Correspondence with Slipper and applications of Minchin protocol

Margo Kingston made this Freedom of Information request to Department of Finance

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The request was refused by Department of Finance.

Dear Department of Finance and Deregulation,

I request the following:

. all correspondence to or from P Slipper between April 2012-January 2013 concerning travel costs incurred by Slipper; and

. all documents In relation to requests to repay travel costs deemed outside entitlement in accordance with what is described as “the Minchin Protocol”.

Yours faithfully,

Margo Kingston

Margo Kingston left an annotation ()

Hi again. The second part of my request is for documents in the last 5 years.

Dear Department of Finance and Deregulation,

Hi again. Re the second leg of my request, I only want MP docos for the last five years.

Yours faithfully,

Margo Kingston

FOI Requests, Department of Finance

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Dear Ms Kingston,

Please find attached correspondence in response to your Freedom of Information request.

Kind Regards,

FOI Team
Department of Finance and Deregulation

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Dear Ms Kingston,

Please find attached an amended acknowledgment letter.
In the previous letter I provided you with incorrect advice regarding the publication of documents, I apologise for this.

Kind regards,

FOI Team
Department of Finance and Deregulation

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Dear Ms Kingston,

 

Please find attached correspondence in regards to your FOI request.

 

Kind regards,

 

Freedom of Information (FOI) team

Department of Finance and Deregulation

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Dear FOI Requests,

In response to your email, I narrow my request as follows:

• All correspondence to or from P Slipper between April 2012 – January 2013 concerning travel costs incurred by Slipper;

• All correspondence to or from any Member of Parliament in relation to requests to repay travel costs deemed outside entitlement in accordance with what is described as “the Minchin Protocol” between January 2008 to January 2013;

• All documents relating to the decision not to request from P Slipper repayment of travel costs deemed outside entitlement in accordance with “the Minchin Protocol” between January 2010 to January 2013.

Yours sincerely,

Margo Kingston

Clark, Jill, Department of Finance

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Dear Ms Kingston

Attached correspondence in regard your FOI request.

 

Regards

[1]Department of Finance and Deregulation

Jill Clark

FOI Co-ordinator

Legal Services Branch

Chief Operating Officer Group

Department of Finance and Deregulation

T: 02 6215 1783 | E: [2][email address]

A: John Gorton Building, King Edward Terrace, PARKES ACT 2600

 

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Margo Kingston

Dear Department of Finance and Deregulation,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Department of Finance and Deregulation's handling of my FOI request 'Correspondence with Slipper and applications of Minchin protocol'.

I am happy to reduce the timeframe of my application.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/co...

Yours faithfully,

Margo Kingston

FOI Requests, Department of Finance

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Dear Ms Kingston
I require some clarification about your earlier email. Could you please call me to discuss?

Regards

Jill Clark
FOI Co-ordinator
Legal Services Branch
Chief Operating Officer Group
Department of Finance and Deregulation
T: 02 6215 1783 | E: [email address]
A: John Gorton Building, King Edward Terrace, PARKES ACT 2600

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