APS Bargaining Common Conditions Dashboard
Dear Australian Public Service Commission,
I refer to the Common Conditions dashboard available at the following URL:
https://www.apsc.gov.au/apsbargaining/co...
This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act. I seek the following documents:
1. All documents received by the APSC from APS agencies which detail any agency assessments as to whether conditions listed on the dashboard are "gains" (or otherwise).
2. Any documents created by the APSC which detail APSC assessments of any APS agency claims referred to in point 1 above.
Yours faithfully,
Paul Williams
OFFICIAL
Dear Mr Williams,
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your request under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 for access to documents held by the Australian Public
Service Commission (The Commission).
The timeframe for responding to your request is 30 days from the date of
receipt. Therefore, the due date for this request is Friday 22 December
2023.
This timeframe may be extended in certain circumstances. You will be
notified if these circumstances arise and the timeframe is extended.
Kind Regards,
FOI OFFICER
Legal Services
Australian Public Service Commission
Level 4, B Block, Treasury Building, Parkes Place West, PARKES ACT 2600
GPO Box 3176 CANBERRA ACT 2601
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OFFICIAL
Dear Mr Williams,
You have requested ‘All documents received by the APSC from APS agencies which detail any agency assessments….’ And ‘Any documents created by the APSC which detail APSC assessments of any APS agency claims …’.
We note that given the number of Commonwealth agencies it is likely there will be a large number of documents that fall within the scope of your request. We anticipate this may cause difficulty for the Commission in processing the request.
It would assist the Commission to process your request if you are able to narrow the scope of the request. You may wish to consider the following:
• if there are any APS agencies that are of particular interest to you.
• removing “(or otherwise)” from part 1 of your request.
• if you are able to exclude any draft documentation from your request.?
Please could you let us know by COB Tuesday 5 December 2023?
Dear FOI Officer
Thank you for your email.
I am happy to remove drafts from the scope of this request, and focus solely on gains (ie. removing the "or otherwise" from part 1). As I am interested in APS bargaining as a whole, I do not wish to exclude any agencies from this request.
Yours sincerely,
Paul Williams
OFFICIAL
Dear Mr Williams
Please find attached a consultation notice in relation to your recent
freedom of information request.
Kind regards
FOI OFFICER
Legal Services
Australian Public Service Commission
Level 4, B Block, Treasury Building, Parkes Place West, PARKES ACT 2600
GPO Box 3176 CANBERRA ACT 2601
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OFFICIAL
Good afternoon Mr Williams
We refer to our correspondence to you dated Monday 18 December 2023, see
attached.
We had notified you of a practical refusal reason under section 24AA(1) of
the FOI Act, providing you with a consultation period of 14 days. As the
consultation period falls during our Christmas shutdown, we would like to
request an extension of the consultation period by an additional 7 days,
under section 24AB(5) of the FOI Act. This extension will ensure we are
available to assist you during the consultation period in regards to the
scope of your request.
If you approve to the extension of 7 days, the consultation period will
end on 8 January 2023.
Please let us know if you agree to the above request.
Kind regards
FOI OFFICER
Legal Services
Australian Public Service Commission
Level 4, B Block, Treasury Building, Parkes Place West, PARKES ACT 2600
GPO Box 3176 CANBERRA ACT 2601
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OFFICIAL
Dear Mr Williams
I refer to your freedom of information request dated 22 November 2023, see
attached.
This email is to notify you that the Office of the Information
Commissioner has granted an extension of time under section 15AB of the
FOI Act. This means that a decision to your request is now due to you on
12 January 2024.
Please let us know if you have any questions.
Kind regards
FOI OFFICER
Legal Services
Australian Public Service Commission
Level 4, B Block, Treasury Building, Parkes Place West, PARKES ACT 2600
GPO Box 3176 CANBERRA ACT 2601
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Our reference: RQ23/06447
Agency reference: LEX 717
Australian Public Service Commission
Paul Williams
Extension of time under s 15AB
Dear Parties,
Please find attached an extension of time decision relating to the above
referenced FOI request.
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Dear Mr Williams,
Freedom of Information request: LEX 717
On 15 December 2023, we emailed you regarding your request and provided
you with an opportunity to revise the scope of your request through a
‘request consultation process’ under section 24AB of the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).
Under the FOI Act, the request consultation process provides you with 14
days to respond to the notice to either revise the scope of your request
or withdraw your request. Given the shutdown of the Commission over the
Christmas period, we proposed in our email of 19 December 2023 to give you
extra time for the consultation, until 8 January 2024.
As we have received no communication from you regarding the consultation,
please note that your request is considered to have been withdrawn under
section 24AB(7) of the FOI Act and we will close this matter at our end.
Kind regards
FOI Officer
FOI OFFICER
Australian Public Service Commission
Treasury Building, Parkes Place West, PARKES ACT 2600
GPO Box 3176 CANBERRA ACT 2601
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Dear Mr Williams,
Freedom of Information request: LEX 718
On 20 December 2023, we emailed you regarding your request and provided
you with an opportunity to revise the scope of your request through a
‘request consultation process’ under section 24AB of the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).
Under the FOI Act, the request consultation process provides you with 14
days to respond to the notice to either revise the scope of your request
or withdraw your request. Given the shutdown of the Commission over the
Christmas period, we proposed in our email of 20 December 2023 to give you
extra time for the consultation, until 10 January 2024.
As we have received no communication from you regarding the consultation,
please note that your request is considered to have been withdrawn under
section 24AB(7) of the FOI Act and we will close of this matter at our
end.
Kind regards
FOI Officer
FOI OFFICER
Australian Public Service Commission
Treasury Building, Parkes Place West, PARKES ACT 2600
GPO Box 3176 CANBERRA ACT 2601
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