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FOI/2022/100

Dear Francis

Thank you for your email dated 30 March 2022, 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 (the FOI Act) in the
following terms:

In February 2012 , Peter Rush from the Awards and Culture Branch of PM & C
communicated with AusAID regarding the topic of  Humanitarian Overseas
Service Medal (HOSM) Iraq.

I respectfully seek under the FOI act any documentation and or electronic
correspondence related to those discussions between the Awards and Culture
Branch and AusAID.

I also seek any documentation and or electronic correspondence related to
the topic of the HOSM (Iraq) between Mr Peter Rush and AusAID in 2012

Timeframe for receiving your decision

We received your request on 30 March 2022 and the 30 day statutory period
for processing your request commenced from the day after that date. You
should therefore expect a decision from us by 29 April 2022. The period of
30 days may be extended in certain circumstances under the FOI Act. We
will write to you regarding any extension of time that may relate to your
request.

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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
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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
provide supporting 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.

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there is some reason for that information to be exempt from release. If
you require signatures, the names and contact details of non-SES officers
or Ministerial staff below the level of Chief of Staff, or the mobile or
direct numbers of SES officers please let us know at [3][DPMC request email] so
the decision-maker may consider; otherwise we will take it that you agree
to that information being excluded from the scope of your request (that
is, the information will be treated as irrelevant and redacted from any
documents for release).

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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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Agency reference: FOI/2022/100

Mr Francis Unmoepa

Sent by email: [1][FOI #8670 email]

Notification to: [2][DPMC request email]

Extension of time under s 15AC

Dear Applicant and FOI Contact Officer

Please see the attached decision regarding the Department’s application
for an extension of time to process FOI request FOI/2022/100.

Kind regards

Jasmin Clarke

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FOI/2022/100

Dear Mr Unmeopa

Please find attached the decision regarding your request under the Freedom
of Information Act 1982.

Kind regards,

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
e. [1][email address]  w. [2]pmc.gov.au

[3]cid:image003.jpg@01D78E24.FF2DAFB0 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.

______________________________________________________________________ 
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 
have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately
by 
return email informing them of the mistake and delete all copies of the 
message from your computer system. 
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