201...
Deaths of children due to neglect/abuse
Response by Department of Social Services to Monique on .

Information not held.

Dear Ms Dalby,   Please see attached the Department of Social Services’ decision on access in relation to your request received on 26 February 201...
Deaths of children due to neglect/abuse
Response by Department of Social Services to Monique on .

Information not held.

Dear Ms Dalby,   Please see attached the Department of Social Services’ decision on access in relation to your request received on 26 February 201...
Gender Pay Gap Inequality
Response by Department of Social Services to Rachel Adler on .

Successful.

Dear Ms Adler,   Please find attached correspondence in relation to your Freedom of Information Request No. 15/16-110 to the Department of Social...
The locations of public housing homes in Queensland and their availabilities.
Response by Department of Social Services to Scott Kelly on .

Information not held.

Dear Mr Kelly   Please find attached correspondence from the Department of Social Services in relation to your request under the Commonwealth Free...
Deaths in social housing
Request to Department of Social Services by ray gibbons. Annotated by Neale Gentner on .

Refused.

I had reasonable success with FOI/RTI requests by: 1. Telephoning the relevant "right to information" office. 2. Discussing at length what information...
Consultation process of the recent 'Reference Group on Welfare Reform'
Response by Department of Social Services to Justine Lloyd on .

Refused.

Dear Dr Lloyd   Please find attached correspondence from the Department of Social Services in relation to your request under the Commonwealth Free...
Records
Request to Department of Social Services by John smithy. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .

Waiting clarification.

It is a surprise to me that the Department did not refuse the request on the ground of invalidity. The single sentence in the applicant's email is not...
Quantitative study on Government childcare package
Response by Department of Social Services to Sara Rahman on .

Partially successful.

Dear Ms Rahman   Thank you for your email below.   As you have noted, deliberative matter does not include purely factual material for the pur...
All Internal communication regarding "Armenian Genocide"
Response by Department of Social Services to Pinar Yilmaz on .

Partially successful.

  Good afternoon Ms Yilmaz   Please find attached the decision regarding FOI request 14/15-087.   Also attached are the document schedule and...
Proposed six-month waiting period for Youth Allowance recipients
Request to Department of Social Services by Vera Lystich. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .

Refused.

There are 2 types of exemptions - Division 2 and Division 3. s.33 to 47A are fully exempt. The agency doesn't need to prove its against the public in...
IT Network Documentation - IPv4/v6 Public Facing addresses
Request to Department of Social Services by Ben Fairless. Annotated by Robin de Garis on .

Successful.

Wow, they were quick and useful. Who would have thought social services out of all departments would be on the ball?
Migration stream by country of birth
Response by Department of Social Services to knav2013 on .

Successful.

Good afternoon Kushra Navartne   Please find attached correspondence regarding FOI request 13/14-118   ----------------------------------------...
Funding for No Interest Loan Scheme (NILS) Paid So Far In 2013
Response by Department of Social Services to Christopher Bennett on .

Successful.

9 August 2013   Mr Christopher Bennett Via Right to Know website   By email: [1][FOI #292 email]   Dear Mr Bennett   Freedom of Infor...

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