FOI/2013/061

 

Dear Mr Diamond

 

Thank you for your email of 13 June 2013 received by the Department of the
Prime Minister and Cabinet (the Department) in which you made a request
under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 in the following terms:

 

The name of the Prime Minister appeared on the byline of an article
([1]http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national...)
published with the headline "Disadvantage still exists" in the morning
edition of the Australian newspaper of Monday, 9 April 2012. The article
was an invited opinion-piece.

 

I request a copy of the documents relevant to the correspondence between
[The Australian] newspaper and the PM, or between the newspaper and the
Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet more generally, relating to the
invitation to the PM to write the article. I particularly request a copy
of: (i) the initial invitation, to whomever it was addressed, (ii) a copy
of the final acceptance or agreement by the PM to write the article.

 

Timeframe for receiving your decision

 

The statutory timeframe for processing a request is 30 days from the date
upon which your application was received by the Department except in
certain circumstances in which case we will notify you of the time
extension.

 

Removal of officer’s details

 

It is the Department’s policy to withhold the names and contact details of
junior officers within the Department and other agencies contained within
documents that fall within scope of the request.  The names and details of
senior departmental staff would not be withheld unless there were some
reason for that information to be exempt from release.  If you require the
names and contact details of junior officers please let us know at
[2][DPMC request email] for the decision-maker to consider; otherwise we will
take it that you agree to that information being excluded from the scope
of your request.

 

Publication of documents

 

In accordance with the Government’s pro-disclosure policy agencies are
required to publish information which has been released under FOI on the
agencies’ disclosure logs.  If you wish to raise any objections to the
publication of any of the documents which may be released to you please
contact the Department by email at [3][DPMC request email].  Supporting reasons
for any objection would be appreciated.

 

Charges

 

Agencies may decide that an applicant is liable to pay a charge in respect
of a request for access to documents. If the Department decides that you
are liable to pay charges, we will forward a preliminary assessment of
charges to you as soon as possible.

 

The Department will write again when we have further information. 
Otherwise, further information on FOI processing can be found at the
website of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at
[4]http://www.oaic.gov.au/foi-portal/about_....

 

Regards

 

FOI Adviser

Legal Policy Branch

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

 

Phone: 02 6271 5849

Email: [5][DPMC request email]

 

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Dear Mr Diamond

 

I refer to our telephone discussion and your email of 2 July 2013, above.

 

I am writing to confirm that request FOI/2013/061 has been withdrawn and
is now considered finalised.

 

If you have any further queries in relation to your FOI request, you may
contact me by email at [1][email address] or by telephone on
(02) 6271 5849.

 

Regards

 

FOI Adviser

Legal Policy Branch

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

 

Phone: 02 6271 5849

Email: [2][DPMC request email]

 

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