Thank you for your email, which has been forwarded to the Department’s FOI
Team for their consideration. A member of the FOI Team will respond to
your email in the next couple of days.

Kind regards

FOI Coordinator

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Dear Ginette,

Freedom of Information Request – FOI 22/27

Thank you for your email to the Department of Finance (Finance) requesting
access to the following under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI
Act):

1. Please provide copies of the approved floor plans, layout and
infrastructure (plumbing, wiring, ventilation and piping) building plans
for the residential cabins currently in situ and undergoing construction
for all Centres for National Resilience in Australia - All States and
Territories.

2. Please provide all supporting evidence in your possession that these
Centres for National Resilience are an essential part of National
Infrastructure for managing quarantine of persons.

3. Please provide all supporting evidence in your possession relating to
the use of these Centres for National Resilience in the absence of a
declared state of emergency.

4. Please provide all supporting evidence in your possession relating to
the function of pipework connecting to the ventilation systems in cabins
including what would be connected to such pipework once these cabins are
installed in situ.

5. Please provide all supporting evidence in your possession relating to
evacuation procedures of cabin residents in the event of an emergency.

Your request was received by Finance on Wednesday 23 March 2022. The
statutory period for processing your request commences from the day after
Finance received your request and a decision is due to you on
Friday 22 April 2022.

The processing period may be extended if we need to consult third parties,
impose a charge or for other reasons. We will advise you if this happens.

Liability to pay a charge

You will be notified of any charges in relation to your request as soon as
possible, before we process any requested documents or impose a final
charge.

Publication

As required by the FOI Act, any documents provided to you under the FOI
Act will be published on our [1]disclosure log, unless an exemption
applies or the documents are characterised as containing personal
information. Documents will be published within one working day after they
are released to you.

Policy to exclude junior officer contact details and signatures

Finance has adopted a policy to generally exclude from any documents
released under FOI, the names and contact details of junior staff (non-SES
officers) and staff employed under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act
1984 (adviser level and below). Finance has also adopted a policy to
exclude signatures from any documents released under FOI (unless publicly
available). Finance’s preference is to reach agreement with FOI applicants
to exclude these details from the scope of the request. Where there is no
objection, the names and contact details of junior officers, as well as
any signatures appearing in identified documents, will be redacted under
section 22 of the FOI Act on the basis that these details are irrelevant
to the request.

Please contact the FOI Team through email if you have any queries.

Kind Regards,

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FOI Officer | Legal and Assurance Branch

Business Enabling Services

Department of Finance

T: 02 6215 1783

E: [3][Finance request email]

A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603

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Dear Ginette

Please see attached a section 24AB consultation notice in relation to your
FOI request (our reference FOI 22/27).

Kind regards

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Jonathan Messieh | FOI Officer

Legal and Assurance Branch

Business Enabling Services

Department of Finance

A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603

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Thank you for your email, which has been forwarded to the Department’s FOI
Team for their consideration. A member of the FOI Team will respond to
your email in the next couple of days.

Kind regards

FOI Coordinator

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Dear Ms Van Praag,

Please find attached a decision in relation to your FOI request (our
reference  FOI 22/27).

Kind Regards,

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FOI Officer | Legal and Assurance Branch

Business Enabling Services

Department of Finance

E: [2][Finance request email]

A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603

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References

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