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Dear Mr Allen,
You have addressed your FOI request to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C); however you have directed it to the Department of Finance and Deregulation (Finance) FOI section. Finance has significant management responsibilities of staff employed under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 (the MOP(S) Act), as such we will proceed with processing your request unless you advise that you intended your request be sent to PM&C.
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FOI Officer
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From: Steve Allen [mailto:[FOI #289 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 9 July 2013 7:43 AM
To: FOI Requests
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Size of Prime Ministers personal staffs

Dear Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet,
I am inquiring as to the number of personal staff employed in Prime
Ministers Office, both full time and temporary, seconded or not.I
want to know in full time equivalent jobs, how many personal staff
each Prime Minister has had, by year

Yours faithfully,

Steve Allen

Yours faithfully,

Steve Allen

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Good afternoon Mr Allen,

Thank you for your email of 9 July 2013 requesting the following
information under the FOI Act:

I am inquiring as to the number of personal staff employed in Prime
Ministers Office, both full time and temporary, seconded or not. I want to
know in full time equivalent jobs, how many personal staff each Prime
Minister has had, by year

It is currently unclear as to the exact scope of your request. The nature
of the information you have requested is publicly available on the
Parliament of Australia website.

Information relating to the number of personal staff employed in the Prime
Minister’s office is part of a document which is regularly tabled at
Senate Estimates and which is publically available at:
[1]http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Busi...
. This information has been tabled since approximately the 2004-05
Additional Estimates.

For example, the most recent document which was tabled relating to
Government persona positions can be found at this link:

[2]http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Busi...
- the document is titled ‘Government Personal Positions as at 1 May 2013’.

Information that is publicly available is outside the scope of the FOI
Act. On the basis that the above information is publicly available, are
you happy to withdraw your request?

Kind regards,

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FOI Officer

Legal and Strategic Support Branch

Department of Finance and Deregulation

T: 02 6215 1783 | E: [4][Finance request email]  

UNCLASSIFIED

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Finance Web Site: www.finance.gov.au

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Good morning Mr Allen,

Could you please advise whether you have had an opportunity to consider
withdrawing your FOI request based on our email of 12 July 2013?

Kind regards,

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UNCLASSIFIED

From: FOI Requests
Sent: Friday, 12 July 2013 3:52 PM
To: Steve Allen
Cc: FOI Requests
Subject: FOI 13/63 Scope of request [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

UNCLASSIFIED

Good afternoon Mr Allen,

Thank you for your email of 9 July 2013 requesting the following
information under the FOI Act:

I am inquiring as to the number of personal staff employed in Prime
Ministers Office, both full time and temporary, seconded or not. I want to
know in full time equivalent jobs, how many personal staff each Prime
Minister has had, by year

It is currently unclear as to the exact scope of your request. The nature
of the information you have requested is publicly available on the
Parliament of Australia website.

Information relating to the number of personal staff employed in the Prime
Minister’s office is part of a document which is regularly tabled at
Senate Estimates and which is publically available at:
[3]http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Busi...
. This information has been tabled since approximately the 2004-05
Additional Estimates.

For example, the most recent document which was tabled relating to
Government persona positions can be found at this link:

[4]http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Busi...
- the document is titled ‘Government Personal Positions as at 1 May 2013’.

Information that is publicly available is outside the scope of the FOI
Act. On the basis that the above information is publicly available, are
you happy to withdraw your request?

Kind regards,

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FOI Officer

Legal and Strategic Support Branch

Department of Finance and Deregulation

T: 02 6215 1783 | E: [6][Finance request email]  

UNCLASSIFIED

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Finance Web Site: www.finance.gov.au

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Good afternoon Mr Allen,

Please find attached correspondence relating to your FOI request.

Kind regards,

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