Dear Daffyd,

 

I refer to your request to the Department of the Treasury (the department)
for documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act). Your
request reads as follows:

 

‘I am seeking information on an aged care provider ,Southern Cross Care
(NSW&ACT) LTD ACN 131082374 .

Jurisdiction: Australian Securities & Investment Commission

 

The reason for this is I live in a retirement village (ILU)  in Canberra 
and need to be able to see the overall costs of providing Head office
services to independent living units as costs are apportioned according to
number of units in a village. There are resident concerns as to the
authenticity of the amounts shown in annual budgets. This information
should be available in the  Retirement Village Portfolio .for FY2015/2016,
that is requested.’

 

It is not clear to the department was documents you are requesting.
However, we have consulted with the Australian Securities and Investments
Commission (ASIC) on your request. ASIC advised that in taking a broad
interpretation of your request, documents relating to the company
‘Southern Cross Care’ would be publicly available via the ASIC company
register. Of these publicly available documents, it appears that you may
be seeking access to the company’s annual financial reports. These reports
are available from the ASIC company register upon payment of a fee.

 

On that basis, you request is not a valid request for the purposes of
section 12 of the FOI Act, which provides that a person is not entitled to
obtain access to a document which is open to public access, where that
access is subject to a fee or other charge.

 

For your assistance, the ASIC company register can be located here:
[1]http://asic.gov.au/online-services/searc...

 

If you have any questions, please contact the FOI Team.

 

Regards,

 

FOI Team

Parliamentary and Legal Services Division

The Treasury, Langton Crescent, Parkes ACT 2600

 

Phone:  (02) 6263 2800

Email:  [2][email address]

 

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