Dear Mrs Gale

 

Thank you for your inquiry to the department’s Freedom of Information team
and for your submission to the Higher Education Standards Panel’s
consultation on the transparency of higher education admissions processes.

 

As you may be aware, the Australian Government is currently in a
‘caretaker role’ in the lead-up to the federal election on 2 July. During
this period, new material is generally not published on government
websites.

 

It is our intention to make public all of the submissions to the
consultation on admissions transparency when the caretaker period is over
– i.e. once there is a clear result from the election and the returning or
new government is sworn in.

 

Publishing material of this nature is likely to attract media attention to
the various view expressed, which could potentially be drawn into the
politics of the election. The caretaker conventions require that such
risks be managed by government departments.

 

There is nothing to prevent submitters from publishing or circulating
their own submissions, however.

 

I hope this information is of assistance.

 

Kind regards

 

Steve Erskine

Director, Higher Education System Design and Quality
Australian Government Department of Education and Training

Opportunity through learning

[1]www.education.gov.au

 

-----Original Message-----

From: P. Gale [[2]mailto:[FOI #2002 email]]

Sent: Wednesday, 15 June 2016 8:59 PM

To: Education - FOI

Subject: Freedom of Information request - In regards to the Consultation
on the Transparency of Higher Education Admissions Processes

 

To: The FOI Contact Officer

Department of Tertiary Education

 

Dear FOI Contact Officer,

 

On your department's web-site, you requested submissions to the Higher
Education Standards Panel on transparency for admissions. I thought maybe
the submissions would have gotten published but they have not been.

 

I request access under administrative arrangements, if possible, to a copy
of each submission. If it is not possible to give access under
administrative arrangements please tell me but please don't treat this
request as an FOI request at this stage.

 

Thank you.

 

P. Gale (Mrs)

June 14th, 2016.

 

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