Dates of conflict enquiries about the incubator support program
Dear Department of Industry, Innovation and Science,
I would appreciate a document with dates of third-party (public) enquiries/concerns/allegations regarding conflicts of interests in the incubator support initiative
Yours faithfully,
To Nguyen
Dear To
The Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (the department)
has received your Freedom of Information request of 4 December 2020
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Mr To Nguyen
Sent by email: [1][FOI #6947 email]
Extension of time under s 15AB
Dear Mr Nguyen
Please find attached a decision of today’s date for an extension of time
from the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science.
Sincerely
[2][IMG] Jasmin Clarke | Assistant
Review and Investigation
Advisor
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Office of the Australian
Information Commissioner
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Dear To
Please find attached correspondence in relation to your FOI request.
Regards
Sasha Pesic
Senior FOI Officer
FOI Team
Legal, Audit and Assurance | Corporate & Digital
GPO Box 2013, Canberra ACT 2601
Dear Freedom of Information,
The document I referred to is the FOI release (combined documents) with "dates of third-party (public) enquiries/concerns/allegations regarding conflicts of interests in the incubator support initiative" (each a redacted document with only the dates as requested).
Please release the document/documents by internal review, or if you intend to misinterpret my request again, then make this a new FOI request to save for time.
Yours faithfully,
To Nguyen
Dear To
Please find attached correspondence in relation to your internal review
request of 9 January 2021.
Should you have any queries regarding this matter, please contact the FOI
team.
Regards
FOI Team
Legal, Audit and Assurance | Corporate & Digital
GPO Box 2013, Canberra ACT 2601 | [1][Department of Industry, Science, Energy & Resources request email]