Complaints related to the removal of "Conscientious Objector" from Payments
Ben Fairless made this Freedom of Information request to Minister for Social Services
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Dear Minister for Social Services,
Can you please provide a copy of any complaints received in relation to the decision to introduce "No Jab, No Pay" legislation?
I am happy to exclude duplicates of documents and personally identifiable information.
Can this request be processed administratively? If not, please proceed as a formal FOI request.
Yours faithfully,
Ben Fairless
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Dear Mr Fairless
Minister’s Office Freedom of Information Request No. 15/16-002
I refer to your correspondence received by the Minister for Social
Services (the Department) on 25 January 2016 in which you requested access
under the Commonwealth Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) to the
following documents:
“Can you please provide a copy of any complaints received in relation to
the decision to introduce "No Jab, No Pay" legislation?
I am happy to exclude duplicates of documents and personally identifiable
information.
Can this request be processed administratively? If not, please proceed as
a formal FOI request.”
Your request will be processed by the Minister’s Office in accordance with
the FOI Act.
Your request to the Department of Social Services (the Department),
received on the same date, and which sought documents in the same terms,
will be processed separately by the Department.
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email to [1][Minister for Social Services request email].
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your FOI request.
Kind regards
FOI Coordinator
Commercial, Disability, Housing and Information Law Branch
Legal Services Group
Department of Social Services
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Dear Mr Fairless
Please find attached a letter from Ms Cheryl Gwilliam, Chief of Staff to
the Hon Christian Porter MP, Minister for Social Services, in relation to
your FOI request.
Kind regards
Lisa Scott
LISA SCOTT | ADVISER
Office of the Hon. Christian Porter MP
Minister for Social Services
MG 51, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600
Email [1][email address]
[2]www.christianporter.com.au | [3]http://christianporter.dss.gov.au
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