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Dear David Wright  

Thank you for your below request seeking access to documents from the
Agency’s Disclosure Log. 

Please find attached the following documents: 

·       23/24 - 1401 – Document – Disclosure Log. (Page 82 of 96)

Due to the size of the documents, release is provided in more than one
email as detailed in the subject heading of this email. 

Kind regards, 

Poojan

Freedom of Information Team 

Governance, Risk & Legal - Complaints Management and FOI.

General Counsel Division 

National Disability Insurance Agency 

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Dear David Wright

I hope you’re well.

In response to your specific disclosure request regarding 23/24 - 1401 –
(Page 82 of 96) as requested.

These pages contain references to 'Yammer groups for NDIS staff relating
to ASD, with autism spectrum disorders as well as Understanding the Autism
Spectrum, all documents with links to access the relevant files included
within the same pages.

Please review these links to retrieve the requested documents.

As you had submitted four separate requests. We have responded to each
individually. Meaning you will receive multiple emails as subject heading
of this email. Please don’t be concerned, as each reply pertains to a
separate request.

If you need any further clarification or additional information, please do
not hesitate to reach out.

Poojan

Freedom of Information Team 

Governance, Risk & Legal - Complaints Management and FOI.

General Counsel Division 

National Disability Insurance Agency 

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Dear David Wright,

I am writing in response to your requests for information relating to
documents from FOI 23/24-1400 and FOI 23/24-1401.

Firstly allow me to apologise for the confusion, upon reviewing your
requests I can see that you weren’t requesting access to the documents
listed on the disclosure log, but to further information referenced
therein.

For ease of reference, I have listed all those requests below, and I
confirm that each will be registered and back-dated to your initial
request date. You will receive acknowledgements for those requests from
our team in due course.

Requests:

 1. FOI 23/24-1401, p82, “TAB Research Paper ‘RES 246 ABA and positive
behaviour support”
 2. FOI 23/24-1400, p40-41, “All information in those Yammer Groups”
 3. FOI 23/24-1400, p35, “HPRM-NED 19/100608 – Adv 2018/7867 regarding ABA
therapy for a 6 year old”
 4. FOI 23/24-1400, p39-40, “Listed advices and other such deidentified,
general advices relating to ASD held by the NDIA”

If I have misunderstood any of those requests please let me know as soon
as possible.

Kind regards,

Rebecca

She/Her

Team Leader, Information Access – Triage and Early Resolution

Complaints Management and FOI Branch

National Disability Insurance Agency

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Dear David Wright 

Freedom of Information Request: Acknowledgement

Thank you for your request of 13 October 2024, made under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), for copies of documents held by the
National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA).

Scope of your Request

You have requested access to:

“FOI 23/24-1401 (page 82 of 96) makes reference to 'TAB research paper RES
246 ABA and positive behaviour support.docx'

I seek a copy of this research paper.” 

Irrelevant Information

Section 22 of the FOI Act allows an Agency to redact information from
documents if that information would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant
to a request for access.

Given the nature of your request, it does not seem that NDIA staff
members’ surnames and contact details would be relevant to you. Can you
please send me a reply email confirming that such details are irrelevant
to your request for access?

Processing Timeframes

In accordance with section 15(5)(b) of the FOI Act, a 30-day statutory
period for processing your request commenced from 14 October 2024. This
30-day period expires on 12 November 2024.

The 30-day period can be extended in a number of ways, including with your
agreement.

Unfortunately, it is currently taking us a little longer than 30 days to
process FOI requests. I am therefore seeking your agreement to a 30-day
extension of time under section 15AA of the FOI Act. If you agree to this
extension, the new due date for us to decide on your request will be 12
December 2024.

If you do not agree and we are unable to process your request within the
30-day period expiring on 12 November 2024, we will be deemed to have
refused your request and you will not have a right to seek internal review
of that decision. You will, however, retain your right to external review
by the Australian Information Commissioner.

Please let us know if you agree by 30 October 2024.

Disclosure Log

Subject to certain exceptions, documents released under the FOI Act will
be published on the NDIA’s disclosure log located on our website.

If you have any concerns about the publication of the documents you have
requested, please contact me.

Next steps

Your request will be allocated to an authorised FOI decision-maker. The
decision-maker may need to contact you to discuss a range of matters,
including refining the scope of your request.

We will contact you using the email address you have provided. Please
advise if you would prefer us to use an alternative means of contact.

In the meantime, if you have any questions or need help, please contact us
at [1][NDIA request email].

Regards

Mykal

Freedom of Information Officer

Complaints Management & FOI Branch

General Counsel Division

National Disability Insurance Agency

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Dear David,

Thank you for your request FOI 24/25-0595 submitted on 13 October 2024,
made under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), for copies of
documents held by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA).

You have requested access to:

“FOI 23/24-1401 (page 82 of 96) makes reference to 'TAB research paper
RES  246 ABA and positive behaviour support.docx' I seek a copy of this
research paper.”

I note that you have a similar request with the reference FOI 24/25-0514,
in which you have requested access to:

“…I refer to FOI 23.24 1189 which provides a list of all Technical
Advisory Branch (TAB) research documents.

Two items in the list are:

1) 'The scope of Applied Behaviour Analysis'

2) 'Reducing ABA over time'…”

The Technical Advisory Branch (TAB) have two types of naming conventions
for their research documents.

In respect to your request please note the following naming conventions:

o Naming convention one ‘Reducing ABA overtime’ naming convention two
which can be located on the document itself is ‘Reducing Applied
Behaviour Analysis over time’.
o Naming convention one ‘The scope of applied Behaviour Analysis’ naming
convention two which can be located on the document itself is ‘Applied
behaviour analysis and positive behaviour support’ or as you
referenced the abbreviated name ‘ABA and positive behaviour support’.

I would like to apologise for any confusion this may have caused, in light
that we have provided you with 'TAB research paper RES  246 ABA and
positive behaviour support.docx’ on the 18 November 2024 for your request
FOI 24/25-0514, can you confirm you are happy to withdraw your request
FOI 24/25-0595.

If you have any questions or require any further clarification, please do
not hesitate to reach out [1][email address].

Kind Regards

Megan

Freedom of Information Officer

Governance, Risk & Legal - Complaints Management and FOI

General Counsel Division

National Disability Insurance Agency

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Dear David,

Thank you for your prompt reply, we have now closed your request FOI
24/25-0595.

Any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to reach out.

Kind Regards

Megan

Freedom of Information Officer

Governance, Risk & Legal - Complaints Management and FOI

General Counsel Division

National Disability Insurance Agency

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