Communication between the Ministers and Joe Kaeser, CEO of Siemens AG
Chris Gentle made this Freedom of Information request to Department of Industry, Science, Energy & Resources
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Dear Department of Industry, Innovation and Science,
Mr Joe Kaeser, CEO of Siemens AG recently published an excerpt from a letter sent from Senator the Hon Matt Canavan on the topic of Siemens' recently-signed service contract with Adani for the Carmichael Mine and related activities.
The statement by Mr Joe Kaeser refers to the ministers' letter as a "response to me" and notes the date of that letter as December 18, 2019, but I note copies of this letter provided to Bevan Shields of the SMH are undated so this date may not be accurate.
Can you please provide me a copy of all of the correspondence from Joe Kaeser or Siemens AG that the minister was responding to and a copy of any ministers' or department correspondence that was sent to Mr Joe Kaeser related to this matter?
Yours faithfully,
Christopher Gentle
Dear Mr Gentle,
We refer to your email correspondence below of 13 January 2020.
You have requested access to:
"...a copy of all of the correspondence from Joe Kaeser or Siemens AG that the minister was responding to and a copy of any ministers' or department correspondence that was sent to Mr Joe Kaeser related to this matter".
Please be advised that the requested correspondence is publicly available, please refer to: https://assets.new.siemens.com/siemens/a...
Given that you are now provided with the link to the correspondence, your FOI request dated 13 January 2020 has been deemed withdrawn.
We will not take further action in relation to this matter.
Kind regards,
FOI team
Legal, Audit and Assurance Branch| Corporate Network
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Dear Freedom of Information,
Thank you for your response.
You will note that the sentence you quoted asks for "...a copy of all of the correspondence from Joe Kaeser or Siemens AG that the minister was responding to..."
Can you please confirm that no material responsive to this part of the request exists?
Yours sincerely,
Chris Gentle
Dear Mr Gentle,
We can confirmed that the link which was provided in our earlier email below is the only correspondence relevant to your request dated 13 January 2020.
Kind regards
FOI team
Legal, Audit and Assurance Branch| Corporate Network
[email address]
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