Dear Ms Henry

The Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (the department)
has received your Freedom of Information request of 23 February 2021
(attached).

I am writing on behalf of the department to acknowledge receipt of your
request.

Currently, a decision is due to you by 25 March 2021. However, this
timeline may be affected by the requirement to undertake consultation with
affected third parties, or if the department determines you are liable to
pay a charge in relation to your request. You will be notified by the
department if charges are liable or if a third party consultation is
required.

Confirmation of Scope - personal information

For documents that fall within the scope of the request, it is the
practice of the department to withhold:

o the names, signatures and contact details of junior staff; that is:

o Commonwealth staff who are not in the Senior Executive Service
(SES); and
o Ministerial staff below the level of Chief of Staff; and

o the mobile phone numbers of SES officers.

The names and other details of SES officers will be released unless the
information is exempt from disclosure.

Confirmation from you that you are not seeking other 'personal
information' (i.e. contact details of any individuals, or any information
that could reasonably identify an individual) may enable a more timely and
cost effective processing of your request.

Therefore, could you please confirm if you are happy to exclude names and
other personal information in the documents relating to Commonwealth staff
and other third party individuals (noting that you are only seeking
information contained in email headers).

If you are seeking access to specific types of personal information, could
you please specify. If you are not seeking access to any personal
information, you can simply reply to this email with 'no personal
information requested'.

Responding to this email

Could you please provide the above clarification at your earliest
convenience, but by no later than 10 March 2021.

If you have any questions, please contact the department’s FOI Team by
email at [1][email address].

Yours sincerely,

____

Christina Graves
Special Counsel
[2][email address]
MinterEllison MinterEllison Building 25 National Circuit Forrest ACT 2603
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Dear Geraldine

Please find attached correspondence in relation to your FOI request of 23
February 2021.

Should you have any queries regarding this matter, please contact the FOI
team.

Regards

Sasha Pesic

Senior FOI Officer

FOI Team

Legal, Audit and Assurance | Corporate & Digital

GPO Box 2013, Canberra ACT 2601

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

Supporting economic growth and job creation for all Australians

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