Dear To

The Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (the department) has received your Freedom of Information requests of 15 January 2021 and 17 January 2021 (attached).

As your two requests are substantially similar, the department has combined your requests and will process them together.

Please refer to your other request for the handling of this request.

Kind regards

FOI Team
Legal, Audit and Assurance | Corporate & Digital
GPO Box 2013, Canberra ACT 2601 | [Department of Industry, Science, Energy & Resources request email]

Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources | www.industry.gov.au

Supporting economic growth and job creation for all Australians

Legal In Confidence - This transmission is intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use or dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify me immediately and delete copies of this transmission together with any attachments.
OFFICIAL

-----Original Message-----
From: To Nguyen [mailto:[FOI #7023 email]]
Sent: Sunday, 17 January 2021 11:10 PM
To: Freedom of Information <[Department of Industry, Science, Energy &amp; Resources request email]>
Subject: CM: Freedom of Information request - Documents with dates of conflict enquiries about the incubator support program

Dear Department of Industry, Innovation and Science,

I would appreciate all documents with dates of third-party (public) enquiries/concerns/allegations regarding conflicts of interests in the incubator support initiative

You may exclude duplicates inc. replies and redact everything except the dates

Yours faithfully,

To Nguyen

-------------------------------------------------------------------

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #7023 email]

Is [Department of Industry, Science, Energy &amp; Resources request email] the wrong address for Freedom of Information requests to Department of Industry, Science, Energy & Resources? If so, please contact us using this form:
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/change_re...

This request has been made by an individual using Right to Know. This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. More information on how Right to Know works can be found at:
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/help/offi...

If you find this service useful as an FOI officer, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's FOI page.

-------------------------------------------------------------------

hide quoted sections

Our reference: RQ21/00384

Agency reference: LEX67941

Mr To Nguyen

Sent by email: [1][FOI #7023 email]

Extension of time application by the Department of Industry, Science,
Energy and Resources

Dear Mr Nguyen

I write to advise that on 15 February 2021 the Office of the Australian
Information Commissioner (the OAIC) received an application from the
Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (the Department) for
an extension of time, to process your FOI request of 17 January 2021.

The Department has applied for an extension of time under s 15AB of the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) because your request is considered
to be complex.

The Department has advised the OAIC that:

·       the Department contacted you to informally clarify the scope of
your request and sought a s 15AA extension of time for 30 days, you
clarified the scope but declined the extension request

·       the Department advise that additional searches are currently
underway with the assistance of IT support

·       the Department advise that it considers your request to be complex
due to the large volume of requests received since June 2020 about similar
subject matter which has resulted in the Department devoting a significant
amount of resourcing to processing these requests

·       this includes additional time in conducting document searches,
document retrieval, engaging in consultations, commencing document review
and as a result has led to unavoidable delays in processing your request

·       the Department advise this subject matter relates to sensitive
material which may be contained within requested documents and require
third party consultations

·       additional external assistance has been sought by the Department
to process these requests and advise your request is in the advanced
stages of processing , and

·       additional time is required to finalise additional searches,
review documents, determine if third party consultations are required and
finalise the decision.

The Department has requested an extension to 4 March 2021. I will take any
comments you may have to make into account when deciding the application.

Please respond to this email by close of business 18 February 2021. If I
do not hear from you by this date, the decision maker will make a decision
on the basis of the information provided to me by the Department. 

You will be notified of the decision once the matter has been finalised.

Further information about extension of time requests may be found on our
website at [2]Extensions of time.

Contact

If you have any questions regarding this email please contact me on (02)
9284 9847 or via email [3][email address]. Please quote OAIC
reference number at the top of this email in all correspondence.

Yours Sincerely

[4][IMG]   Jasmin Clarke  |  Assistant
Review and Investigation
Advisor

Freedom of information

Office of the Australian
Information Commissioner

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

+61 2 9284 9847  | 
[6][email address]
[10]Subscribe [11]Subscribe to
[7]Facebook | [8]LinkedIn | [9]Twitter |   icon Information
Matters

***********************************************************************
WARNING: The information contained in this email may be confidential.
If you are not the intended recipient, any use or copying of any part
of this information is unauthorised. If you have received this email in
error, we apologise for any inconvenience and request that you notify
the sender immediately and delete all copies of this email, together
with any attachments.
***********************************************************************

References

Visible links
1. mailto:[FOI #7023 email]
2. https://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-infor...
3. mailto:[email address]
4. https://www.oaic.gov.au/
5. http://www.oaic.gov.au/
6. mailto:[email address]
7. http://www.facebook.com/OAICgov
8. https://www.linkedin.com/company/office-...
9. https://twitter.com/OAICgov
11. https://www.oaic.gov.au/media-and-speech...

hide quoted sections

Our reference: RQ21/00384

Agency reference: LEX67941

Mr To Nguyen

Sent by email: [1][FOI #7023 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, Science, Energy and Resources.

Sincerely

[2][IMG]   Jasmin Clarke  |  Assistant
Review and Investigation
Advisor

Freedom of information

Office of the Australian
Information Commissioner

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

+61 2 9284 9847  | 
[4][email address]
[8]Subscribe [9]Subscribe to
[5]Facebook | [6]LinkedIn | [7]Twitter |   icon Information
Matters

***********************************************************************
WARNING: The information contained in this email may be confidential.
If you are not the intended recipient, any use or copying of any part
of this information is unauthorised. If you have received this email in
error, we apologise for any inconvenience and request that you notify
the sender immediately and delete all copies of this email, together
with any attachments.
***********************************************************************

References

Visible links
1. mailto:[FOI #7023 email]
2. https://www.oaic.gov.au/
3. http://www.oaic.gov.au/
4. mailto:[email address]
5. http://www.facebook.com/OAICgov
6. https://www.linkedin.com/company/office-...
7. https://twitter.com/OAICgov
9. https://www.oaic.gov.au/media-and-speech...

hide quoted sections