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Unofficial

Dear Ms Jones,

Thank you for your email of 11 June 2021 seeking access under the Freedom
of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act) to the following:

‘Dear Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission,

Please provide a dollar figure for the last 5 financial years general
ledger for the department.

We are not asking for the details being the GL just the expenditure by
line item for the department for the 5 years

Yours faithfully,

Melissa Jones’

Comcare received your request on 11 June 2021 and it has been assigned
reference number 2021/5398. Please include that number in any
communication you have with Comcare concerning the request.

Clarification of the scope of your request

I have understood your request to be for five separate dollar figures,
which represent the total expenditure of the SRCC, for each of the
following financial years:

o Financial year 2015/2016
o Financial year 2016/2017
o Financial year 2017/2018
o Financial year 2018/2019
o Financial year 2019/2020

Can you please, by reply email, confirm if this is accurate, or otherwise
correct my understanding of your request?

Timeframe for processing your request

The statutory timeframe for processing your request is 30 days from the
day after it was received by Comcare, which means a decision on your
request is due to be notified to you by 12 July 2021.

This timeframe may change where:

a)      we are required to consult with you because your request is not
clear or would require a substantial diversion of Comcare’s resources to
process;

b)      we are required to consult with third parties if their information
is included in a document you have requested;

c)       you are issued a charge for processing your request;

d)      we receive written agreement from you; or

 e. we receive an extension from the Information Commissioner.

Administrative Release of Documents

Comcare has administrative access arrangements for the release of certain
documents without the need for a formal FOI request. Unless you tell us
otherwise, we may provide you with documents under these administrative
access arrangements instead of processing the documents formally under the
FOI Act. We will notify you if documents are released to you under the
arrangements.

Exclusion of employee details
Where the full name and contact details of Comcare staff members are
included in the scope of a request, this may add to processing time and
applicable charges as it may be necessary to consider whether the details
are exempt under the FOI Act. On this basis, unless you tell us otherwise,
we will assume that these details are out of scope of your request and
they will be deleted under section 22 of the FOI Act.

Consultation with third parties

The FOI Act requires Comcare to undertake consultation prior to making any
decision to grant access to documents (subject to exemptions) that
contain:

·       information that originated with, or was received from, a State or
an authority of a State;

·       information that originated with, or was received from, a foreign
government, an authority of a foreign government or an international
organisation;

·       information concerning a person's business or commercial affairs,
or the business, commercial or financial affairs of an organisation or
undertaking; or

o personal information about a person (including a deceased person).

We will advise you as soon as possible if external consultation is
required.

Charges

Comcare will advise you if a charge is payable to process your request, as
set out in the FOI Charges Regulations.

No charge is payable for providing a person with their own personal
information.

Disclosure log
Please note that information released under FOI Act may be published in a
disclosure log on Comcare’s website. Section 11C of the FOI Act requires
this publication, however it is subject to certain exceptions, including
where publication of personal, business, professional or commercial
information would be unreasonable.

Contact

Should you require clarification of any of the matters discussed in this
email, or have any queries throughout the process, please contact me by
email at [1][SRCC request email].

Yours sincerely,

Jonathan | Statutory Oversight Officer | Comcare

T  1300 366 979| E [2][SRCC request email]

GPO Box 9905, CANBERRA, ACT, 2601.

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about how we handle personal information, please visit
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Unofficial

Dear Ms Jones,

I am following up on the below emails to you.

Can you please confirm whether my understanding of your FOI request set
out in my email of 15 June 2021 is correct, or otherwise correct my
understanding?

Looking forward to hearing back from you.

Kind regards,

Jonathan Will | Statutory Oversight Officer | Comcare

T  1300 366 979| E [1][SRCC request email]

GPO Box 9905, CANBERRA, ACT, 2601.

From: foi <[SRCC request email]>
Sent: Friday, 25 June 2021 5:19 PM
To: ''[FOI #7455 email]'
<'[FOI #7455 email]>
Subject: FW: Acknowledgment and clarification of the scope of your FOI
request - 2021/5398 [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

Unofficial

Dear Ms Jones,

I am following up on my email to you below seeking to clarify the scope of
your FOI request. Could you please confirm that my understanding of your
request is correct, or otherwise correct my understanding?

Kind regards,

Jonathan Will | Statutory Oversight Officer | Comcare

T  1300 366 979| E [2][SRCC request email]

GPO Box 9905, CANBERRA, ACT, 2601.

From: foi <[3][SRCC request email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 15 June 2021 7:52 PM
To: '[FOI #7455 email]'
<[4][FOI #7455 email]>
Subject: Acknowledgment and clarification of the scope of your FOI request
- 2021/5398 [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

Unofficial

Dear Ms Jones,

Thank you for your email of 11 June 2021 seeking access under the Freedom
of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act) to the following:

‘Dear Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission,

Please provide a dollar figure for the last 5 financial years general
ledger for the department.

We are not asking for the details being the GL just the expenditure by
line item for the department for the 5 years

Yours faithfully,

Melissa Jones’

Comcare received your request on 11 June 2021 and it has been assigned
reference number 2021/5398. Please include that number in any
communication you have with Comcare concerning the request.

Clarification of the scope of your request

I have understood your request to be for five separate dollar figures,
which represent the total expenditure of the SRCC, for each of the
following financial years:

o Financial year 2015/2016
o Financial year 2016/2017
o Financial year 2017/2018
o Financial year 2018/2019
o Financial year 2019/2020

Can you please, by reply email, confirm if this is accurate, or otherwise
correct my understanding of your request?

Timeframe for processing your request

The statutory timeframe for processing your request is 30 days from the
day after it was received by Comcare, which means a decision on your
request is due to be notified to you by 12 July 2021.

This timeframe may change where:

a)       we are required to consult with you because your request is not
clear or would require a substantial diversion of Comcare’s resources to
process;

b)      we are required to consult with third parties if their information
is included in a document you have requested;

c)       you are issued a charge for processing your request;

d)      we receive written agreement from you; or

 e. we receive an extension from the Information Commissioner.

Administrative Release of Documents

Comcare has administrative access arrangements for the release of certain
documents without the need for a formal FOI request. Unless you tell us
otherwise, we may provide you with documents under these administrative
access arrangements instead of processing the documents formally under the
FOI Act. We will notify you if documents are released to you under the
arrangements.

Exclusion of employee details
Where the full name and contact details of Comcare staff members are
included in the scope of a request, this may add to processing time and
applicable charges as it may be necessary to consider whether the details
are exempt under the FOI Act. On this basis, unless you tell us otherwise,
we will assume that these details are out of scope of your request and
they will be deleted under section 22 of the FOI Act.

Consultation with third parties

The FOI Act requires Comcare to undertake consultation prior to making any
decision to grant access to documents (subject to exemptions) that
contain:

·         information that originated with, or was received from, a State
or an authority of a State;

·         information that originated with, or was received from, a
foreign government, an authority of a foreign government or an
international organisation;

·         information concerning a person's business or commercial
affairs, or the business, commercial or financial affairs of an
organisation or undertaking; or

o personal information about a person (including a deceased person).

We will advise you as soon as possible if external consultation is
required.

Charges

Comcare will advise you if a charge is payable to process your request, as
set out in the FOI Charges Regulations.

No charge is payable for providing a person with their own personal
information.

Disclosure log
Please note that information released under FOI Act may be published in a
disclosure log on Comcare’s website. Section 11C of the FOI Act requires
this publication, however it is subject to certain exceptions, including
where publication of personal, business, professional or commercial
information would be unreasonable.

Contact

Should you require clarification of any of the matters discussed in this
email, or have any queries throughout the process, please contact me by
email at [5][SRCC request email].

Yours sincerely,

Jonathan | Statutory Oversight Officer | Comcare

T  1300 366 979| E [6][SRCC request email]

GPO Box 9905, CANBERRA, ACT, 2601.

NOTICE: This e-mail message and attachments may contain confidential,
personal or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended
recipient you should not use or disclose any information in the message or
attachments. If received in error, please notify the sender by return
email immediately, if possible, or [email address].
Comcare does not waive any confidentiality or privilege. For information
about how we handle personal information, please visit
www.comcare.gov.au/privacy or contact us on 1300 366 979 and request a
copy of our Privacy Policy.

References

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Unofficial

Dear Ms Jones,

I refer to the below emails, where I attempted to clarify the scope of
your FOI request.

I have now checked Right to Know’s website, and have noticed that you
confirmed that my understanding of your FOI request is accurate on June 30
2021. Unfortunately, as can be seen on the Right to Know website, this
email failed to send, and so I was not aware of it until the afternoon of
yesterday, 5 July 2021.

In light of the above, could you please grant me an extension of time
until 27 July 2021 to provide you with a decision on your FOI request?

I would also appreciate it if you could provide me with a direct email
address to correspond with you, given the difficulties we have experienced
attempting to communicate through the automatically generated Right to
Know email address.

Kind regards,

Jonathan Will | Statutory Oversight Officer | Comcare

T  1300 366 979| E [1][SRCC request email]

GPO Box 9905, CANBERRA, ACT, 2601.

From: foi <[2][SRCC request email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 29 June 2021 2:58 PM
To: '[FOI #7455 email]'
<[3][FOI #7455 email]>
Subject: RE: Acknowledgment and clarification of the scope of your FOI
request - 2021/5398 [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

Unofficial

Dear Ms Jones,

I am following up on the below emails to you.

Can you please confirm whether my understanding of your FOI request set
out in my email of 15 June 2021 is correct, or otherwise correct my
understanding?

Looking forward to hearing back from you.

Kind regards,

Jonathan Will | Statutory Oversight Officer | Comcare

T  1300 366 979| E [4][SRCC request email]

GPO Box 9905, CANBERRA, ACT, 2601.

From: foi <[5][SRCC request email]>
Sent: Friday, 25 June 2021 5:19 PM
To: ''[FOI #7455 email]'
<'[FOI #7455 email]>
Subject: FW: Acknowledgment and clarification of the scope of your FOI
request - 2021/5398 [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

Unofficial

Dear Ms Jones,

I am following up on my email to you below seeking to clarify the scope of
your FOI request. Could you please confirm that my understanding of your
request is correct, or otherwise correct my understanding?

Kind regards,

Jonathan Will | Statutory Oversight Officer | Comcare

T  1300 366 979| E [6][SRCC request email]

GPO Box 9905, CANBERRA, ACT, 2601.

From: foi <[7][SRCC request email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 15 June 2021 7:52 PM
To: '[FOI #7455 email]'
<[8][FOI #7455 email]>
Subject: Acknowledgment and clarification of the scope of your FOI request
- 2021/5398 [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

Unofficial

Dear Ms Jones,

Thank you for your email of 11 June 2021 seeking access under the Freedom
of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act) to the following:

‘Dear Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission,

Please provide a dollar figure for the last 5 financial years general
ledger for the department.

We are not asking for the details being the GL just the expenditure by
line item for the department for the 5 years

Yours faithfully,

Melissa Jones’

Comcare received your request on 11 June 2021 and it has been assigned
reference number 2021/5398. Please include that number in any
communication you have with Comcare concerning the request.

Clarification of the scope of your request

I have understood your request to be for five separate dollar figures,
which represent the total expenditure of the SRCC, for each of the
following financial years:

o Financial year 2015/2016
o Financial year 2016/2017
o Financial year 2017/2018
o Financial year 2018/2019
o Financial year 2019/2020

Can you please, by reply email, confirm if this is accurate, or otherwise
correct my understanding of your request?

Timeframe for processing your request

The statutory timeframe for processing your request is 30 days from the
day after it was received by Comcare, which means a decision on your
request is due to be notified to you by 12 July 2021.

This timeframe may change where:

a)       we are required to consult with you because your request is not
clear or would require a substantial diversion of Comcare’s resources to
process;

b)      we are required to consult with third parties if their information
is included in a document you have requested;

c)       you are issued a charge for processing your request;

d)      we receive written agreement from you; or

 e. we receive an extension from the Information Commissioner.

Administrative Release of Documents

Comcare has administrative access arrangements for the release of certain
documents without the need for a formal FOI request. Unless you tell us
otherwise, we may provide you with documents under these administrative
access arrangements instead of processing the documents formally under the
FOI Act. We will notify you if documents are released to you under the
arrangements.

Exclusion of employee details
Where the full name and contact details of Comcare staff members are
included in the scope of a request, this may add to processing time and
applicable charges as it may be necessary to consider whether the details
are exempt under the FOI Act. On this basis, unless you tell us otherwise,
we will assume that these details are out of scope of your request and
they will be deleted under section 22 of the FOI Act.

Consultation with third parties

The FOI Act requires Comcare to undertake consultation prior to making any
decision to grant access to documents (subject to exemptions) that
contain:

·         information that originated with, or was received from, a State
or an authority of a State;

·         information that originated with, or was received from, a
foreign government, an authority of a foreign government or an
international organisation;

·         information concerning a person's business or commercial
affairs, or the business, commercial or financial affairs of an
organisation or undertaking; or

o personal information about a person (including a deceased person).

We will advise you as soon as possible if external consultation is
required.

Charges

Comcare will advise you if a charge is payable to process your request, as
set out in the FOI Charges Regulations.

No charge is payable for providing a person with their own personal
information.

Disclosure log
Please note that information released under FOI Act may be published in a
disclosure log on Comcare’s website. Section 11C of the FOI Act requires
this publication, however it is subject to certain exceptions, including
where publication of personal, business, professional or commercial
information would be unreasonable.

Contact

Should you require clarification of any of the matters discussed in this
email, or have any queries throughout the process, please contact me by
email at [9][SRCC request email].

Yours sincerely,

Jonathan | Statutory Oversight Officer | Comcare

T  1300 366 979| E [10][SRCC request email]

GPO Box 9905, CANBERRA, ACT, 2601.

NOTICE: This e-mail message and attachments may contain confidential,
personal or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended
recipient you should not use or disclose any information in the message or
attachments. If received in error, please notify the sender by return
email immediately, if possible, or [email address].
Comcare does not waive any confidentiality or privilege. For information
about how we handle personal information, please visit
www.comcare.gov.au/privacy or contact us on 1300 366 979 and request a
copy of our Privacy Policy.

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OFFICIAL

Dear Ms Jones,

Please see below a response to your FOI request for:

‘five separate dollar figures, which represent the total expenditure of
the SRCC, for each of the following financial years:

·       Financial year 2015/2016

·       Financial year 2016/2017

·       Financial year 2017/2018

·       Financial year 2018/2019

·       Financial year 2019/2020’

As mentioned in my acknowledgment email to you on 15 June 2021, I am
releasing this information to you under Comcare’s administrative access
arrangements, rather than formally under the FOI Act. I will now take your
FOI request as having been withdrawn.

Administrative release - Expenditure of the Safety, Rehabilitation &
Compensation Commission

2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20
Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual

$ $ $ $ $
TOTAL 488,950 466,804 462,496 467,413 482,085

Please get in touch with me if you have any questions.

Kind regards,

Statutory Oversight | Comcare

GPO Box 9905, CANBERRA, ACT, 2601.

NOTICE: This e-mail message and attachments may contain confidential,
personal or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended
recipient you should not use or disclose any information in the message or
attachments. If received in error, please notify the sender by return
email immediately, if possible, or [email address].
Comcare does not waive any confidentiality or privilege. For information
about how we handle personal information, please visit
www.comcare.gov.au/privacy or contact us on 1300 366 979 and request a
copy of our Privacy Policy.