Cost of John Lloyd's taxpayer funded farewell party
Dear Australian Public Service Commission,
I understand Australian taxpayers footed the bill for a farewell party for John Lloyd held on 19 July 2018.
Under the FOI Act, I seek copies of documents which set out the costs of venue and equipment hire as well as catering costs (food and all drinks) for that event.
cheers
UNCLASSIFIED
FOI Reference C18/1369
Acknowledgement of FOI request
The Australian Public Service Commission (the Commission) acknowledges
receipt of your request dated 3 August 2018, under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act), seeking access to the following
documents:
‘I understand Australian taxpayers footed the bill for a farewell party
for John Lloyd held on 19 July 2018. Under the FOI Act, I seek copies of
documents which set out the costs of venue and equipment hire as well as
catering costs (food and all drinks) for that event.’
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Good afternoon JH
Please find attached correspondence from the Commission relevant to your FOI request.
Regards
FOI Coordinator
Legal Services
Australian Public Service Commission
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Locutus Sum left an annotation ()
If the applicant was right and the taxpayer funded the farewell party then maybe it was not the Australian Public Service Commission who has paid. Maybe it is another agency but this agency does not make any suggestion about this.