Thank you for contacting the Freedom of Information (FOI) team in Services
Australia. 

This email acknowledges your correspondence and provides some general
information in relation to FOI.

Timeframe For processing your request

Under the FOI Act you have a right, with limited exceptions, to access
documents the agency holds. A FOI request normally takes 30 days to
process.

Please note this period may be further extended if we need to consult
third parties or for other reasons. We will advise you if this happens.

Charges

Services Australia will advise you if a charge is payable to process your
request and the amount of any such charge as soon as practicable. No
charge is payable for providing a person with their own personal
information.

Your Address

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Administrative release of documents   

The agency has administrative access arrangements in place for the release
of certain documents without the need for a formal FOI request. These
arrangements do not extend to information or material of third parties.

Exclusion of junior staff details

Services Australia is working towards ensuring all staff have a choice
about whether they provide their full name, personal logon identifiers and
direct contact details in response to FOI requests. Where such details are
included in documents they will be redacted. If you request staff details
as part of your FOI application, this may add to processing time and
applicable charges as it will be necessary to consider whether these
details are exempt under the Act.

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Dear Mr Smith,

I refer to your request dated and received by Services Australia on 19
July 2022 for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act
1982 (FOI Act). You requested access to the following documents:

I request the following information:
- The titles and delivery dates of all final reports and documents
delivered to or produced internal, since 1 January 2000, about
unconditional cash transfers.

To be clear, I am not requesting the title page, I am instead am instead
requesting the title/names of reports. This should be no more than a few
words for each relevant document.

Please exclude duplicates from this FOI request.

Given the significant public interest in aid transparency, I request that
the usually applicable FOI fees be waived in this instance.

Your request is invalid

Currently, your request has not been registered as a valid request under
the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act) because it does not
contain enough information to enable the agency to identify the documents
you are seeking access to.

This is because we are unable to clearly identify the documents you are
seeking from the information you have provided in your request.
Specifically, Services Australia does not administer a payment or service
titled ‘unconditional cash transfers’.

To enable the agency to process your request, please provide additional
information relating to the documents you are seeking to access, or
otherwise consider revising the scope of your request. To assist you in
providing additional information to the agency or to revise the scope of
your request, you may wish to consider:

·         providing the title of the documents that you are seeking access
to

·         providing the format of the documents that you are seeking
access to

·         providing the author of the documents that you are seeking
access to

·         providing the location or relevant business area that may hold
the documents that you are seeking access to

·         providing any further detail of the content of the documents
that you are seeking access to

·         limiting your request to a specific time period, or

·         excluding particular documents that are not of interest.

Revised Scope

Please respond to this email by COB 29 July 2022 with additional
information relating to the documents you are seeking.

Please contact me at this email address if you require further assistance.

Jessica

Freedom of Information Team

LEGAL SERVICES DIVISION

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