Dear Ms Loom

We refer to your request received by the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (department) on 28 November 2022, for access under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) to the following:

"Consistent with the Freedom of Information Act 1982, I request all briefing documents provided to the Minister relating to wages, wage increases, and inflation since July 1st 2022.

I am not seeking drafts of the above documents"

Your request was received by the Department of Education on 28 November 2022 and the 30 day statutory period for processing your request commenced from the day after that date. The period of 30 days may be extended if we need to consult third parties or for other reasons permitted under the FOI Act. We will advise you if this happens.

Interpretation of request

The scope of your request is unclear as it is not apparent which department Minister you are referring to. Could you please clarify whether you are referring to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations or the Minister for Skills and Training and let us know by 4 December 2022. If we do not hear from you by that date, we will have to proceed with the formal section 24AB consultation process.

Charges

The department will advise you if a charge is payable to process your request and the amount of any such charge as soon as practicable. No charge is payable for providing a person with their own personal information.

Your address

The FOI Act requires that you provide us with an address that we can send notices to. You have advised your electronic address is [FOI #9625 email]. Unless you tell us otherwise, we will send all notices and correspondence to this address.

Disclosure log

Information released under the FOI Act may be published on a disclosure log on our website, subject to certain exceptions. These exceptions include where publication of personal, business, professional or commercial information would be unreasonable.

Exclusion of employee details

To the extent the department has documents in its possession that fall within the scope of your request, we will treat the names, signatures, position titles, staff identification numbers and direct contact details of Commonwealth employees as irrelevant in accordance with section 22 of the FOI Act, unless you tell us otherwise by 5 December 2022.

Further assistance

If you have any questions about your request, please email [DEWR request email].

Yours sincerely

Jonathan
Freedom of Information Team
Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

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Hi Andorra

Thank you for your confirmation. We shall proceed on that basis.

Kind regards

Jonathan
Freedom of Information Team
Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

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Dear Ms Loom

Please find attached correspondence in relation to your request under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth), received by the department on 28
November 2022.  

Kind regards

Rebecca

Freedom of Information (FOI) Officer

Information Law Team | Commercial & Information Law Branch
Legal and Assurance Division
Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

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