Dear IP Australia,

I’d like to make an FOI request.

I’ve been following the FOI request titled ‘Group Certificates/PAYG payment summaries of IP Australia's SES staff - FY2013/14, FY2014/15 and FY2015/16’ here: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/g... where the IP Australiahas refused to release information relating to the precise amount of taxpayer funds paid to the Department’s SES staff.

I request a document or documents (likely prepared under s.17 of the FOI Act) that details the year on year increase in remuneration (as a percentage, rounded to the nearest decimal point) paid to each of IP Australia’s SES staff for the financial years: 2013/14 to 2014/15 and 2014/15 to 2015/2016 as determined from the group certificates/PAYG summaries issued to those SES staff (pro-rated, to reflect full year amounts, if necessary). I’m not interested in the names of the SES officers and so I’m happy for you to de-identify those. Here’s an example to illustrate the type of document(s) I’m seeking acesss to.

Example PAYG Payment Summary Information

SES officer name: John Citizen.
Total remuneration for 2013/14 (taken from relevant PAYG payment summary): $100,000
Total remuneration for 2014/15 (taken from relevant PAYG payment summary): $101,000
Total remuneration for 2015/16 (taken from relevant PAYG payment summary): $103,000

SES officer name: Deborah Smith.
Total remuneration for 2013/14 (taken from relevant PAYG payment summary): $250,000
Total remuneration for 2014/15 (taken from relevant PAYG payment summary): $260,000
Total remuneration for 2015/16 (taken from relevant PAYG payment summary): $280,000

SES officer name: Joseph Pavelic
Total remuneration for 2013/14 (taken from relevant PAYG payment summary): $50,000 (nb. only commenced employment at IP Australia on 1/1/2014)
Total remuneration for 2014/15 (taken from relevant PAYG payment summary): $107,000
Total remuneration for 2015/16 (taken from relevant PAYG payment summary): $110,000

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Example document produced for purposes of my FOI request using data gleaned from relevant PAYG payment summaries (respectively, per the example data set out above above)

SES Officer identifier: ‘SES officer #1’
Year on year pay increase as a percentage (rounded to nearest decimal point):
2013/14 - 2014/15 = 1%
2014/15 – 2015/2016 = 2%

SES Officer identifier: ‘SES officer #2’
Year on year pay increase as a percentage (rounded to nearest decimal point):
2013/14 - 2014/15 = 4%
2014/15 – 2015/2016 = 7.7%

SES Officer identifier: ‘SES officer #3’
Year on year pay increase as a percentage (rounded to nearest decimal point):
2013/14 - 2014/15 = 7% (note: the officer only commenced employment on 1/1/14, therefore the officer’s total remuneration for 2013/14 has been pro-rated to reflect a yearly amount)
2014/15 – 2015/2016 = 2.8%

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Given that IP Australia has already located the PAYG payment summaries of the relevant SES officers (for the purposes of dealing with the FOI request referred to above) and therefore has those payment summaries readily at hand, IP Australia should be able to provide the information the subject of my request quickly and with minimal effort. Should you require any clarification of my request, please let me know.

Thanks.