Dear Ms Kingston
 
Thank you for your email dated 22 February 2014, received by the
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (the Department), in which
you made a request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act)
in the following terms:
 
I would like to make a request under the FOI Act 1982 for access to
portions of documents, including briefing papers, emails and any other
documents, provided to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet which contain
factual information about the wages and conditions in the Enterprise
Agreement of SPC Ardmona.
 
The time period for the request is from 1 July 2013 to 22 February 2014.
 
I agree for the request to exclude any page or portion of a document which
does not contain material which could reasonably be considered purely
factual material for the purposes of clause 34(6) of Division 2 of Part IV
of the Freedom of Information Act 1982.
 
Timeframe for receiving your decision
 
We received your request on 22 February 2014 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 Monday, 24 March 2014.
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/foi/ips/disclosur..., 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
 
It is the Department’s policy to withhold the names and contact details of
officers not in the Senior Executive Service (SES) within the Department
and other agencies as well as the personal mobile numbers of SES officers
contained within documents that fall within scope of the request. The
names and details of departmental and agency SES officers will not be
withheld unless there is some reason for that information to be exempt
from release.  If you require the names and contact details of non-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.
 
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
Legal Policy Branch
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
 
Phone: 02 6271 5849
Email: [5][DPMC request email]
 
 

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Good afternoon Ms Kingston,

Please see attached correspondence.

Yours sincerely

FOI Adviser

Legal Policy Branch

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

Phone: 02 6271 5849

Email: [DPMC request email]

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Dear Ms Kingston

I refer to previous correspondence in relation to your request.  I am
writing in relation to two matters.

1. Receipt for Payment of Charges

Please see attached your receipt for the payment of the processing charge
for your FOI request with the Department of the Prime Minister and
Cabinet.

2. Third Party Consultation

As indicated in our letter of 21 March 2014 notifying of the estimate of
the processing charge, we are writing to confirm that the Department has
identified third party information relevant to your request.  The
Department has formed the view that it is appropriate to consult in the
circumstances.

Under s 15(6) of the FOI Act, the statutory period for processing an FOI
request is extended by 30 days in these situations.   We advise that the
timeframe for processing this request has been extended by 30 days in
accordance with that provision.  Subject to any other suspensions or
extensions of time provided for under the FOI Act, the revised decision
due date is now 26 April 2014 (to be notified by 28 April 2014, as 26 and
27 April 2014 are not a business days) .

If you require more information, please contact us.

Yours sincerely

FOI Adviser

Legal Policy Branch

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

Phone: 02 6271 5849

Email: [1][DPMC request email]

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FOI/2014/022

Good afternoon Ms Kingston

Please see attached correspondence in relation to your FOI request with
the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet – reference FOI/2014/022.

Regards

FOI Adviser

Legal Policy Branch

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

Phone: 02 6271 5849

Email: [DPMC request email]

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Dear Ms Kingston

I refer to decision-maker’s letter to you dated 28 April 2014.  As advised
in that letter, the decision-maker has decided to provide you with a
refund of $106.25

We need to communicate with you regarding the processing of your refund.
To preserve your privacy, could you please email us at [1][DPMC request email]
from a private email so we can discuss process and options available.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Regards,

FOI Adviser

Legal Policy Branch

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

Phone: 02 6271 5849

Email: [2][DPMC request email]

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UNCLASSIFIED

Dear Ms Kingston

The Department would like to process your refund.

We look forward to hearing from you in relation to the below email at your
earliest convenience.

Regards,

FOI Adviser

Legal Policy Branch

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

Phone: 02 6271 5849

Email: [1][DPMC request email]

From: FOI
Sent: Monday, 5 May 2014 3:52 PM
To: [FOI #532 email]
Cc: FOI
Subject: FOI/2014/022- Refund of FOI charges [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Dear Ms Kingston

I refer to decision-maker’s letter to you dated 28 April 2014.  As advised
in that letter, the decision-maker has decided to provide you with a
refund of $106.25

We need to communicate with you regarding the processing of your refund.
To preserve your privacy, could you please email us at [2][DPMC request email]
from a private email so we can discuss process and options available.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Regards,

FOI Adviser

Legal Policy Branch

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

Phone: 02 6271 5849

Email: [3][DPMC request email]

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