Good afternoon Jason John Blake

We write to acknowledge receipt of the following FOI request and to seek
your agreement to a section 15AA extension of time to process this
request:

I required the documents of Financial Reports showing the revenue in the
Consolidated Revenue Fund for the Commonwealth of Australia in accordance
with the;

Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act Chapter IV – Finance And Trade

81. All revenues or moneys raised or received by the Executive Government
of the Commonwealth shall form one Consolidated Revenue Fund, to be
appropriated for the purposes of the Commonwealth in the manner and
subject to the charges and liabilities imposed by this Constitution.

I required reports dating from 1966 until 2018/2019 financial years.

The reason for this is as an informed registered elector, I must determine
the fiscal policy claims by the Executive Parliament and be able to
question my Federal Member on amounts collected against Budget claims.

I also require the document that was the Ministers and Secretaries
decision to list COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA as a Corporation on the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission. To be accompanied with all
financial reports where payments are paid into the Consolidated Revenue
Fund from COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Corporation (US).

As you may be aware, the Treasury closes between Christmas and New Year
and a large number of staff schedule additional leave around this time.
Your request was received by the Treasury on 18 December 2019. The current
statutory deadline is 15 January 2020.

We would be grateful if you would agree extend the statutory timeframes by
16 days to 31 January 2020. Under section 15AA of the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (Cth) you can agree to extensions of up to 30 days.
Your early consideration and response would be appreciated.

We will advise you if a charge is payable to process your request and the
amount of any such charge as soon as possible.

We make the following assumptions that affect the scope of the request.
These are set out below.

It is our usual practice:

•             not to disclose the personal information of government
employees or the personal contact details of senior government employees
(including those of the Treasury). The names of senior officers will
generally be released.

•             not to release duplicates of any document captured within
the scope of the request.

•             only the final version of a document will be considered
within scope.

Please inform us if you do not agree to the request being processed on the
above assumptions. If we do not hear from you, your request will be
processed on the basis that these documents are outside the scope of your
request.

We will contact you using the email address you provided. Please advise if
you would prefer us to use an alternative means of contact.

If you have any questions in relation to your application, please contact
the FOI Team on 02 6263 2800.

Kind regards

Freedom of Information Officer

The Treasury

Ph: +61 2 6263 2800

e: [1][email address] 

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Dear Mr Blake

Please see the attached correspondence regarding FOI 2641.

Kind regards

Freedom of Information Officer

The Treasury

Ph: +61 2 6263 2800

e: [1][email address] 

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