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-----Original Message-----
From: Mr Squiggle <[5][FOI #12698 email]>
Sent: Saturday, 4 January 2025 8:55 PM
To: FOI <[6][email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - APSC Commissioner's Qantas
Chairman's lounge membership

Dear Commissioner

This is a request for information under the FOI act.

I refer to the APSC gifts register at the following link which states you
hold a membership to Qantas' exclusive Chairman's lounge:

[7]https://www.apsc.gov.au/node/358

This information I request is below:

1. A document that shows the role you were in when first invited to join
the Chairman's lounge. (Was it an APS role?) 2. A breakdown of your
flights and expenditure with Qantas and Virgin for the most recent 12
month period (calendar year 2024 if available, otherwise most recent
financial year if more convenient).

3. Any policy applicable to the booking of your work-related air travel
(for example, are you required to book the 'cheapest available' airfare?)
4. And documents that touch on anything related to conflicts of interest
(real or perceived) with regard to your Chairman's lounge membership 5.
Any documents created as a result of media attention in relation to Qantas
Chairman's lounge/Virgin Beyond lounge memberships of APS Agency heads and
SES, in the last 2 years

Yours faithfully,

Mr Squiggle

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