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Dear National Disability Insurance Agency,
I am requesting copies of the Technical Advisory Branch's research documents with the following titles:
Research nursing scope of practice and competencies
Respiratory supports research for practice guide development
Care/Supervision hours for a 3.5 yr. old and 2 yr. old.
Air Conditioning
Expected abilities and challenges for children under 5
Air Conditioning Maintenance Costs
Recreational Supports - Barriers to Participation (People with a disability VS People without a disability)
Brain Training for ASD
Ratios of direct support
Parental responsibility for teenage parents
Functional development from school-age to late teens
Uninterrupted power supply
Melillo method
Air conditioning and thermoregulation
Yours faithfully,
Sally R
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Dear Sally R
Thank you for your request of 10 August 2024, made under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), for copies of the following documents held
by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA):
Scope:
I am requesting copies of the Technical Advisory Branch's research
documents with the following titles:
“Research nursing scope of practice and competencies
Respiratory supports research for practice guide development
Care/Supervision hours for a 3.5 yr. old and 2 yr. old.
Air Conditioning
Expected abilities and challenges for children under 5
Air Conditioning Maintenance Costs
Recreational Supports - Barriers to Participation (People with a
disability VS People without a disability)
Brain Training for ASD
Ratios of direct support
Parental responsibility for teenage parents
Functional development from school-age to late teens
Uninterrupted power supply
Melillo method
Air conditioning and thermoregulation”
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Dear foi,
I consent to the removal of middle and surnames and contact details
of NDIA staff (that is, the information will be treated as
irrelevant).
Yours sincerely,
Sally R
Dear Sally R,
Thank you for your response and consent to remove the removal of middle
and surnames and contact details of NDIA staff (that is, the information
will be treated as irrelevant).
I note that you did not respond to our extension of time request. Can you
please confirm if you are in agreement to our request?
Extension of time request
We have undertaken preliminary searches and have been informed that our
Technical advisory branch is currently experiencing a high volume of
document requests, which may result in potential delays in fulfilling your
request within the legislative 30-day timeframe. I am therefore seeking
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Act. If you agree to this extension, the new due date for us to make a
decision on your request will be 24 September 2024. Please let us know
whether you agree by 22/08/2024.
Kind regards
Billie (BLN494)
Senior Freedom of Information Officer
Government, Risk & Legal – Complaints Management and FOI
General Counsel Division
National Disability Insurance Agency
T: (07) 1800 800 110
E: [1][NDIA request email]
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Dear foi,
Apologies for missing that request. I am happy to extend the time period required.
Yours sincerely,
Sally R
Dear foi,
I am unsure what occcured as I believed I had agree to the requested extension of time a month ago. Can you please advise the new expected provision of documents as requested.
Yours sincerely,
Sally R
Dear foi,
Can you please provide an updated expected timeframe, and confirm that there is still commitment to respond to initial request? Or do I need to repeat this request formally again?
Yours sincerely,
Sally R
Sally R left an annotation ()
Thanks! Yes, have managed to find some as you have helpfully been linking things to their list. S
Good afternoon Sally
My apologies for the delay in responding to you.
We are awaiting one final document and then we will be able to finalise the decision.
I expect it to be no later than Friday 4 October 2024.
Thank you for your patience.
Kind regards
Kylie
Kylie KJB737
Complaints Management & FOI
Governance, Risk & Legal - Government Division
National Disability Insurance Agency
E: [NDIA request email]
Dear foi,
I note that there was commitment for delivery of documents by October 4th. Can you please advise expected timeframe as I note original extension was granted for provision of documents by September 19th.
Yours sincerely,
Sally R
Dear Sally R
My sincerest apologies for the delay in the response to your request.
Please find attached correspondence and documents in relation to your
request. If you require these in a different format, please let us know.
I note that a copy of the following documents have been previously
released via the freedom of information disclosure log and have therefore
been provided to you as an administrative release and are enclosed in my
email.
FOI 24/25-0145 – ‘Care/Supervision hours for a 3.5 yr. old and 2 yr. old’,
‘Expected abilities and challenges for children under 5’
FOI 24/25-0152 - ‘Functional development from school-age to late teens
(Middle childhood and adolescent development)’
FOI 24/25-0013 – ‘Air-Conditioning’, ‘Air-Conditioning Maintenance Costs’,
‘Air Conditioning Thermoregulation’ and, ‘Recreational supports: barriers
to participation (people with a disability vs people without a
disability)’
Please contact us at [1][NDIA request email] if you have any questions or
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Thank you.
Kind regards
Billie (BLN494)
Freedom of Information Officer
Freedom Of Information Officer (FOI) Team
Complaints Management & FOI Branch
National Disability Insurance Agency
E: [2][NDIA request email]
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Emily Lacey left an annotation ()
Hi Sally – I'm glad they finally sent these!
The NDIA have said in the decision notice that the documents…
- Brain Training for ASD
- Ratios of direct support
- Uninterrupted Power Supply
….don’t exist, but “Ratios of direct support” has already been released under FOI 24/25-0013… so clearly it DOES exist.
Their wording makes it sound like they accidentally combined the titles and searched for “Brain Training for ASD Ratios of direct support” as one document… which is probably the issue haha.
It might be worth just sending a reply to their decision email here and asking them to clarify that they conducted a search for the document titled “Brain Training for ASD” and not, “Brain Training for ASD Ratios of direct support” as they have written in the decision notice. And also mention “Ratios of direct support” clearly does exist and has been released as FOI 24/25-0013, so their statement that it doesn’t exist is incorrect.
They might tell you that you need to put in a new request for it, but if you are lucky they will revise the decision. What a mess haha.
The full quote from the Decision Notice:
“Further, no document was found corresponding to the requested item, ‘Brain Training for ASD Ratios of direct support’ or ‘‘Uninterrupted Power Supply’. Our records show that this task was withdrawn before a research paper was completed.”
Dear foi,
Can you please clarify that you conducted a search for the document titled “Brain Training for ASD” and not, “Brain Training for ASD Ratios of direct support” as it has been written in the decision notice. And also mention “Ratios of direct support” clearly does exist and has been released as FOI 24/25-0013, so the statement that it doesn’t exist is incorrect.
The full quote from the Decision Notice:
“Further, no document was found corresponding to the requested item, ‘Brain Training for ASD Ratios of direct support’ or ‘‘Uninterrupted Power Supply’. Our records show that this task was withdrawn before a research paper was completed.”
Yours sincerely,
Sally R
Emily Lacey left an annotation ()
Hey Sally,
Super annoying that the NDIA haven't responded with the documents you've requested yet. Figured I'd do part of their job for them haha – some of the documents you want have been released in other requests:
- Care Supervision for a 2 yr old and 3.5 yr old
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/1...
- Air conditioning and thermoregulation (all 3 aircon documents you asked for are actually just this single document)
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/1...
- Thermoregulation and seizures (you didn’t ask for this one but I figure it’s related generally)
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/1...
- Expected abilities and challenges for children under 5
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/1...
- Recreational Supports Barriers (Document 11)
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/1...
- Ratios of direct support (Document 23)
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/1...
- Functional development from school-age to late teens
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/1...
We don't yet have:
- Research nursing scope of practice and competencies
- Respiratory supports research for practice guide development
- Brain Training for ASD
- Parental responsibility for teenage parents
- Uninterrupted power supply
- Melillo method
The NDIA do have to legally complete the request even though they are late. And half their work has already been done! They have all of the previously released documents on hand and ready to go, they just need to finalise the last 6... no good excuse to be taking any longer.
The strategy that has worked for me is to send them a message every second day politely reminding them that they have missed the legal deadline. They will get back to you haha, at some point ignoring you becomes more inconvenient than doing their job.
I hope the reply soon!