Department of Veterans' Affairs

Part of the Defence portfolio, part of the Veterans' Affairs portfolio and a Federal authority, also called DVA

Serving members of Australia's veteran and defence force communities, war widows and widowers, widows and dependants, through programs of care, rehabilitation, compensation, income support, commemoration and defence support services.

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aDVAnce case management system
Follow up sent to Department of Veterans' Affairs by Verity Pane on .

Partially successful.

To Leia of Information Law, Well it wouldn’t be a DVA decision notice without some bad faith creative fiction, but as no stupid bad faith delay tact...
Compensation for Defective Administration claims in 2017/18
Response by Department of Veterans' Affairs to Alan ASHMORE on .

Successful.

Dear Mr Ashmore   FOI 24902 - Decision and Statement of Reasons   Please find attached the decision in relation to your freedom of information...
Documents that refer to the replacement of delegate names with position number reference instead
Follow up sent to Department of Veterans' Affairs by Verity Pane on .

Long overdue.

Attn INFORMATION.LAW, Even when your own Departmental responses to Questions On Notices in Parliament directly contradict the false claims that no do...
External Legal Services Expenditure
Follow up sent to Department of Veterans' Affairs by Verity Pane on .

Long overdue.

Attn INFORMATION.LAW, It has been drawn to my attention, that due the notice to give practical refusal was made on the last day of the s 15(5)(b) dea...
Current contracts with confidentiality clauses
Follow up sent to Department of Veterans' Affairs by Verity Pane on .

Partially successful.

To Unnamed officer, The usual opaque response I see. The purpose, aim and objects of the FOI Act is to provide access to relevant documents in a time...
Summary of all current contracts that *do not* contain a confidentiality clause/s
Response by Department of Veterans' Affairs to Verity Pane on .

Successful.

Good afternoon Verity Pane, Thank you for your email. Based on the below, we acknowledge your advice for our previous email to be taken as information...
Referrals to Coordinated Care and Client Liaison Units for FY15/16-FY17/18 by age group
Response by Department of Veterans' Affairs to Verity Pane on .

Partially successful.

Good afternoon Verity Pane,   FOI 24561 Charges notice   We refer to your FOI request received by the Department on 18 September 2018. Please...
Cost of External Legal Services Expenditure on Work, Health and Safety Act 2012 implications
Follow up sent to Department of Veterans' Affairs by Verity Pane on .

Long overdue.

Attn DVA, Timeline: 18 July 2018 - FOI made 1 August 2018 - s 15(5)(a) acknowledgment deadline expired with DVA in breach 17 August 2018 - s 15(5)...
Changes to calculating critical error rates
Response by Department of Veterans' Affairs to Alan ASHMORE on .

Partially successful.

Good evening Mr Ashmore,   FOI 24510 – Internal Review – Decision and Statement of Reasons   I refer to your request for an internal review of...
FOI - Veteran Mates Program - Services Agreement / Scope / Deliverables Documents
Follow up sent to Department of Veterans' Affairs by Julie on .

Partially successful.

I acknowledge your internal review decision note of 18 October 2018, in which you state: “I have made a decision to vary the original decis...
Number of clients referred to, and managed by, the Client Liaison Unit
Follow up sent to Department of Veterans' Affairs by Verity Pane on .

Awaiting internal review.

On 20th August you wrote: I refer to your request for internal review by our Department under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act). Th...
Details about your Financial Management and Corporate Records Information Systems
Response by Department of Veterans' Affairs to Marcus (Account suspended) on .

Successful.

Dear Marcus, You are welcome. Kind Regards,   Information Law Team Department of Veterans’ Affairs E: [email address] | W: www.dva.gov.au
Claims due to CS gas exposure
Response by Department of Veterans' Affairs to Grant Weitering on .

Awaiting internal review.

Dear Mr Weitering,   Freedom of Information request – FOI 23840  -request for information regarding claims due to CS gas exposure   I refer to...
Composition of FOI area
Response by Department of Veterans' Affairs to Verity Pane on .

Successful.

Dear Verity Pane, I refer to your request for internal review outlined below and attach a decision in relation to this matter. Regards, Informati...
Abandonment Rate of Compensation Claims
Follow up sent to Department of Veterans' Affairs by Verity Pane on .

Long overdue.

Still awaiting a response. Yours sincerely, Verity Pane
Search and Retrieval Charges Estimated for FY2017/2018 YTD
Follow up sent to Department of Veterans' Affairs by Verity Pane on .

Successful.

Thank you. You can close this FOI now. Yours sincerely, Verity Pane
Jesse Bird Inquiry Report
Response by Department of Veterans' Affairs to Verity Pane on .

Long overdue.

Dear Verity Pane, Please find attached the documents released to you in accordance with the FOI Act. I apologise for the brief delay - these files req...
APP 12 Privacy Act Applications
Response by Department of Veterans' Affairs to Verity Pane on .

Successful.

Dear Verity Pane I refer to your email below, seeking access to the number of pages of documents that came into scope and were reviewed for each of th...
Administration of requests for information (policy documents)
Follow up sent to Department of Veterans' Affairs by Verity Pane on .

Refused.

First your department claims it’s own DVA UCC manual couldn’t be released because it was “under review” (and there was no claim made you were review...
2016-17 Most Expensive Trip
Response by Department of Veterans' Affairs to Jackson Gothe-Snape on .

Refused.

Dear Mr Gothe-Snape, Freedom of Information Request: FOI 17387 I refer to your request for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1...
2016-17 Most Expensive Event
Response by Department of Veterans' Affairs to Jackson Gothe-Snape on .

Refused.

Dear Mr Gothe-Snape, Freedom of Information Request: FOI 17388 I refer to your request for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1...
Documents relating to discussions with the RSL and/or RSL funded research institutions on the subject of research into the adverse effects of mefloquine
Response by Department of Veterans' Affairs to Stuart McCarthy on .

Long overdue.

Dear Mr McCarthy Freedom of Information Request: FOI 18187 I refer to your request for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982...
Private use of social media advice provided to employees
Response by Department of Veterans' Affairs to James Smith on .

Refused.

Dear Mr Smith, Please see attached the primary decision in this matter. Kind regards, Alexander Gent Legal Officer Information Law Legal Services &...
KPMG Audit Report in FOI
Response by Department of Veterans' Affairs to Verity Pane on .

Successful.

Dear Ms Pane, Please find attached the document in question. Kind regards, Alexander Gent Legal Officer Information Law Legal Services & Assurance B...
Consultations relating to Waiver of Privacy Act Personal Information Disclosure Certificate - Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Digital Readiness and Other Measures) Bill 2016
Request to Department of Veterans' Affairs by Verity Pane. Annotated by Verity Pane on .

Partially successful.

For the interest of others, who may be refused access to information, on claims of unreasonable disclosure of the personal information of others, it ma...

Only requests made using Right to Know are shown. ?