Department of Finance

Part of the Finance portfolio and a Federal authority, also called Finance

Budget policy advice and process, and review of governmental programmes; Government financial accountability, governance and financial management frameworks; shareholder advice on Government Business Enterprises (GBEs); general policy guidelines for Australian Government statutory authorities; superannuation for Commonwealth employees; asset sales; strategic property management in Australia, including acquisition, ownership and disposal of real property; procurement policy; electoral matters, administration of the Commonwealth's self-managed general insurance fund (Comcover); and fostering the efficient and effective use of Information and Communications Technologies by the Australian Government.

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Amount remaining in the Consoldiated Revenue Account on 2018 Budget Release date
Response by Department of Finance to Eddie on .

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Eddie   Please find attached a decision in relation to your FOI request (our reference FOI 18/74).   Kind regard...
2016-17 Most Expensive Trip
Request to Department of Finance by Jackson Gothe-Snape. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .

Refused.

It can cause problems when an applicant sends out a very large number of requests together in a bulk request. It is convenient for the applicant when s...
2016-17 Most Expensive Event
Response by Department of Finance to Jackson Gothe-Snape on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Gothe-Snape As indicated below, the lack of clarity with the request is not around the term 'event' but the context of how Finan...
Ministerial staff
Response by Department of Finance to alan cole on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Mr Cole   Please find attached correspondence in relation to your freedom of information request (FOI 17/96).  ...
Private use of social media advice provided to employees
Response by Department of Finance to James Smith on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Smith   Please find attached a decision in relation to FOI 17/108.   Kind regards   [1]cid:image001.jpg@01D20F6A.F1C...
Documents relating to the waiver of Bob Day's Commonwealth debts
Response by Department of Finance to Mark Newton on .

Refused.

Thank you for your email to the Freedom of Information Team at the Department of Finance.  An officer will respond to your email shortly.  In the mea...
Immigration ‐ Immigration Portfolio Issues brief
Response by Department of Finance to Jackson Gothe-Snape on .

Successful.

Good afternoon Mr Gothe-Snape   Please find attached a decision and document, in relation to your FOI request (our reference 17/74).   Kind re...
All information and non personal correspondence relating to the waiver of debt for Robert John Day
Response by Department of Finance to Anne Rowlands on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Ms Rowlands, Thank you for your email below. Finance has now closed your FOI 17/80 request. As previously indicated, a re...
2016/17 Additional Estimates Topics
Response by Department of Finance to Jackson Gothe-Snape on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Mr Gothe-Snape, Please find attached, a decision letter in regards to your FOI request (our reference FOI 17/58).  ...
Group Certificates/PAYG payment summaries of the Department's SES staff - FY2013/14, FY2014/15 and FY2015/16
Response by Department of Finance to Name withheld on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Please find attached, a decision in regards to your FOI request (our reference number 17/43).   Regards FOI Offi...
Rainbow flags
Response by Department of Finance to UD on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon UD,   Please find attached, a decision in regards to your FOI request (our reference number FOI 17/38).     Ki...
Employee information provided to ballot agents in Enterprise Agreement bargaining
Response by Department of Finance to James Smith on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Mr Smith, Please find attached, a response to your administrative access request. UNCLASSIFIED Regards, Kira FOI Coor...
Enterprise bargaining - what information is provided to department about employees' votes?
Response by Department of Finance to James Smith on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Mr Smith,   Please find attached, a decision and document in regards to your FOI request (our reference number FOI 1...
Correspondence relating to the credit rating for the National Broadband Network
Response by Department of Finance to Geoff Winestock on .

Partially successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Mr Winestock,   Please find attached, a decision and documents in regards to your FOI 16/128 request.   Regards,...
Supplementary Budget Estimates topics
Response by Department of Finance to Jackson Gothe-Snape on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Mr Gothe-Snape,   Please find attached, a decision letter and document in relation to your FOI request (our referenc...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Department of Finance to Ben Fairless on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Mr Fairless, On the 25 November 2016, Finance, under administrative access, provided you with the Department's FOI delega...
Scoping study into future ownership options for the operation and ownership of the registry functions of the ASIC Registry
Response by Department of Finance to james horton on .

Refused.

Thank you for your email, which has been forwarded to the Department’s FOI Team for their consideration. A member of the FOI Team will respond to you...
Documentation related to "Scoping study into future ownership options for the operation and ownership of the registry functions of the ASIC Registry"
Response by Department of Finance to james horton on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Good morning Mr Horton,   Further to the below, to avoid any confusion, your FOI 16/108 has been deemed withdrawn as you did not cl...
Gambling Advertisement
Response by Department of Finance to Max Sherry on .

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Mr Sherry, Thank you for your email to the Department of Finance (Finance). We have conducted some preliminary consultati...
Full cost currently incurred by the Australian tax payer (per annum) in relation to ex-federal Politicians
Response by Department of Finance to Concerned person on .

Waiting clarification.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Ms Barnes, My apologies for the delay in responding to you, your request had inadvertently been mislaid within our system...
Recipients of Parliamentarians' Software Allowance Paid by the Department of Finance from 2014-2015
Response by Department of Finance to Brendan Manning on .

Partially successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Mr Manning The information you have requested can be found on the Departments website under Parliamentarians Expenditure...
Social media policy
Response by Department of Finance to James Smith on .

Successful.

Thank you for your email to the Freedom of Information section of the Department of Finance (Finance).  We have received your email and will endeavou...
Rate of pension for retired politicians
Response by Department of Finance to Alistair Hutton on .

Waiting clarification.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Mr Hutton Section 15 of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 states: ...a person who wishes to obtain access to a documen...
Supplementary Budget Estimates topics
Response by Department of Finance to Jackson Gothe-Snape on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Mr Gothe-Snape,   Please find attached, an internal review decision and document in regards to your FOI 16/40 reques...
Request for information about savings resulting from protracted EA bargaining
Response by Department of Finance to Red on .

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Red,   Please find attached, a decision in regards to your FOI request (our reference number FOI 16/68).   Regar...

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