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From:
Alex Pentland <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>
Sent:
Wednesday, 26 July 2023 11:14 AM
To:
FOI Requests
Subject:
Re: FOI 23-24/008 - Acknowledgement and request for assistance [SEC=OFFICIAL]
Dear FOI Requests,

I thank the Department for their reply, the purpose of this reply is toi fall in subsequently narrow the preview of this
request for it to proceed.

For the purposes of "Correspondence from specific people, providing the names of those

people", I narrow this request to the correspondents involving the following people: Ralph Babet, Ralph Babet's
Chief of Staﬀ. Craig Kelly, and Any Individual ac ng as a representa ve of the United Australia Party

For the purpose of "Further details of the types of documents (excluding emails) you seek", as well as emails, any
digital or electronic communica on rela ng to the oﬃce reloca on, any minutes which reference the reloca on, and
any specific bills or financial documents circulated that specifically relate to the costs.

For the purposes of "Providing more detail on the types of “reloca on” costs, is this the

cost of the physical move of the oﬃce? If not please provide further

informa on.", primarily this is the request of just the physical move and moving of equipment, resources, and other
features.

Yours sincerely,

I hope this has provided some clarifica on to aid the request.

Alex Pentland

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OFFICIAL

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Dear Mr/Ms Pentland

Freedom of Informa on Request – FOI 23‐24/008

Thank you for your email to the Department of Finance (Finance) reques ng

access to the following documents under the Freedom of Informa on Act

1982 (FOI Act):

(a) Documents and correspondence rela ng to the moving of Senator Babet's

electorate oﬃce (from the CBD to Narre Warren) from 21 May 2022

(b) The enumerated costs of the move of Senator Babet's electorate oﬃce

from the CBD to Narre Warren.

Request for assistance

The current scope of your request captures a large volume of pages.

We suggest narrowing the scope of your request by providing more

informa on regarding the documents you seek, for example:

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o Correspondence from specific people, providing the names of those

people

o Further details of the types of documents (excluding emails) you seek

o Providing more detail on the types of “reloca on” costs, is this the

cost of the physical move of the oﬃce? If not please provide further

informa on.

We kindly ask that you reply this email by providing further details

regarding the type of documents that you are seeking by COB Wednesday 2

August 2023.

Please note that if we do not receive a response from you, we are required

under the FOI Act to expend addi onal resources to process your request.

We appreciate your assistance in this ma er.

General FOI ma ers

Your request was received by Finance on 14 July 2023. The statutory period

for processing your request commences from the day a er Finance received

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your request and a decision is due on Monday 14 August 2023.

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You will be no fied of any charges in rela on to your request as soon as

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Policy to exclude junior oﬃcer contact details, signatures and mobile

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Finance has adopted a policy to generally exclude from any documents

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Please contact the FOI Team on the below contact details if you wish to

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Classifica on: OFFICIAL

Classified by: [email address] on: 25/07/2023 11:17:55 AM

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