PO Box 7820, Canberra BC ACT 2610
6 August 2024
Our reference: LEX 80746
Mr Ben Fairless (Right to Know)
Only by email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Mr Fairless
Acknowledgement of your request for Internal Review of a Freedom of Information Decision
I refer to your request for internal review of the Freedom of Information (FOI) decision made by an
authorised decision maker of Services Australia (the Agency) dated 22 July 2024.
Decision on internal review
Your request was received by the Agency on 24 July 2024. The Agency has 30 days from the day
after that date to process your request. You should therefore expect a decision from us by 23 August
2024.
In accordance with s 54C of the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) a person (other than the
person who made the original decision) will be the decision maker for this internal review.
Your Address
The FOI Act requires you provide us with an address which we can send notices to. You have advised
your electronic address is xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx. We will send all notices
and correspondence to this address. Please advise us as soon as possible if you wish
correspondence to be sent to another address or if your address changes. If you do not advise us of
changes to your address, correspondence and notices will continue to be sent to the address specified
above.
Disclosure Log
Please note information released under the FOI Act may be published in a disclosure log on the
Agency's website. Section 11C of the FOI Act requires this publication, however it is subject to certain
exceptions, including where publication of personal, business, professional or commercial information
would be unreasonable.
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Personal information of Agency staff
We consider staff details to be personal information of those staff members. As part of the FOI
application process, we will seek your consent to exclude the following information from documents
that may be captured by your request:
names of Services Australia staff below the Senior Executive level (junior staff)
direct staff telephone numbers, signatures, logon identifiers and email addresses.
If you consent to exclude this information, we will treat it as outside the scope of your request and
therefore irrelevant under Section 22 of the FOI Act.
Further assistance
If you have any questions, please email xxx.xxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx.
Yours sincerely
Tara
FOI Officer
Freedom of Information Team
FOI and Reviews Branch | Legal Services Division
Services Australia
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