In regards to an Address to the National Equity in Higher Education Policy Forum
To: The FOI Contact Officer
Department of Industry ... and Tertiary Education
Dear FOI Contact Officer,
This is a request under the FOI Act for documents.
On your department's web-site, you have a speech the Minister for Higher Education and Skills (The Hon Sharon Bird MP) recently made. The speech is called "Address to the National Equity in Higher Education Policy Forum". The web page says the minister gave the speech on April 30th. In the speech, she says that it was at Sydney University. I request documents (details below) in regards to the forum.
Please interpret "document" to mean "documents" where necessary or appropriate (for reasons, see http://bit.ly/Yu3jzG) and to include electronic documents as appropriate. Please interpret "apply" "application", "request" as the same.
Documents I request:
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1. I would like a copy of the agenda for the conference.
2. If forum attendees got an "attendee package" (or whatever it was really called) from the department, I would like a copy of each document in the package.
3. I request a copy of any presentations (Power Point slides etc.)that attendees got shown.
4. I request a copy of any briefing the department gave to the minister for the speech at the forum.
In regards to item 4, I limit my request to the final version of briefing notes provided for the minister no earlier than 21 days preceding the forum (ie: on or after Monday, April 8th 2013) with the intention of preparing the minister for questions that she may have been expected to receive from attendees at the forum. If more than one such document exists, perhaps you could briefly describe their nature. If the minister was not given any briefing notes, please let me know and then consider the request for that item to be withdrawn.
Thank you.
P. Gale (Mrs)
June 21st, 2013.
Dear Mrs Gale,
I refer to your email below of 21 June 2013.
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The statutory timeframe for processing your request commenced on 22 June 2013, the day after the department received your request. You will be notified of a decision as soon as practicable.
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Kind regards,
FOI Team
Legal Branch | Corporate Division
Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change,
Science, Research and Tertiary Education
GPO Box 9839, Canberra ACT 2601
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From: P. Gale [mailto:[FOI #240 email]]
Sent: Friday, 21 June 2013 5:01 PM
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information request - In regards to an Address to the National Equity in Higher Education Policy Forum
To: The FOI Contact Officer
Department of Industry ... and Tertiary Education
Dear FOI Contact Officer,
This is a request under the FOI Act for documents.
On your department's web-site, you have a speech the Minister for
Higher Education and Skills (The Hon Sharon Bird MP) recently made.
The speech is called "Address to the National Equity in Higher
Education Policy Forum". The web page says the minister gave the
speech on April 30th. In the speech, she says that it was at Sydney
University. I request documents (details below) in regards to the
forum.
Please interpret "document" to mean "documents" where necessary or
appropriate (for reasons, see http://bit.ly/Yu3jzG) and to include
electronic documents as appropriate. Please interpret "apply"
"application", "request" as the same.
Documents I request:
--------------------------
1. I would like a copy of the agenda for the conference.
2. If forum attendees got an "attendee package" (or whatever it was
really called) from the department, I would like a copy of each
document in the package.
3. I request a copy of any presentations (Power Point slides
etc.)that attendees got shown.
4. I request a copy of any briefing the department gave to the
minister for the speech at the forum.
In regards to item 4, I limit my request to the final version of
briefing notes provided for the minister no earlier than 21 days
preceding the forum (ie: on or after Monday, April 8th 2013) with
the intention of preparing the minister for questions that she may
have been expected to receive from attendees at the forum. If more
than one such document exists, perhaps you could briefly describe
their nature. If the minister was not given any briefing notes,
please let me know and then consider the request for that item to
be withdrawn.
Thank you.
P. Gale (Mrs)
June 21st, 2013.
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Dear Mrs Gale,
Please find attached correspondence in response to your Freedom of
Information request of 21 June 2013.
Kind regards,
FOI Team
Legal Branch | Corporate Division
Department of Industry, Innovation,
Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education
GPO Box 9839, Canberra ACT 2601
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the addressee and may contain confidential or legally privileged
information. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that
any use or dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If
you have received this transmission in error, please notify me immediately
by telephone and delete copies of this transmission together with any
attachments.
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To: The FOI Contact Officer
Department of Industry ... and Tertiary Education
Dear FOI Contact Officer,
In regards to your reference FOI DIISR 13/13517
My thanks to the FOI team and the decision maker for sending me all the documents I wanted. I am very pleased.
Again, thank you.
P. Gale (Mrs)
July 19th, 2013.
P. Gale left an annotation ()
A good result. All documents provided with minimum fuss. Good work from the department. Documents are of a lot of public interest.