25 June 2024
Greg Tannahill
eSafety ref: FOI 24120
By email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Mr Tannahill
FOI request – further disclosure
I refer to your request to the eSafety Commissioner (eSafety) for access to documents under
the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).
On 2 May 2024, you sought access to the following (your request):
Details of all training, professional development and formal education engaged in by the eSafety
Commissioner Julie Inman Grant between her first appointment to the role in January 2017 and
the date of this request.
I wish to receive correspondence about this matter through the Right to Know website.
…
The request can be narrowed in the following ways:
* I do not require the names, contact details, identifying information or personal data of any
persons, whether within the eSafety Office or elsewhere, except for the names of provider
organisations who have delivered training mentioned in the request.
* I do not require the details of any training, professional development or formal education
which the eSafety Commissioner does not feel is relevant to her duties as eSafety
Commissioner or her suitability or qualification for that role. (I do not need to know if, for
example, she has learned to play the piano.)
*I do not require any details of the training OTHER THAN:
- the name of the course or qualification;
- the provider who delivered it;
- the material covered and assessed as part of the training, and the core skills developed (the
description of this from the provider should be sufficient);
- the rough dates over which the training occurred, and the rough total number of hours of
training (e.g. "eight hours delivered between February and March 2023");
the nature of the training environment (online, in person in office, or at external provider); and
whether the Commissioner completed the training and was awarded the relevant certification
or qualification.
Email: xxx@xxxxxxx.xxx.xx
eSafety.gov.au
*I do not require:
- correspondence or receipts regarding booking or attendance at the course;
- course materials or assessments.
FOI decision and further correspondence
eSafety made and delivered a decision with respect to your request on 3 June 2024.
Although no existing documents were found within scope of your request, eSafety created a
document containing information drawn from our systems relevant to your request. No
exemptions from the FOI Act were applied to the information released to you.
By return email the same day, you requested clarification with respect to our response,
noting that some aspects of your request were not addressed in the document released to
you.
We responded substantively by email on 20 June 2024, outlining the operation of section 17
of the FOI Act, noting that some of the information referred to in your request was not
readily available, and that it would have involved a substantial and unreasonable diversion of
resources for the Commissioner’s Office to obtain and verify such information in response to
your request at that time.
We also noted that the Commissioner’s Office had been making further enquiries subsequent
to our decision of 3 June 2024, in the spirit of open and transparent government, to obtain
and confirm some additional information for you relevant to your request.
Further disclosure
We are now able to provide to you, on an administrative basis, further detail about relevant
training undertaken by the Commissioner. This information is attached to this letter.
If you require further information regarding this decision, please contact the eSafety’s FOI
team at
xxx@xxxxxxx.xxx.xx. Yours sincerely
Pauline Ross
Head of the Commissioner’s Office
eSafety.gov.au
Email: xxx@xxxxxxx.xxx.xx
ATTACHMENT
Course name and provider
Content summary
Duration
Mode of delivery
Strategic Management of Regulatory and Enforcement
Agencies examines the distinctive managerial and
Strategic Management of
operational challenges faced by government officials and
Regulatory and Enforcement
other professionals who have regulatory, enforcement,
Agencies – Professor Malcolm
security, compliance-management, or other risk-control
Sparrow, Professor of the Practice
responsibilities. This intensive program emphasizes the
4 days
Face-to-face
of Public Management, Harvard
management and operations of such agencies (regulatory
University (October 2019)
practice) as opposed to the reform of law (regulatory
policy), and it is oriented more towards social regulation
(provision of safety, health, security) rather than economic
regulation (efficient functioning of specific markets).
1. Public speaking training in a group format including:
• exploring the impact people, subject, place and time
have on your presentation;
• how to create influence through physical presence and 6 hours over three
Public Speaking Training - NIDA
the use of effective gesture;
sessions comprising of:
(May–June 2017 group training and
• vocal technique, use of pace, range and energy;
•
September 2018 individual training)
• structure and the role it plays in capturing audience
1 group session
Face-to-face delivery
attention;
• 2 individual
• engage your audience using effective storytelling
sessions
techniques;
• preparing, rehearsing and presenting, and receiving
guidance and feedback.
• Coaching in professional communication and
presentation skills.
Media Training – Spicer
Communications (July 2023)
Media training for interviews focusing on key messaging,
2 hours
Face-to-face
bridging phrases, and crisis communications.
eSafety.gov.au
Course name and provider
Content summary
Duration
Mode of delivery
To inform employees and contractors of the principles,
practices and obligations in the agency and Australian Public
Service and enable staff to:
• Describe what protective security means for
Security Awareness Training –
agencies
ACMA (January 2023)
• Outline your security responsibilities and
0.5 hours
Online training module
requirements in maintaining a security clearance
• Identify how to prevent a security breach
• Apply appropriate protective markings for sensitive
and security classified information, and
• Demonstrate how to appropriately store and dispose
of official and security classified information.
To provide information on work health and safety in an
Health, Safety and Wellbeing
Australian Public Service context and provide the knowledge
training – ACMA (January 2023)
to contribute to a healthy and safe workplace. Learn about
Online training module
the Commonwealth WHS Framework including the
Work
0.5 hours
Health and Safety Act 2011; the
Work Health and Safety
Regulations 2011; and the Work Health and Safety Codes of
Practice.
Bullying and Harassment training – Introduces new and existing employees to bullying and
ACMA (January 2023)
harassment principles and is a general overview of roles and
Online training module
0.5 hours
responsibilities involved in ensuring a workplace free from
bullying and harassment.
Equip public servants travelling to higher risk countries with
the skills and knowledge to operate safely, with a focus on
Personal Security Awareness
topics such as:
Training – Department of Foreign
• Risk mitigation strategy in event of kidnapping
Affairs and Trade (December 2019)
• Active shooter response
4 hours
Face-to-face
• Terrorist incident response
• Aggressive Behaviour Management
• De-escalation Training
• Self-Preservation Strategies
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