Thank you for contacting the Freedom of Information (FOI) inbox of the
Australian Department of Social Services (the Department). Your email,
should it be a request for access to documents under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982, will be actioned by the DSS FOI Team.

If your email is for any other type of enquiry, you should direct it to
[1][email address]. It will not be actioned from this inbox.

GENERAL INFORMATION

If you are seeking general information about FOI, you may find the
following websites useful:

[2]http://www.dss.gov.au/contact/freedom-of...

[3]http://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-inform...

PROCESS

An FOI Officer has received your email and it will be actioned
accordingly. In the case of a valid FOI request, you can expect us to
provide you with an acknowledgment that the request has been received
within 14 days. We may contact you earlier if we need to discuss
particular aspects of your request.

REQUESTS OUTSIDE OFFICE HOURS

Please note that if this message has been received outside our business
hours of 9am to 5pm (Eastern Standard Time), Monday to Friday or on
a public holiday, your request will be actioned on the next business day.

Kind regards

DSS FOI Team
Email: [4][Department of Social Services request email]

References

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4. mailto:[Department of Social Services request email]

Good morning Carol,

Thank you for your email.

Unfortunately you request is not a valid request under the FOI Act.

In accordance with section 15(2) your request must:

(a)    Be in writing; and

(aa) state that the request is an application for the purposes of the FOI
Act; and

(b)     Provide such information concerning the document as is reasonably
necessary to enable a responsible officer of the agency, or the Minister,
to identify it; and

(c)     Give details of how notices under the FOI Act may be sent to the
applicant.

At this stage your request is unclear about the type of documents you are
requesting. Can you please reply within 14 days (26 November 2019),
providing additional information in relation to the documents you are
requesting. If a response is not received from you by 26 November 2019,
this request will be deemed withdrawn.

Kind regards

Strategic Coordination Section

Government and Executive Services Branch

Department of Social Services

E: [email address]

DSS acknowledges the traditional owners of country throughout Australia,
and their continuing connection to land, sea and community. We pay our
respects to them and their cultures, and to elders both past and
present.            

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