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FOI Request: FA 20/07/01554
File Number: ADF2020/61138

Dear Desiree

Acknowledgement of Freedom of Information Access request

I refer to your correspondence received on 13 July 2020 seeking access to documents held by the Department of Home Affairs (the Department) under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act).

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Scope of request

You have requested access to the following:
Total 189 EOI (100/95/85/80/75 pts) as of June 30, 2020 for 2212 ANZSCO Parent Occupation, including details of the subgroup corporate treasurer, external auditor, internal auditor and company secretary.

Total 189 invitations issued (100/95/85/80/75 pts) as ofJune 30, 2020 for 2212 ANZSCO Parent Occupation, including details of the subgroup corporate treasurer, external auditor, internal auditor and company secretary.

Your request was received by the Department on 13 July 2020 and has been allocated FOI request number FA 20/07/01554 . Please include your FOI request number in all correspondence with the Freedom of Information Section.

Timeframe for receiving your decision
The statutory timeframe for processing a request is 30 days from the date upon which your application was received by the Department.

Your review rights in relation to your request are available on the website of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner here.

Request for an extension of time
The Department seeks your agreement under s.15AA of the FOI Act to extend the timeframe for the processing of your request by 30 days. You may confirm your agreement to the extension of time by writing to the Department at:

Email to: [DIBP request email]

Or by mail at: Freedom of Information Section
Department of Home Affairs
PO Box 25 Belconnen ACT 2616

If you agree to the extension of time please advise the Department within 14 days from the date of this email. If you are unable or unwilling to provide an extension of time you are not required to respond to this email.

Exclusion of staff details
The Department’s policy is to exclude the personal details of staff not in the Senior Executive Service (SES), as well as the direct contact details of SES staff, contained in documents that fall within scope of an FOI request. If you require personal details of non-SES officers, or direct contact details of SES staff, please inform us so the decision maker may consider your request. Otherwise we will take it that you agree to that information being excluded from the scope of your request.

Duplicate documents
If the FOI decision-maker deems a document to be a duplicate, they will not assess those pages as part of your FOI request. This means that if a there is a decision to release the document to you, you will receive only one copy, even if multiple copies of that document exists.

Publication of document
Where documents are released to you in response to your request, the Department may be required to publish these documents on its website within 10 working days in accordance with section 11C of the FOI Act. Publication will not be required where the documents contain personal or business affairs information.

Contacting the FOI Section
Should you wish to discuss your request you may contact the FOI Section at [DIBP request email].

Yours sincerely

FOI Officer
FOI and Records Management Branch
Data Division
Strategy & Law Enforcement Group
Department of Home Affairs | www.homeaffairs.gov.au
E: [DIBP request email]

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FOI Request:    FA 20/07/01554

File Number:     ADF2020/61138 

Good afternoon,   

Withdrawal of Freedom of Information Access Request

I refer to your correspondence of 14 July 2020 seeking access to documents
held by the Department of Home Affairs (the Department) under the Freedom
of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act) and our subsequent acknowledgement
of that request.

As you may be aware, earlier this year the Department launched a dashboard
on its SkillSelect website to provide visa Expression of Interest (EOI)
statistics.  The Department has undertaken a review of the SkillSelect
Dashboard to ensure that there is no reasonable chance of an individual
being re-identified from the EOI statistics. 

The dashboard is now available again and can be accessed via the
Department’s SkillSelect [1]web page and comprises a comprehensive library
of historic and current statistics in relation to Expressions of Interest
(EOIs).  The dashboard is a one-stop shop for SkillSelect EOI statistics
and is freely available on demand, without any need to formally request
the statistics and wait for such a request to be processed. Bypassing the
FOI process will significantly reduce delays in obtaining the same
information as has previously been provided in response to FOI requests.

As this information is now publically available, you may wish to withdraw
you FOI request.  Please note, if you do not advise the Department that
you wish to continue with this FOI request within 5 days of this email,
your request will be taken to have been withdrawn. 

Yours sincerely,

FOI Officer

Freedom of Information Section

FOI & Records Management Branch | Data Division
Strategy and Law Enforcement Group

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