the disposition of and outcome from Behaviour Support Plan Quality report
Dear NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission,
The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission published a paper with the title Behaviour Support Plan Quality: Summary results to December 2021 dated 16/8/2022. It was available on the Q&SC website for a while, but I can no longer find it. It is available for download at https://a4.org.au/node/2649.
Please provide, under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, all information relating to:
1. the development and disposition on this reports (including but not limited to information about why the report cannot now be found on the Commission's website),
2. actions and outcomes resulting from the report, including but not limited to strategies, policies and programs to improve the quality and implementation of behaviour support plans for NDIS participants ... and outcomes of those strategies, policies and programs,
and
3. communication with people and entities outside the Commission about the report and and the consequent strategies, policies and programs.
Yours faithfully,
Bob Buckley
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Dear Bob
Thank you for your email received by the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (NDIS Commission) on 1 August 2024 in which you requested access to documents under the Commonwealth Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).
Your request for documents
You have requested access to the following documents:
Documents relating to the paper published on NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission website - Behaviour Support Plan Quality: Summary results to December 2021 dated 16/8/2022:
1. the development and disposition on this reports (including but not limited to information about why the report cannot now be found on the Commission's website),
2. actions and outcomes resulting from the report, including but not limited to strategies, policies and programs to improve the quality and implementation of behaviour support plans for NDIS participants ... and outcomes of those strategies, policies and programs, and
3. communication with people and entities outside the Commission about the report and the consequent strategies, policies and programs.
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Can you now please respond to this email and
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Please provide you response by COB Tuesday 6 August 2024.
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Kind regards,
Deepika
Freedom of Information Unit
Legal Services and Internal Integrity Division
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Dear FOI (NDIS Commission),
thank you for your email 5/8/2024. You asked "Can you now please respond to this email and
• provide signed consent of third parties where required,
• confirm whether you consent to be identified as the FOI applicant for the purposes of any third-party consultation that may be required, and
• confirm that you do not seek the personal information of staff below SES level and consent to the removal of duplicate documents and the provision of the final email in any email chains."
1. I don't believe any "signed consent of third parties" is required in this instance. Please let me know if I have misunderstood.
2. I consent to be identified - this should be apparent in any case from the manner of this application ... using the Right to Know website.
3. I have not requested any personal information (also a condition of the Right to Know website).
Please contact me if you need any further information.
Yours sincerely,
Bob Buckley
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Dear Mr Buckley,
Please find attached FOI decision made by the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (the NDIS Commission) in relation to the Freedom of Information (FOI) Request (24) ‐ 24/25 ‐ (1), received by the NDIS Commission.
Should you have any queries, please contact the NDIS Commission by return email.
Kind regards,
FOI Team
Legal Services and Internal Integrity Division
NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission