Senate Estimates briefs 2024-25 ASL
Dear Department of Finance,
In accordance with the FOI Act, I request the release of the document titled "Average Staffing Level - 2024-25 Budget Collection" referenced in the document Secretary / Minister Brief Titles - Budget 2024-25, released in FOI 24/004 and FOI/005 (Document 1).
Yours faithfully,
Gary Moorcroft
Thank you for your email, which has been forwarded to the Department’s FOI
Team for their consideration. A member of the FOI Team will respond to
your email in the next couple of days.
Kind regards
FOI Coordinator
Dear Gary
Freedom of Information Request – FOI 24-25/034
Thank you for your email to the Department of Finance (Finance) requesting
access to the following documents under the Freedom of Information Act
1982 (FOI Act):
I request the release of the document titled "Average Staffing Level -
2024-25 Budget Collection" referenced in the document Secretary / Minister
Brief Titles - Budget 2024-25.
Finance will now process your request.
General FOI matters
Your request was received by Finance on 4/09/2024. The statutory period
for processing your request commences from the day after Finance received
your request and a decision is due on 4/10/2024.
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appearing in identified documents, will be redacted under section 22 of
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Kind regards
FOI Officer | Legal and Assurance Branch
Business Enabling Services
Department of Finance
A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603
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OFFICIAL
Good afternoon Mr Moorcroft,
Please see attached a decision letter in response to your FOI request
seeking the release of the document titled "Average Staffing Level -
2024-25 Budget Collection" referenced in the document Secretary / Minister
Brief Titles - Budget 2024-25, released in FOI 24/004 and FOI/005 (our
ref: FOI 24-25/034).
Kind regards,
FOI Team
FOI Officer | Legal and Assurance Branch
Business Enabling Services
Department of Finance
A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603
Dear Department of Finance,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Department of Finance's handling of my FOI request 'Senate Estimates briefs 2024-25 ASL'.
Senate Estimates briefs have been provided under FOI on numerous previous occasions, for example, https://www.finance.gov.au/sites/default... and https://www.finance.gov.au/sites/default....
They do not predominantly contain information that is confidential, and if there is incidental confidential information included in them, this can be easily redacted.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/s...
Yours faithfully,
Gary Moorcroft
Thank you for your email, which has been forwarded to the Department’s FOI
Team for their consideration. A member of the FOI Team will respond to
your email in the next couple of days.
Kind regards
FOI Coordinator
OFFICIAL
Good afternoon Mr Moorcroft,
Thank you for your request for internal review on 21 October 2024. You
requested a review of the Department of Finance’s decision (our ref: FOI
24-25/034) to refuse to release the document titled "Average Staffing
Level - 2024-25 Budget Collection" referenced in the document Secretary /
Minister Brief Titles - Budget 2024-25.
An internal review decision has been made to release the document you have
sought, in part, with irrelevant information removed. Please see the
decision letter and documents released to you attached.
Kind regards,
FOI Team
FOI Officer | Legal and Assurance Branch
Business Enabling Services
Department of Finance
A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603