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OFFICIAL
Freedom of Information (FOI) request
Notice of Decision
Reference: FOI/2024/221
To GV
Email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear GV
I refer to your request to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (the Department), under
the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act), received on 16 July 2024.
The purpose of this letter is to provide you with a decision on your request for access under the
FOI Act.
Scope of request
You set out your request in the fol owing terms:
Provide the main document/s that are provided to new SES officers upon commencement
setting out their pay, conditions and performance expectations.
Authorised decision-maker
I am authorised to make this decision in accordance with arrangements approved by the
Department’s Secretary under section 23 of the FOI Act.
Material taken into account
In reaching my decision I referred to the fol owing:
• the terms of your request
• the FOI Act
• the Guidelines issued by the Information Commissioner
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Documents in scope of request
The Department has identified two documents that fal within the scope of your request.
These documents are set out in the Schedule of Documents at Attachment A.
1 s 93A of the FOI Act
Postal Address: PO Box 6500, CANBERRA ACT 2600
Telephone: +61 2 6271 5849 Fax: +61 2 6271 5776 www.pmc.gov.au ABN: 18 108 001 191
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Decision
I have decided to grant access in ful to the two documents. The documents are enclosed.
Review rights
If you disagree with my decision, you may apply for internal review or Information Commissioner
review of the decision.
Internal review
Under section 54 of the FOI Act, you may apply in writing to the Department for an internal review of
my decision. The internal review application must be made within 30 days after the date of this letter.
Where possible please attach reasons why you believe review of the decision is necessary. The internal
review wil be carried out by another officer within 30 days from the date it is received.
Applications for review should be sent to
xxx@xxx.xxx.xx.
Information Commissioner review
Under section 54L of the FOI Act, you may apply to the Australian Information Commissioner to
review my decision. An application for review by the Information Commissioner must be made in
writing within 60 days after the date of this letter.
More information about Information Commissioner review is available
here.2
FOI Complaints
If you are unhappy with the way we have handled your FOI request, please let us know what we could
have done better. If you are not satisfied with our response, you can make a complaint to the
Australian Information Commissioner. A complaint to the Information Commissioner must be made in
writing. More information about complaints is available
here.3 If you wish to discuss any aspect of your requests, you can contact the FOI Section by email at
xxx@xxx.xxx.xx.
Yours sincerely
Melinda Bopping
Chief People Officer
People Branch
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
16 August 2024
2 https://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-information/your-freedom-of-information-rights/freedom-of-information-
reviews/information-commissioner-review
3 https://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-information/your-freedom-of-information-rights/freedom-of-information-
complaints/make-an-foi-complaint
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