OFFICIAL

Reference: 2024/365 

Dear Mr Smith

Thank you for your email of 31 October 2024 in which you made a request
under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act) to the Department
of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (the Department). You set out the terms
of the request as follows:

Under the FOI act, I seek all correspondence from the Hon Patrick Gorman
MP acting as the Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister sent to the
National Australia Day Council in relation to Australia Day 2025.

Timeframe for receiving your decision

The 30 day statutory period for processing your request commenced from the
day after the Department received your request, you should therefore
expect a decision from us by 2 December 2024.

The processing period of 30 days may be extended in certain circumstances
and we will write to you separately regarding any extension of time. 

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of a request for access to documents. If the Department decides that you
are liable to pay a charge, we will send you a preliminary assessment of
the charge as soon as possible. 

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objections to the publication of your requested document, which may be
released to you, please contact us by email at [2][DPMC request email].  If you
do wish to object to the publication of information, you would need to set
out your reasons.

Exclusion of officers’ names and contact details

For documents that fall within scope of the request, it is the
Department’s policy to withhold:

o any person’s signature;
o the names and contact details of Australian Public Service officers
not in the Senior Executive Service (SES);
o the mobile or direct numbers of SES officers;
o the names and contact details of Ministerial staff at a level below
Chief of Staff.

If you consider the information categorised above is relevant to the terms
of your request please let us know at [3][DPMC request email], otherwise we will
take it that you agree this category of information may be reasonably
regarded as irrelevant and we will delete this information if it appears
in the documents that are otherwise responsive to your request. The names
and other details of SES officers will not be withheld unless there is
some reason for that information to be exempt from release. Further
information on FOI processing can be found at the website of the Office of
the Australian Information Commissioner at
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Yours sincerely

Coordinator | FOI Section

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

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OFFICIAL

FOI reference: 2024/365

Dear Mr Smith,

I refer to your FOI request made to the Department of the Prime Minister
and Cabinet (the Department) on 31 October 2024 in the following terms:

Under the FOI act, I seek all correspondence from the Hon Patrick Gorman
MP acting as the Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister sent to the
National Australia Day Council in relation to Australia Day 2025.

The current due date for a decision on the requests is 2 December 2024.
Processing of your request in underway, unfortunately the Department is
not currently in a position to finalise the decision by this date.

Accordingly, we are seeking your agreement under section 15AA of the FOI
Act to extend the processing period by 7 days. This additional time would
extend the due date for a decision on your request to 9 December 2024. The
extension will preserve your rights to an internal review if you are not
happy with the Department’s decision. We will endeavour to notify you of
the decision prior to this extended date if possible.

If you agree to this request, we would be grateful if you please confirm
via return email by 2 December 2024.

Kind regards

Tina

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
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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.

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OFFICIAL

FOI Reference: FOI/2024/365

Dear Mr Smith

Apologies for the delay, please find attached the decision regarding your
request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982.

Yours sincerely

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
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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 
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Our reference:           RQ24/05339

Agency reference:    FOI/2024/365

Agency name              Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
By Email:                        [DPMC request email]

Name                              Mr Oliver Smith
By Email:                       
[FOI #12256 email]

Extension of time under s 15AB

Dear Parties,

Please find attached an extension of time decision relating to the above
referenced FOI request.

Regards,

[1][IMG]   Andriana DeIeso

Review Adviser

Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

GPO Box 5288 Sydney NSW 2001

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weeks.   

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