Greens staffing
Dear Department of Finance,
I write to request under the Freedom of Information Act details of personal and senior staff positions under the Members of Parliament Staff Act allocated to Australian Greens Members and Senators including position title and salary band allocation.
Yours faithfully,
Jeremy Cooper-Stout
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Dear Mr Cooper-Stout,
Freedom of Information Request – FOI 16/33
Thank you for your email to the Department of Finance (Finance) requesting
access to the following under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI
Act).
... details of personal and senior staff positions under the Members of
Parliament Staff Act allocated to Australian Greens Members and Senators
including position title and salary band allocation.
The statutory period for processing your request commences from the day
after Finance received your request. Your request was received by Finance
on 9 March 2016. The processing period may be extended if we need to
consult third parties, impose a charge or for other reasons. We will
advise you if this happens.
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Policy to exclude junior officer contact details
Finance has adopted a policy to generally exclude from any documents
released under FOI, the names and contact details of junior staff (non-SES
officers) and staff employed under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act
1984 (adviser level and below). Finance’s preference is to reach agreement
with FOI applicants to exclude these details from the scope of the
request. Where there is no objection, the names and contact details of
junior officers are redacted under section 22 of the FOI Act, on the basis
that these details are irrelevant to the request.
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[2]Department of Finance and Deregulation
FOI Officer
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Corporate Services Division
Department of Finance
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Good afternoon Mr Cooper-Stout
Thank you for your FOI request which you submitted on 9 March 2016.
The information you seek is currently publicly available on the Australian Parliament House website. To assist you I have provided links to the various sites below. I have also attached a PDF documents which can be viewed on the Australian Parliament House website.
The first link contains information regarding personal and senior staff positions and the second link contains information regarding title and salary band allocation.
http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Busi...
http://www.maps.finance.gov.au/enterpris...
Unless you advise otherwise the Department will consider that your FOI request is withdrawn.
Kind regards
FOI Coordinator
Department of Finance
D: (02) 62151783 | E: [email address]
A: John Gorton Building, King Edward Terrace, PARKES ACT 2600
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremy Cooper-Stout [mailto:[FOI #1727 email]]
Sent: Wednesday, 9 March 2016 6:30 PM
To: FOI Requests
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Greens staffing
Dear Department of Finance,
I write to request under the Freedom of Information Act details of personal and senior staff positions under the Members of Parliament Staff Act allocated to Australian Greens Members and Senators including position title and salary band allocation.
Yours faithfully,
Jeremy Cooper-Stout
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