Inquiry into Sussan Ley expenses 2017
Dear Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet,
In January 2017 Sussan Ley stood aside as Health Minister while the Prime Minister ordered an investigation into her use of expenses and allowances. A great deal of media coverage resulted in questioning her and government policy on expenses for politicians.
I ask for a copy of the report into Ms Ley's conduct.
Yours faithfully,
Tony Magrathea
UNCLASSIFIED
FOI/2017/099
Dear Mr Magrathea
Thank you for your email dated 8 June 2017, received by the Department of
the Prime Minister and Cabinet (the Department), in which you made a
request to the Department under the Freedom of information Act 1982 (the
FOI Act) in the following terms:
In January 2017 Sussan Ley stood aside as Health Minister while the Prime
Minister ordered an investigation into her use of expenses and
allowances. A great deal of media coverage resulted in questioning her
and government policy on expenses for politicians.
I ask for a copy of the report into Ms Ley's conduct.
Timeframe for receiving your decision
We received your request on 8 June 2917 and the 30 day statutory period
for processing your request commenced from the day after that date. You
should therefore expect a decision from us by 7 July 2017. The period of
30 days may be extended in certain circumstances. We will advise you if
there is any extension of time.
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Yours sincerely
FOI Adviser
Access and Administrative Review | Honours, Symbols and Legal Policy
Branch
Government Division | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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Dear FOI,
You indicated I could expect a reply to my request by 7/7/17. It has not been received yet. When will a reply be made?
Yours sincerely,
tony magrathea
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Magrathea
We regret the delay in responding to your FOI request. We will be notifying you of a decision today.
Yours sincerely
FOI Adviser
Access and Administrative Review Section | Honours and Legal Policy Branch Government Division | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet p. 02 6271 5849 e. [DPMC request email] www.pmc.gov.au PO Box 6500 CANBERRA ACT 2600
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Dear FOI,
You indicated I could expect a reply to my request by 7/7/17. It has not been received yet. When will a reply be made?
Yours sincerely,
tony magrathea
-----Original Message-----
UNCLASSIFIED
FOI/2017/099
Dear Mr Magrathea
Thank you for your email dated 8 June 2017, received by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (the Department), in which you made a request to the Department under the Freedom of information Act 1982 (the FOI Act) in the following terms:
In January 2017 Sussan Ley stood aside as Health Minister while the Prime Minister ordered an investigation into her use of expenses and allowances. A great deal of media coverage resulted in questioning her and government policy on expenses for politicians.
I ask for a copy of the report into Ms Ley's conduct.
Timeframe for receiving your decision
We received your request on 8 June 2917 and the 30 day statutory period for processing your request commenced from the day after that date. You should therefore expect a decision from us by 7 July 2017. The period of
30 days may be extended in certain circumstances. We will advise you if there is 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]http://www.dpmc.gov.au/pmc/accountabilit...,
subject to certain exceptions. If you think you might wish to raise any objections to the publication of any of the information 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 provide supporting 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:
· any person’s signature;
· the names and contact details of Australian Public Service officers not in the Senior Executive Service (SES);
· the mobile or direct numbers of SES officers;
· the names and contact details of Ministerial staff at a level below Chief of Staff.
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. If you require signatures, the names and contact details of non-SES officers or Ministerial staff below the level of Chief of Staff, or the mobile or direct numbers of SES officers please let us know at [3][DPMC request email] so the decision-maker may consider; otherwise we will take it that you agree to that information being excluded from the scope of your request (that is, the information will be treated as irrelevant and redacted from any documents for release).
We will write again when the Department has more information. Further information on FOI processing can be found at the website of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at [4]http://www.oaic.gov.au/foi-portal/about_....
Yours sincerely
FOI Adviser
Access and Administrative Review | Honours, Symbols and Legal Policy Branch
Government Division | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
p. +61 2 6271 5849
e. | [5][DPMC request email] | [6]www.dpmc.gov.au
PO Box 6500 CANBERRA ACT 2600
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Dear Mr Magrathea
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the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
Yours sincerely
FOI Adviser
Access and Administrative Review Section | Honours and Legal Policy Branch
Government Division | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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PO Box 6500 CANBERRA ACT 2600
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Bebe Sinclair left an annotation ()
As a taxpayer of Australia, We must know if ministers are conducting themselves in the interest of Australia, Sussan Ley, was investigated and since then this investigation has not been released, standing aside is not sufficient, the taxpayers, the families of Australia deserve the truth, full, Frank, and transparent honest, we as citizens are required to live within the laws, pay our taxes, and deserved to be governed without corruption. If a minister of the crown has conducted themselves, with anything less than honesty and integrity, this must be dealt with under the law, as we are all expected to do.
How can we have confidence that this is occurring unless we are given the complete details and outcomes of any and all INVESTIGATIONS into alleged corruption,
I hope that the government listens, thank you for your efforts.