UNCLASSIFIED

FOI/2015/041

 

Dear Culley Palmer

 

Thank you for your email dated 22 February 2015 received by the Department
of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (the Department), in which you made a
request to the Department under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the
FOI Act) in the following terms:

 

The documents I seek are talking points prepared for the Prime Minister on
Australia's participation in the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) Network. I
wish to exclude duplicate documents and drafts.

 

Timeframe for receiving your decision

 

We received your request on 22 February 2015 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 24 March 2015. 
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
http://www.dpmc.gov.au/pmc/accountabilit...,
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 [1][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) as well as the mobile
or direct numbers of SES officers within the Department and other agencies
contained within documents that fall within scope of the request. The
names and other details of departmental or 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 or the mobile or direct numbers of SES officers please let us
know at [2][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
[3]http://www.oaic.gov.au/foi-portal/about_....

 

Kind regards

 

 

 

 

Kieran Vassallo | FOI Adviser

Access and Administrative Review Section | Legal Policy Branch

Government Division | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

p. 02 6271 5849

e. [4][DPMC request email]

[5]www.pmc.gov.au

PO Box 6500 CANBERRA ACT 2600

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UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Culley Palmer

Please see correspondence attached relevant to your request.

Kind regards

FOI Adviser
Access and Administrative Review Section | Legal Policy Branch Government Division | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet p. 02 6271 5849 e. [DPMC request email] www.pmc.gov.au PO Box 6500 CANBERRA ACT 2600

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