OFFICIAL

Dear Deborah-May Torrens,

 

Freedom of Information Request no. FOI/2425/003

Thank you for your request to the National Indigenous Australians Agency
(NIAA) under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) for access to
the following document:

 

..a copy of the Executive Order signed by the Governor-General at the
time, Quentin Bryce, on the twenty-nineth day on the Month of May, in the
year two-thousand and nineteen (or "29 May 2019") which established the
National Indigenous Australians Agency.

 

The NIAA received your request on 12 July 2024 and the 30 day statutory
period for processing your request commenced from the day after that date.

As the due date for your decision falls on a weekend, section 36(2) of the
Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth) allows the decision to be sent the next
business day, being 12 August 2024

 

Information out of scope

The NIAA considers the names and contact details of Commonwealth staff not
in the Senior Executive Service (SES), such as Australian Public Service
(APS) officers, and other personal details of all Commonwealth staff (such
as signatures and direct phone numbers), as not relevant to the scope of a
request. Information that is irrelevant to your request will be excluded
from any documents which may be released to you.

 

Please note, the NIAA routinely excludes the following from documents
released in response to FOI requests:

·        duplicate documents

·        duplicate email chains

·        draft or interim documents where a later version is included, and

·        publicly available documents.

 

Publicly available information

Your request appears to refer to the [1]Executive Order C2019G00474 to
Establish the National Indigenous Australians Agency as an Executive
Agency from 1 July 2019, signed by HE Peter Cosgrove on 29 May 2019 and
published in the Gazette on 30 May 2019. This copy is publicly available
on the Federal Register of Legislation (the Register) at
[2]https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2019G004.... The Register is
the authorised whole-of-government website for Commonwealth legislation
and related documents. It contains the full text and details of the
lifecycle of individual laws and the relationships between them.

 

Would you please confirm if this publicly available version of Executive
Order C2019G00474 is the document you are interested in and whether you
wish to proceed with your request.

 

Charges

Agencies may decide that an applicant is liable to pay a charge in respect
of a request for access to documents. If the decision-maker decides that
you are liable to pay a charge, a preliminary assessment of the charge
will be provided to you as soon as possible.

 

Publication

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If you think you might wish to raise any objections to the publication of
any of the information which may be released to you, please contact us by
email at [4][email address]. If you wish to object to the publication of
information, you will need to provide supporting reasons.

 

Next steps

Please write to us by reply email to [5][email address] by 25 July 2024
and tell us:

·        whether you wish to proceed with your request, and

·        if you agree staff names and contact details not in the SES, and
personal details of all Commonwealth staff (such as signatures and direct
phone numbers) are not relevant to your request.

If you have any questions in the meantime, please do not hesitate to
contact us at [6][email address].

Yours sincerely,

 

FOI Team

Legal Services Branch| Integrity Group | National Indigenous Australians
Agency| [7][email address]
Charles Perkins House, 16 Bowes Place, Phillip ACT 2606| PO Box 2191 ACT
2601
w. [8]niaa.gov.au w. [9]indigenous.gov.au

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country throughout Australia and acknowledges their continuing connection to land, waters and
community. We pay our respects to the people, the cultures and the elders past, present and
emerging.
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OFFICIAL
Dear Deborah-May Torrens,
 
Freedom of Information Request no. FOI/2425/003
 
Please find attached decision in relation to your Freedom of Information request.
  
Please contact [email address] if you have any questions about your request.
 
Yours sincerely,

FOI Team
Legal Services Branch| Integrity Group | National Indigenous Australians Agency| [email address]
Charles Perkins House, 16 Bowes Place, Phillip ACT 2606|  PO Box 2191  ACT 2601
w. niaa.gov.au  w. indigenous.gov.au

The National Indigenous Australians Agency acknowledges the traditional owners and custodians of country throughout Australia and acknowledges their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to the people, the cultures and the elders past, present and emerging.

               

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-----Original Message-----
From: : Deborah-May: Torrens <[FOI #11675 email]>
Sent: Friday, 12 July 2024 10:59 AM
To: FOI NIAA <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Executive Order that Established the NIAA

To the FOI Officer for National Indigenous Australians Agency,

Good morning,

Under the FOI Act 1982, I am contacting You to requesting a copy of the Executive Order signed by the Governor-General at the time, Quentin Bryce, on the twenty-nineth day on the Month of May, in the year two-thousand and nineteen (or "29 May 2019") which established the National Indigenous Australians Agency.

Kind regards

Deborah

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