9 August 2024
FOI ref: 3667
GV
By email
: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear applicant
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST – DECISION
I refer to your request to Treasury on 16 July 2024 for access, under the
Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (
FOI Act), to the following:
Provide the main document/s that are provided to new SES officers upon
commencement setting out their pay, conditions and performance expectations.
I am an authorised decision maker under section 23 of the FOI Act.
Decision
The Treasury has identified two documents within scope of your request. I have decided to
release both documents in ful . The documents for release are attached.
Further information regarding my decision is set out below.
Material Considered
The material to which I have had regard in making this decision includes the scope of the
request and content of the documents subject to your request, the relevant provisions in the
FOI Act and Guidelines issued by the Australian Information Commissioner under section 93A
of the FOI Act (FOI Guidelines), and advice from subject matter experts within the Treasury.
Rights of Review
A statement setting out your rights of review in this matter is attached.
Langton Crescent
Parkes ACT 2600
Australia
P: +61 2 6263 2800
Disclosure Log
The Treasury publishes documents disclosed in response to FOI requests on the Treasury
website. This is consistent with the arrangements established by section 11C of the FOI Act. In
this instance, I consider that the documents released to you are appropriate for publication on
the Treasury’s FOI disclosure log.
Yours sincerely
Jody Riley
Assistant Secretary
People and Organisational Strategy Branch
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INFORMATION ON RIGHTS OF REVIEW
1.
APPLICATION FOR INTERNAL REVIEW OF DECISION
Section 54 of the FOI Act gives you the right to apply for an internal review of the decision
refusing to grant access to documents in accordance with your request.
An application for a review of the decision must be made in writing within 30 days of receipt of
this letter.
No particular form is required but it would assist the decision-maker if you could set out in the
application the grounds on which you consider that the decision should be reviewed.
An application for a review of the decision should be emailed to
xxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx. OR
2.
APPLICATION TO AUSTRALIAN INFORMATION COMMISSIONER (INFORMATION
COMMISSIONER) FOR REVIEW OF DECISION
Section 54L of the FOI Act gives you the right to seek a review of the decision from the
Information Commissioner. An application for review must be made within 60 days of
receiving the decision.
An application for review must be in writing and must:
– give details of how notices must be sent to you; and
– include a copy of the notice of decision.
You should send your application for review to:
The Information Commissioner
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
GPO Box 5218
SYDNEY NSW 2001
AND/OR
3.
COMPLAINTS TO THE INFORMATION COMMISSIONER
Section 70 of the FOI Act provides that a person may complain to the Information
Commissioner about action taken by an agency in the exercise of powers or the performance
of functions under the FOI Act.
A complaint to the Information Commissioner must be in writing and identify the agency the
complaint is about. It should be directed to the fol owing address:
The Information Commissioner
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
GPO Box 5218
SYDNEY NSW 2001
The Information Commissioner may decline to investigate the complaint in a number of
circumstances, including that you did not exercise your right to ask the agency, the
Information Commissioner, a court or tribunal to review the decision.
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