Copy of Executive Minute to the Minister for Social Services re: OCI
Justin Warren made this Freedom of Information request to Commonwealth Ombudsman
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Dear Commonwealth Ombudsman,
If possible, please treat this as an informal or administrative request. Otherwise, please treat this as a formal request for documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982.
I request a copy of the Executive Minute to the Minister for Social Services (copy to the Minister for Human Services), 12 February 2015 (Document 0.6) as referred to in footnote 8 on page 5 of the Commonwealth Ombudsman's report into Centrelink’s automated debt raising and recovery system, dated April 2017 (https://www.ombudsman.gov.au/__data/asse...
According to the Ombudsman's report, this document contains a proposal for "a new online approach to compliance which would allow it to review all discrepancies from 2010-2011".
If there are multiple versions of this document, I request the same version as that cited by the Commonwealth Ombudsman in their report.
I request that the document be provided in electronic form.
I further request that any charges associated with this request be waved on public interest grounds. The document in question concerns scrutiny of a program at least part of which has been found to be unlawful, and some $700 million is now to be refunded, to some 470,000 people. Giving of access to the document in question is, therefore, in the general public interest and also in the interest of a substantial section of the public.
Yours faithfully,
Justin Warren
OFFICIAL
Dear Mr Warren
I attach correspondence in relation to your Freedom of Information request
of 10 July 2020.
Yours sincerely
Gregory Parkhurst
Senior Legal Officer | Legal Team
Commonwealth Ombudsman
Ph: 1300 362 072 | Fax: 02 6276 0123
email: [1][CO request email]
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Dear Mr Warren
On 22 July 2020, Services Australia accepted transfer of your freedom of
information request from the Commonwealth Ombudsman. Your request is for
the following:
'I request a copy of the Executive Minute to the Minister for Social
Services (copy to the Minister for Human
Services), 12 February 2015 (Document 0.6) as referred to in footnote 8 on
page 5 of the Commonwealth
Ombudsman's report into Centrelink’s automated debt raising and recovery
system, dated April 2017
(https://www.ombudsman.gov.au/__data/asse...
According to the Ombudsman's report, this document contains a proposal for
"a new online approach to compliance which would allow it to review all
discrepancies from 2010‐2011".’
You can expect a decision to be notified to you on 10 August 2020.
Kind regards
Authorised FOI Officer
FOI Team
Employment Law and Freedom of Information Team
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Dear Ms Warren
Please see the letter about your FOI request attached.
Yours sincerely
Authorised FOI Officer
FOI Team
Employment Law and Freedom of Information Team
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