cost-benefit for NDIS legal costs at AAT
Dear National Disability Insurance Agency,
The document https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/1... identifies $37m in NDIS legal costs for its AAT cases in the 23-24 Financial Year.
Please provide, under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, all information cost-benefit aspects of this expenditure.
Yours faithfully,
Bob Buckley
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Dear National Disability Insurance Agency,
The document
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identifies $37m in NDIS legal costs for its AAT cases in the 23-24
Financial Year.
Please provide, under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act,
all information cost-benefit aspects of this expenditure.
Yours faithfully,
Bob Buckley
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Dear foi,
I write in response to your request that I "provide more specific information about the exact documents you are interested in regarding the ‘cost-benefit aspects of this expenditure’." My request identifies an FoI response showing the cost of 11 law firms. I believe my request ask for the following information.
1. the "cost" aspect relates to expenditure to complete the AAT process. There are specific costs for lawyers (already given) - I am interested in information about other amounts or estimates thereof for overall internal costs, IME costs, etc.
2. are there any measures of direct financial benefits arising from the AAT matters - cost savings, reduced plan budgets, metter/improved and more effective/economic services, etc.?
3. are there any estimates of cost benefits from these matters collectively? How is the expenditure justified financially in internal or external reports?
4. are there any non-financial benefits documented to justify this expenditure? If so, what are they?
I do not wish to revise my request. I hope the above explains better what information I requested.
Yours sincerely,
Bob Buckley