NDIS early childhood approach for under 9s
Dear National Disability Insurance Agency,
I refer to the 'Quality support for children in the NDIS - A resource for parents and carers', published here: https://www.ndis.gov.au/understanding/fa...
I request all information relating to the preparation, publication, and disposition of this webpage and the document linked under "quality support for children", including but not limited to:
* internal correspondence within the NDIA about the preparation, contents and publication of this information (emails, briefing notes etc).
* correspondence between the NDIA and the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission about the preparation, contents, disposition, and publication of this material.
* correspondence between the NDIA and any other external party about this information ... definitely including sector engagement, consultation, advice, co-design or coproduction.
* internal approval and review of this information .
* copies of all internal working drafts of the information .
* any information about why AHPRA is referenced but NASRHP is not.
Yours faithfully,
Bob Buckley
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Dear Bob Buckley
Freedom of Information Request: Acknowledgement
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Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), for access to documents held by the
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You have requested access to the following documents from the National
Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS):
I request all information relating to the preparation, publication, and
disposition of this webpage and the document linked under "quality support
for children", including but not limited to:
* internal correspondence within the NDIA about the preparation, contents
and publication of this information (emails, briefing notes etc).
* correspondence between the NDIA and the NDIS Quality and Safeguards
Commission about the preparation, contents, disposition, and publication
of this material.
* correspondence between the NDIA and any other external party about this
information ... definitely including sector engagement, consultation,
advice, co-design or coproduction.
* internal approval and review of this information .
* copies of all internal working drafts of the information .
* any information about why AHPRA is referenced but NASRHP is not.
Scope Revision
With regards to your request, I advise that at current, your scope of
request is too broad to commence searches. However, as the website for
‘Quality support for children’ has been current as of 20 August 2024, can
you confirm if you would be happy to narrow your scope to a 1-year period,
that being – From 20 August 2023 to 20 August 2024.
Can I ask that you respond at your earliest convenience by 12:00pm 24
September 2024.
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General Counsel Division
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Dear foi,
In relation to your request that I "narrow [my] scope to a 1-year period", I feel that is much too limited.
As the NDIA's process of developing material for children up to 9 years of age, to replace the previous up to 7 years of age early intervention cut-off, has been going longer than 12 months I would accept the search period be the latest 24 months (2 years). I think 1 years is too short a period.
Yours sincerely,
Bob Buckley