OFFICIAL

 

Reference: 2024/316 

Dear Mr Trav S

Thank you for your email of 23 September 2024 in which you made a request
under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act) to the Department
of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (the Department). 

You set out the terms of the request as follows:

1. A copy of each ‘HOSM Application Form’ the Department collected from
each prospective awardee serving with the ‘Australian contingent to the
humanitarian relief operation of GE Infrastructure, Water & Process
Technologies’.

2. A copy of the Department’s correspondence to the Governor-General
recommending any award of the HOSM or clasp to members of the ‘Australian
contingent to the humanitarian relief operation of GE Infrastructure,
Water & Process Technologies’

3. A document recording the number of ‘HOSM Application Forms’ the
Department collected from prospective awardees claiming to have served
with the ‘Australian contingent to the humanitarian relief operation of GE
Infrastructure, Water & Process Technologies’.

4. A document recording the number of persons the Department recommended
the Governor-General award the HOSM in recognition of their service with
the ‘Australian contingent to the humanitarian relief operation of GE
Infrastructure, Water & Process Technologies’.

The date/time of the Department’s correspondence is relevant to our
request.

Timeframe for receiving your decision

The 30 day statutory period for processing your request commenced from the
day after the Department received your request, you should therefore
expect a decision from us by 23 October 2024.

The processing period of 30 days may be extended in certain circumstances
and we will write to you separately regarding any extension of time. 

Charges

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

Publication of documents

Please note that information released under the FOI Act may later be
published online on our disclosure log at
[1]https://www.pmc.gov.au/government/depart...,
subject to certain exceptions. 

If you think you might wish to raise any objections to the publication of
your requested document, which may be released to you, please contact us
by email at [2][DPMC request email].  If you do wish to object to the
publication of information, you would need to set out your reasons.

Exclusion of officers’ names and contact details

For documents that fall within scope of the request, it is the
Department’s policy to withhold:

o any person’s signature;
o the names and contact details of Australian Public Service officers
not in the Senior Executive Service (SES);
o the mobile or direct numbers of SES officers;
o the names and contact details of Ministerial staff at a level below
Chief of Staff.

If you consider the information categorised above is relevant to the terms
of your request please let us know at [3][DPMC request email], otherwise we will
take it that you agree this category of information may be reasonably
regarded as irrelevant and we will delete this information if it appears
in the documents that are otherwise responsive to your request. 

The names and other details of SES officers will not be withheld unless
there is some reason for that information to be exempt from release.

Further information on FOI processing can be found at the website of the
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at
[4]https://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-infor...

Yours sincerely

Coordinator | FOI Section

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

p. (02) 6271 5849

e. [5][email address]  w. [6]pmc.gov.au 

 

 

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OFFICIAL

 

Reference: FOI/2024/316

 

Dear Trav

 

We write in relation to your request under the Freedom of Information Act
1982 (FOI Act) and to advise that the request covers documents which:

·        contain information concerning the business, commercial or
financial affairs of an organisation, or a person’s business or
professional affairs, and the Department is required to consult with the
person or organisation concerned (under section 27 of the FOI Act) before
making a decision on the release of the document

·        contain another individual’s personal information, and the
Department is required to consult with that individual (under section 27A
of the FOI Act) before making a decision on the release of the document

 

The consultation mechanism under section 27 and 27A applies when we
believe the person or organisation concerned may wish to contend that the
requested documents are exempt because their release would disclose trade
secrets or commercially valuable information or may adversely affect their
business or financial affairs, and for reasons of personal privacy.

 

Where a consultation under section 27 and 27A is entered into the FOI Act
provides an extension of the processing period by 30 days (s 15(6)) in
order to allow the Department time to consult with that organisation or
person. As a result the extended due date of your FOI request is 22
November 2024.  

 

Please write to us if you require a further update of your request in the
coming weeks, you can contact us at [1][email address]

 

 

Yours sincerely

Kyara

 

Kyara (she/her)

Adviser

FOI Section | Legal Policy Branch[]

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

p. (02) 6271 5849

Ngunnawal Country, One National Circuit, Barton ACT 2600 | PO Box
6500 CANBERRA ACT 2600
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