22 November 2024
FOI Ref 3766
Dale Webster
By email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Mr Webster
Freedom of Information Request – Charges
I refer to your request to the Treasury on 22 October 2024, for access under the
Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (the
FOI Act) to the following:
I request any correspondence or documents referencing the closure of the Katoomba,
Murwil umbah, Bega and Portland ANZ branches fol owing the signing of the Suncorp
acquisition deal on June 28, 2024.
In accordance with section 29 of the FOI Act, I have decided that you are liable to pay a charge
in respect of the processing of your request. My preliminary assessment of the charge is
$271.42, based on the following calculations:
Item
Hours
Price
Search and retrieval already undertaken
2.52 hours
$37.25
Decision-making, including:
First 5 hours (free)
$0
• Examination of 14 documents totalling 33 in
scope pages and deciding whether to release or
exempt
13.87 additional
$234.17
hours
• Consultation with 6 external parties;
• The making of any necessary redactions (this
does not include the redaction of staff details)
• Preparation of a decision letter.
TOTAL
$271.42
Deposit (25% of total cost)
$67.85
Langton Crescent
Parkes ACT 2600
Australia
P: +61 2 6263 2800
These hourly charges have been calculated using the
Freedom of Information (Charges)
Regulations 2019 (the
FOI Regulations) to reflect the work involved in processing a request
and making a decision. However, any access you get to the documents wil depend on the final
decision, and not the payment of charges.
What you need to do
You have 30 days to pay the charges. You can pay the charge in full, or pay a deposit of 25%
now and the remainder before you receive any documents. The attachment to this letter sets
out the payment options.
If you dispute the charge
Please contact the Treasury’s FOI team by emailing
xxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx and explain why the
charge has been wrongly assessed, why it should be reduced, or why there should be no
charge for your request.
Your email must include your reasons for disputing the charge. If you are requesting a
reduction in the charge, or that there be no charge, this includes information to help the
Treasury understand whether:
• the charge would cause financial hardship to you, or the person on whose behalf you made
the request, or
• giving access to the documents is in the general public interest, or in the interest of a
substantial section of the public.
The Treasury will then consider your email, and make a decision about whether or not to
reduce or remove the charge. You may stil contest the charge after paying the charge in full,
or in part by deposit.
What happens next?
The statutory timeframe for processing your request is suspended until you pay the charge or
deposit, or until you receive a decision from the Treasury about removing the charge.
If you do not contact the Treasury or pay the charge or deposit
within 30 days of receiving this
letter, your request wil be taken to have been withdrawn.
Yours sincerely
Tim Baird
Assistant Secretary
Financial System Division
2
Department of Treasury Payment Options
Customer Name:
Customer Address:
FOI Number:
Option 1: Bank Cheque or Australian Money Order – made out to “Collector of Public
Monies”
Attached
Option 2: Please debit my credit card as fol ows:
AMEX
VISA
Mastercard
Card Number
/
$
Expiry Date
CCV Number
Total Amount
Name on Card
Signature of card holder
Send your completed form:
by post to: FOI Officer, The Treasury, Langton Crescent, Parkes ACT
2600
or by Email to: xxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Office Use Only
File Number:
Trim Number:
Cost Centre:
GL Code:
Customer Number:
DAN Number:
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