OFFICIAL

OFFICIAL

The Department of Industry, Science and Resources (the department) has
received your Freedom of Information request of 16 July 2024 (attached)
for documents held by the Assistant Minister for Manufacturing for access
to:

Consistent with section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act, I am seeking
a document to be created and provided by the Assistant Minister that
includes:

the number of meetings held between the Assistant Minister or his office
and the officials of the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union between 1
July 2022 and 30 June 2023.

I ask that the number be broken down by date and location of the meeting.

This email is to acknowledge receipt of your request on behalf of the
Assistant Minister’s Office. Your reference is LEX 75463. Currently a
decision is due to you by 15 August 2024. However, this timeline may be
affected by the requirement to undertake consultation with affected third
parties or if the Assistant Minister’s Office determines you are liable to
pay a charge in relation to your request. You will be notified by the
Assistant Minister’s Office if charges are liable or if third party
consultation is required.

Processing Your Request

To assist us to streamline the processing of your request we ask you to
consider the following:

 1. Requesting Personal Information:

Confirmation from you that you are not seeking ‘personal information’ (ie.
the names and contact details of any individuals, or any information that
could reasonably identify an individual) may enable a more timely and cost
effective processing of your request.

Therefore, could you please clarify if you are seeking access to personal
information in the documents relating to:

o third parties; and
o Commonwealth staff.

If you are not seeking access to any personal information, you can simply
reply to this email with ‘no personal information requested’.

If you are seeking access to specific types of personal information, could
you please specify.

If you specify you are seeking the personal information of Commonwealth
staff, please be advised the following is unlikely to be released:

o the names, signatures and contact details of junior staff; That is:

o Commonwealth staff who are not in the Senior Executive Service
(SES); and
o Ministerial staff below the level of Chief of Staff; and

o the mobile phone numbers of SES officers.

 2. Duplicate Documents:

Under section 4(1) of the FOI Act, the definition of a document includes
‘any copy, including an part of any copy, of a reproduction or duplicate’.

In order to process your request as efficiently as possible, the following
will be excluded from your request unless you advise otherwise:

o Duplicate documents;
o early parts of email chains that are captured in later email chains.

We look forward to your response regarding the items listed above at your
earliest convenience, but no later than Monday 22 July 2024.

If you have any questions, please contact the FOI team by return email.

Regards

Sasha

Senior FOI Officer

Freedom of Information

Chief Counsel & Integrity Division | Legal Branch | Information Law

GPO Box 2013 Canberra ACT 2601 | [1][Department of Industry, Science, Energy & Resources request email]

---------------------------------------------------------

Department of Industry, Science and Resources | [2]www.industry.gov.au

Supporting economic growth and job creation for all Australians

Legal In Confidence - This transmission is intended only for the use of
the addressee and may contain confidential or legally privileged
information. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that
any use or dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If
you have received this transmission in error, please notify me immediately
and delete copies of this transmission together with any attachments.

References

Visible links
1. mailto:[Department of Industry, Science, Energy & Resources request email]
2. http://www.industry.gov.au/

hide quoted sections

OFFICIAL

Reference: AMA/24/01 (Lex 75463)

Dear Not Rex Patrick

Please find attached a letter from the Office of the Assistant Minister
concerning your request made under the Freedom of Information Act 1982.

Your sincerely

Janelle

Adviser | FOI Section[]

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

p. (02) 6271 5849

Ngunnawal Country, One National Circuit  Barton  ACT  2600  |  PO Box
6500  CANBERRA  ACT  2600
e. [1][email address]  w. [2]pmc.gov.au

[3]cid:image001.jpg@01D78E24.FF2DAFB0[4]cid:image002.jpg@01D78E24.FF2DAFB0

[5]cid:image003.jpg@01D78E24.FF2DAFB0 The
Department
acknowledges
and pays
respect to
the past,
present and
emerging
Elders and
Traditional
Custodians
of Country,
and the
continuation
of cultural,
spiritual
and
educational
practices of
Aboriginal
and Torres
Strait
Islander
peoples.

______________________________________________________________________ 
IMPORTANT: This message, and any attachments to it, contains information 
that is confidential and may also be the subject of legal professional or 
other privilege. If you are not the intended recipient of this message,
you 
must not review, copy, disseminate or disclose its contents to any other 
party or take action in reliance of any material contained within it. If
you 
have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately
by 
return email informing them of the mistake and delete all copies of the 
message from your computer system. 
______________________________________________________________________

References

Visible links
1. mailto:[email address]
2. https://www.pmc.gov.au/
3. https://twitter.com/pmc_gov_au
4. https://www.linkedin.com/company/departm...