Expenditure - Women with Disabilities Australia
Dear Department of Social Services,
My question is in regard to your funded peak national body, Women with Disabilities Australia.
1. How much has WWDA paid for legal services between 1st January 2024 - 30 May 2024?
2. How much has WWDA paid external consultants for the period 1st January 2024 - 30 May 2024?
3. How much of WWDA funds expended on lawyers and external consultants have come from WWDA’s government funding?
4. Has WWDA utilised funds (outside of government funding) to pay for lawyers and external consultants?
5. What staff roles has WWDA advertised and/or what staffing roles have been filled between 1st January 2024 - 30 May 2024?
Yours faithfully,
Sophie Huff-Chelsby
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Good afternoon Sophie
Thank you for your request to the Department of Social Services (the
Department), seeking the expenditure by Women with Disabilities Australia
on legal services and consultants for the period 1 January 2024 to 30 May
2024.
I note from [1]GrantConnect , that Women with Disabilities Australia has
received funding via a number of grants from both the Department of Social
Services and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
Following consultation with the relevant business area within the
Department, we understand that the detailed nature of the expenditure
information you are seeking is not reported to the Department by grant
recipients. As such, it is very unlikely we will have the information you
are seeking in our possession, and the Department is likely to make a
decision refusing access to it.
Could you please advise by COB Monday 17 June 2024 if you wish to proceed
with the request, in which case the Department issue a decision on access
or if you would prefer to withdraw the request.
Kind regards
DSS FOI Team
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Freedom of Information | Information Law
Legal Services Group
Department of Social Services
E: [2][Department of Social Services request email]
The Department of Social Services acknowledges the traditional owners of
country throughout Australia, and their continuing connection to land,
water and community.
We pay our respects to them and their cultures, and to Elders both past
and present.
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Good morning Sophie
Please find attached the decision made in response to the Freedom of
Information request LEX 50775.
Regards
DSS FOI Team
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Freedom of Information | Information Law
Legal Services Group
Department of Social Services
E: [1][Department of Social Services request email]
The Department of Social Services acknowledges the traditional owners of
country throughout Australia, and their continuing connection to land,
water and community.
We pay our respects to them and their cultures, and to Elders both past
and present.
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