Employee information provided to ballot agents in Enterprise Agreement bargaining
Dear Department of the Environment,
This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act.
I request the document(s) which describe the data provided to the external organisation(s) responsible for conducting the ballot(s) for all Enterprise Agreements put to staff for a vote.
The scope of this request is limited only to those ballots undertaken for enterprise agreements which were proposed to take effect after 30 June 2014.
The document shall describe the data given to the ballot agent. For example, employee name, employee identification number, employee email address, etc. I exclude the data for specific employees here; I am only after the 'meta-data'.
If it assists you to treat this as an administrative request for information I encourage you to do so. Otherwise, please consider this a formal FOI request.
Yours faithfully,
James Smith
Dear Mr Smith
The Department of the Environment and Energy acknowledges receipt of your
request on 16 February 2017.
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As at the date of writing, the statutory deadline for providing a decision
on this request is 20 March 2017.
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• not to disclose the personal information of junior
officers or the personal contact details of senior officers of the State
or Federal governments (including those of the Department). The names of
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FOI Contact Officer | Climate Change, Science and Corporate Legal
Section |General Counsel Branch
Department of the Environment and Energy
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e: [1][Department of the Environment and Energy request email]
Dear Mr Smith
Please see attached letter containing the information subject to your FOI
request received 16 February 2017.
Kind regards
FOI Officer
General Counsel Branch
Department of the Environment and Energy
a: GPO Box 787 CANBERRA ACT 2600
t: (02) 6274 2603
e: [1][Department of the Environment and Energy request email]
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Dear Mr Smith
Please see attached letter disclosing the information you have requested
outside of the FOI Act. If this information satisfies your request please
advise whether you wish to withdraw your FOI request by midday today.
Many thanks
FOI Officer & Paralegal
General Counsel Branch
Department of the Environment and Energy
a: GPO Box 787 CANBERRA ACT 2600
t: (02) 6274 2603
e: [1][Department of the Environment and Energy request email]
From: FOI Contact Officer
Sent: Tuesday, 14 March 2017 4:16 PM
To: 'James Smith' <[FOI #3104 email]>
Cc: FOI Contact Officer <[email address]>
Subject: FOI request 170208 - Employee information provided to ballot
agents - administrative release [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Dear Mr Smith
Please see attached letter containing the information subject to your FOI
request received 16 February 2017.
Kind regards
FOI Officer
General Counsel Branch
Department of the Environment and Energy
a: GPO Box 787 CANBERRA ACT 2600
t: (02) 6274 2603
e: [2][Department of the Environment and Energy request email]
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Dear Mr Smith
Please see attached decision with respect to your request for information
pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act 1982 received by the Department
of Environment and Energy on 16 February 2017.
Kind regards
FOI Officer
General Counsel Branch
Department of the Environment and Energy
a: GPO Box 787 CANBERRA ACT 2600
t: (02) 6274 2603
e: [1][Department of the Environment and Energy request email]
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