OFFICIAL

Reference: FOI/2023/034

Dear “NRP”

Thank you for your email of 2 February 2023 in which you made a request
under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act) to the Department
of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (the Department).

You set out the terms of the request as follows:

Consistent with the Freedom of Information Act 1982, I am seeking all
correspondence between the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet,
the Prime Minister or his office and the Chief Minister of the Northern
Territory, the Chief Minister's office or the Department of the Chief
Minister and Cabinet which references 'Alice Springs', 'Marion Scrymgour'
or 'Dorelle Anderson'.

The timeframe for this request is from 1 January 2023 to 2 February 2023.

I am not seeking drafts or duplicates of the above documents.

Timeframe for receiving your decision

The 30 day statutory period for processing your request commenced from the
day after the Department received your request, you should therefore
expect a decision from us by 6 March 2023.  The processing period of 30
days may be extended in certain circumstances and we will write to you
separately regarding any extension of time.

Charges

Agencies may decide that an applicant is liable to pay a charge in respect
of a request for access to documents. If the Department decides that you
are liable to pay a charge, we will send you a preliminary assessment of
the charge as soon as possible.

Publication of documents

Please note that information released under the FOI Act may later be
published online on our disclosure log at
[1]https://www.pmc.gov.au/government/depart...,
subject to certain exceptions. If you think you might wish to raise any
objections to the publication of any of the information which may be
released to you please contact us by email at [2][DPMC request email].  If you
do wish to object to the publication of information, you would need to
provide supporting reasons.

Exclusion of officers’ names and contact details

For documents that fall within scope of the request, it is the
Department’s policy to withhold:

·         any person’s signature;

·         the names and contact details of Australian Public Service
officers not in the Senior Executive Service (SES);

·         the mobile or direct numbers of SES officers;

·         the names and contact details of Ministerial staff at a level
below Chief of Staff.

If you consider that the information categorised above is relevant to the
terms of your request please let us know at [3][DPMC request email], otherwise
we will take it that you agree to that information being excluded from the
scope of your request (that is, the information will be treated as
irrelevant and deleted from any documents for release). The names and
other details of SES officers will not be withheld unless there is some
reason for that information to be exempt from release.

Further information on FOI processing can be found at the website of the
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
[4]https://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-infor....

Kind regards

Leisha

Coordinator | FOI Section[]

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

p. (02) 6271 5849

Ngunnawal Country | One National Circuit Barton ACT 2600 | PO Box
6500 CANBERRA ACT 2600
e. [5][email address]  w. [6]pmc.gov.au

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Department
acknowledges
and pays
respect to
the past,
present and
emerging
Elders and
Traditional
Custodians
of Country,
and the
continuation
of cultural,
spiritual
and
educational
practices of
Aboriginal
and Torres
Strait
Islander
peoples.

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OFFICIAL

Dear Mr NRP

I refer to your Freedom of Information request received by the Department
on 2 February 2023.

I am writing to advise you that the Department is required to consult with
the NT government under section 26A and other third parties named in the
documents under section 27A to obtain their views on possible release.

Section 15(6) of the FOI Act provides for a 30-day extension of time to
process the request to allow this consultation to occur. The revised due
date for a decision on access for your request is now 3 April 2023.

Please let me know if you have any questions regarding the FOI process.

Kind regards  Robyn

Adviser – Freedom of Information

Government Division | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

e. [1][DPMC request email] | [2]www.pmc.gov.au

One National Circuit Barton ACT 2600 | PO Box 6500 CANBERRA ACT 2600

[3]cid:image003.jpg@01D78E24.FF2DAFB0 The
Department
acknowledges
and pays
respect to
the past,
present and
emerging
Elders and
Traditional
Custodians
of Country,
and the
continuation
of cultural,
spiritual
and
educational
practices of
Aboriginal
and Torres
Strait
Islander
peoples.

______________________________________________________________________ 
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that is confidential and may also be the subject of legal professional or 
other privilege. If you are not the intended recipient of this message,
you 
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you 
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References

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Our reference: RQ23/01436

Agency reference: FOI-2023-036

Not Rex Patrick

By email: [FOI #9887 email]

Cc: [DPMC request email]

Extension of time under s 15AB

Dear Not Rex Patrick

Please find attached an extension of time decision relating to your FOI
request with the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. A copy of
this decision has been provided to the Department today.

Kind regards

Noah Harris

[1][IMG]   Intake and Early Resolution Team

Freedom of Information Regulatory Group

Office of the Australian Information
Commissioner

GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001  |
 [2]oaic.gov.au

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OFFICIAL

Dear FOI Applicant

Please see the attached correspondence regarding your Freedom of
Information request.

Regards Robyn

Adviser – Freedom of Information

Government Division | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

e. [1][DPMC request email] | [2]www.pmc.gov.au

One National Circuit Barton ACT 2600 | PO Box 6500 CANBERRA ACT 2600

[3]cid:image003.jpg@01D78E24.FF2DAFB0 The
Department
acknowledges
and pays
respect to
the past,
present and
emerging
Elders and
Traditional
Custodians
of Country,
and the
continuation
of cultural,
spiritual
and
educational
practices of
Aboriginal
and Torres
Strait
Islander
peoples.

______________________________________________________________________ 
IMPORTANT: This message, and any attachments to it, contains information 
that is confidential and may also be the subject of legal professional or 
other privilege. If you are not the intended recipient of this message,
you 
must not review, copy, disseminate or disclose its contents to any other 
party or take action in reliance of any material contained within it. If
you 
have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately
by 
return email informing them of the mistake and delete all copies of the 
message from your computer system. 
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