Australian EITI Pilot Public Report 2014
Dear Department of Industry,
I would like to review a copy of the Australian EITI Pilot Summary Report that was projected to be finalised in early 2014.
Yours faithfully,
Terese Geraghty.
Dear Ms Geraghty,
We refer to your email below of 7 April 2014.
You are seeking access under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 to "... a copy of the Australian EITI Pilot Summary Report that was projected to be finalised in early 2014".
Please be advised that the Australian Pilot of the EITI is still ongoing and has yet to report to government. Accordingly, we seek your agreement to withdraw this request and submit a fresh request at a later date.
We look forward to your response at your earliest convenience but no later than Monday 28 April 2014.
Please do not hesitate to contact the FOI team if you have any queries regarding this email.
Kind regards,
FOI team
Legal Services Branch
Corporate Division
Department of Industry
Industry House Level 13
10 Binara Street, Canberra City ACT 2601 GPO Box 9839, Canberra ACT 2601
Email: [email address]
Internet: http://www.industry.gov.au
ABN 74 599 608 295
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Dear Freedom of Information,
Thank you for your prompt reply however, I am concerned about the lack of information available regarding the EITI.
I would like to review any related documentation that may explain the project running over the time allocation and any new negotiated time frames.
Yours sincerely,
Terese Geraghty
Dear Ms Geraghty
We acknowledge receipt of your email below of 16 April 2014, we will get back to you soon.
Kind regards,
FOI team
Legal Services Branch
Corporate Division
Department of Industry
Industry House Level 13
10 Binara Street, Canberra City ACT 2601
GPO Box 9839, Canberra ACT 2601
Email: [email address]
Internet: http://www.industry.gov.au
ABN 74 599 608 295
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Dear Freedom of Information,
I am still awaiting a response to my request 'Australian EITI Pilot Public Report'.
By law, the response should have been received by me on or before the 7th of May.
Please respond to my request promptly to avoid further delays and to honour the FOI process.
Yours sincerely,
Terese Geraghty
Dear Ms Geraghty
Thank you for your email dated 8 May 2014. Please find attached a decision in relation to your FOI request of 7 April 2014. We apologise for the delay in forwarding this to you. The case officer concerned was unexpectedly absent from the office yesterday.
In response to your enquiries (email below) dated 16 April 2014, the reason the project has not been completed is that it has taken longer than anticipated to finalise the Multi-Stakeholder Group’s (MSG) report to government. There is no specific documentation to explain this, nor is there any documentation regarding any “new negotiated timeframes”. When the government announced the EITI Pilot in 2011 it did not specify a completion date, and accordingly the project is not "running over the time allocation".
The Chair of the EITI Pilot will shortly release a Communique on the status of the Pilot and the MSG meeting that was held on 2 May 2014 on the Department’s website, at http://www.innovation.gov.au/resource/Pr... .
We trust the above information addresses your queries of 16 April 2014.
Please do not hesitate to contact the FOI team if you have further queries regarding this matter.
Kind regards,
FOI team
Legal Services Branch
Corporate Division
Terese Geraghty left an annotation ()
This request has been finalised for now. The fact that there is no information available means that I have all the information available. I will be following up this matter with representatives from the Multi Stakeholder Group to get more clarity on the status of this pilot program.