If not delivered return to PO Box 7820 Canberra BC ACT 2610
19 March 2025
Our reference: LEX 84090
MATUREDATA (Right to Know)
Only by email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear MATUREDATA
Your Freedom of Information Request
I refer to your request, received by Services Australia (the Agency) on 10 March 2025 for
access under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act) to the following documents:
In the APS Data, Digital and Cyber Workforce Plan 2025-30, there was a case study
about Services Australia enterprise architect recruitment pilot which references a "A
comprehensive labour market analysis was conducted to pinpoint talent trends and
fine-tune recruitment strategies."
I'm seeking all documents relating to that comprehensive labour market analysis.
Currently your request is broad and does not sufficiently identify the documents you require.
The Agency is now formally consulting with you under section 24AB of the FOI Act.
This letter is giving you an opportunity to provide us with specific information about the
documents you need. Providing this additional information wil assist the Agency in processing
your request.
If you decide not to provide further information or revise your request, I wil have to refuse your
freedom of information (FOI) request as a 'practical refusal reason' exists. For a more detailed
explanation of what this means, including some suggestions on what to consider when revising
your request, please see
Attachment A.
How to send us a 'revised request'
Before I make a final decision on your request, you can submit a revised request.
Within the next 14 days (consultation period) you must do one of the following, in writing:
• withdraw the request
• make a revised request, or
• tell us you do not want to revise your request.
Your response wil be expected by
2 April 2025.
If you do not contact us during the consultation
period, your matter wil be taken as withdrawn by operation of the FOI Act. See
Attachment A
for relevant sections of the FOI Act.
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If you decide to make a revised request, you should be specific about what documents you
actually need. This could help the Agency find the documents.
We have 30 days to give you a decision about your request, however the time taken to consult
with you now is not included in this 30 day period.
Contact officer
I am the contact officer for your request. During the consultation period you are welcome to
ask for my help in revising your request. You can contact me:
• via email to xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
• via email to arrange a phone call, by providing a contact number and advising of a
suitable time, or
• in writing to the address at the top of this letter.
Note: When you contact us, please quote the reference number
FOI LEX 84090.
Further assistance
If you have any questions, please email xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx.
Yours sincerely
Cherie
Authorised FOI Decision Maker
Freedom of Information Team
FOI and Reviews Branch | Legal Services Division
Services Australia
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Attachment A
What I took into account
You requested access under the FOI Act to the following documents:
In the APS Data, Digital and Cyber Workforce Plan 2025-30, there was a case study
about Services Australia enterprise architect recruitment pilot which references "A
comprehensive labour market analysis was conducted to pinpoint talent trends and
fine-tune recruitment strategies."
I'm seeking all documents relating to that comprehensive labour market analysis.
As your request currently stands, I am unable to identify some of the documents falling within
the scope of your request and am therefore unable to process your request.
Request for ‘all documents’
A request for ‘all documents’ is very broad and could capture a wide variety of information in
various formats. This would include internal emails and routine meeting records that may not
be of any relevance to you.
To assist you, I liaised with the relevant business area of the Agency and was advised there
are analytical documents/reports that were prepared to support the labour market analysis.
These documents are like to capture the most relevant information.
Assistance with your request
Currently, your request does not identify specific documents of interest and therefore we need
more information from you to conduct searches.
If you would like to revise your request to the analytical documents/reports mentioned above,
please advise us.
Alternatively, we ask that you be more specific about the type and format of the documents
you are seeking, and/or advise us of any types of documents that can be excluded.
If you do not revise your request, I intend to refuse your FOI request as a 'practical refusal
reason' exists under sections 24AA(1)(b) and 24 of the FOI Act. Under the FOI Act, the
practical refusal reason is your request does not satisfy the requirements in section 15(2)(b)
of the FOI Act (identification of documents).
Relevant sections of the Freedom of Information Act 1982
Section 24AA(1)(b) of the FOI Act provides a practical refusal reason exists in relation to a
request for a document if the request does not satisfy the requirement in section 15(2)(b) of
the FOI Act.
Section 15(2)(b) of the FOI Act provides a request must provide such information as is
reasonably necessary to enable the Agency to identify the documents are being requested.
Section 24AB(6) provides the applicant must, before the end of the consultation period, do one
of the following, by written notice to the Agency:
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• withdraw the request
• make a revised request, or
• indicate that the applicant does not wish to revise the request.
Section 24AB(7) of the FOI Act provides the request is taken to have been withdrawn at the
end of the consultation period if:
• the applicant does not consult the contact person during the consultation period in
accordance with the notice, or
• the applicant does not do one of the things mentioned in subsection (6) before the end
of the consultation period.
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