Facilitation of grant funding for specialist legal assistance for Protection visa applicants
Dear Department of Home Affairs,
Under the FOI Act, please provide a copy of the brief titled “Facilitation of grant funding for specialist legal assistance for Protection visa applicants” sent to the Minister for Immigration’s office on 27/10/2023 with the PDR number: MS23-002185
Yours faithfully,
Oliver Smith
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In reply please quote:
FOI Request: FA 24/08/00700
File Number: FA24/08/00700
Dear Oliver Smith
Acknowledgement of Freedom of Information Access request
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You have requested access to the following:
Under the FOI Act, please provide a copy of the brief titled “Facilitation
of grant funding for specialist legal assistance for Protection visa
applicants” sent to the Minister for Immigration’s office on 27/10/2023
with the PDR number: MS23-002185.
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E: [4][Department of Home Affairs request email]
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-----Original Message-----
From: Oliver Smith <[FOI #11874 email]>
Sent: Monday, 12 August 2024 1:23 PM
To: FOI <[Department of Home Affairs request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Facilitation of grant funding
for specialist legal assistance for Protection visa applicants
Dear Department of Home Affairs,
Under the FOI Act, please provide a copy of the brief titled “Facilitation
of grant funding for specialist legal assistance for Protection visa
applicants” sent to the Minister for Immigration’s office on 27/10/2023
with the PDR number: MS23-002185
Yours faithfully,
Oliver Smith
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In reply please quote:
FOI Request: FA 24/08/00700
File Number: FA24/08/00700
Dear Oliver Smith,
I refer to your request received on 12 August 2024 for access to documents
under the FOI Act.
The current due date for your request is 11 September 2024. The Department
seeks your agreement under section 15AA of the FOI Act to extend the
timeframe for the processing of your request by 30 days. This would extend
the due date for your request to 11 October 2024.
The reason we are seeking an extension of time is due to demand for
Departmental documents is high and we continue to experience increasing
volumes of incoming requests particularly in recent months. Each request
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agreement from applicants on extensions of time where possible. We are
endeavouring to ensure, as an applicant, you understand the likely
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requests as quickly as possible regardless of if an extension is provided.
If you could please provide a response to this request by close of
business, 27 August 2024.
Kind Regards,
David
Team Leader – Authorised FOI Officer, Freedom of Information
Position Number 60157647
Privacy, FOI and Records Management Branch
Legal Group
Department of Home Affairs
E: [1][Department of Home Affairs request email]
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OFFICIAL: Sensitive
-----Original Message-----
From: Oliver Smith <[FOI #11874 email]>
Sent: Monday, 12 August 2024 1:23 PM
To: FOI <[Department of Home Affairs request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Facilitation of grant funding
for specialist legal assistance for Protection visa applicants
Dear Department of Home Affairs,
Under the FOI Act, please provide a copy of the brief titled “Facilitation
of grant funding for specialist legal assistance for Protection visa
applicants” sent to the Minister for Immigration’s office on 27/10/2023
with the PDR number: MS23-002185
Yours faithfully,
Oliver Smith
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OFFICIAL
Dear Oliver Smith
FOI request FA 24/08/00700
I refer to your FOI request received on 12 August 2024, seeking access to
the following:
Revised scope dated 26/08/2024:
Under the FOI Act, please provide the signed version of the brief titled
“Facilitation of grant funding for specialist legal assistance for
Protection visa applicants” with the PDR number: MS23-002185
Original scope dated 12/08/2024:
Under the FOI Act, please provide a copy of the brief titled “Facilitation
of grant funding for specialist legal assistance for Protection visa
applicants” sent to the Minister for Immigration’s office on 27/10/2023
with the PDR number: MS23-002185.
The Department has made a decision on this request. Please find attached
the decision record and documents released under the FOI Act.
This request has now been closed.
Kind regards
Tony
Position number: 60186973
Authorised FOI Officer | Freedom of Information
Privacy, FOI and Records Management Branch | Legal Group
Department of Home Affairs
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