T Nutt
By email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Our reference: LEX 632
Dear Sir/Madam,
Freedom of Information request
1. I am writing about your Freedom of Information (FOI) request under the
Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) made on
31 August 2023 for access to documents held by
the Australian Public Service Commission (Commission).
2. The FOI Act and all other Commonwealth legislation referred to in this letter are publicly
available from www.legislation.gov.au.
Documents relevant to your request
3. You requested access to documents in the following terms:
Under the FOI Act, I seek access to any document relied upon by Mr Riordan that the ‘improved
offer’ referred to in his open letter to the APS ‘remains the largest pay increase’ that SES
employees (those employees being ‘APS employees’) ‘will have received in over a decade’.
Decision
4. I am authorised under subsection 23(1) of the FOI Act to make FOI decisions.
5. I am satisfied that all reasonable steps have been taken to locate documents relevant to
your request.
6. I have identified six (6) documents within scope of your request.
7. I have decided to grant full access to all six documents.
8.
Attachment A sets out the schedule of documents.
Contacts
9. If you require clarification on matters in this letter please contact the Commission’s FOI
Officer by telephone on (02) 6202 3500 or by email at xxx@xxxx.xxx.xx.
Review rights
10. You are entitled to seek review of this decision. Your review rights are set out at
Attachment B.
Yours Sincerely,
Melanie McIntyre
Authorised FOI Decision Maker
27 September 2023
ATTACHMENT A
SCHEDULE OF DOCUMENTS
Document Pages
Description
Exemptions
1
1-46
Australian Government public Sector Workplace
Full Release
Bargaining Policy – March 2014
2
47-56
Workplace Bargaining Policy 2015
Full Release
3
57-66
Workplace Bargaining Policy 2018
Full Release
4
67-74
Public Service Workplace Relations Policy 2020
Full Release
5
75-82
Public Sector Interim Workplace Arrangements 2022
Full Release
6
83-104
Australian Government – Public Sector Workplace
Full Release
Relations Policy 2023
ATTACHMENT B
Rights of Review
Asking for a full explanation of a Freedom of Information decision
If you are dissatisfied with this decision, you may seek review. Before you seek review of a
Freedom of Information (FOI) decision, you may contact us to discuss your request and we
will explain the decision to you.
Seeking review of a Freedom of Information decision
If you still believe a decision is incorrect, the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act)
may give you the right to apply for a review of the decision. Under sections 54 and 54L of the
FOI Act, you can apply for a review of an FOI decision by seeking:
1. an internal review by an different officer of the Australian Public Service
Commission; and/or
2. external review by the Australian Information Commissioner.
There are no fees applied to either review option.
Applying for a review by an Internal Review Officer
If you apply for internal review, a different decision maker to the departmental delegate who
made the original decision will carry out the review. The Internal Review Officer will
consider all aspects of the original decision and decide whether it should change. An
application for internal review must be made in writing within 30 days of receiving this letter
to:
Email:
xxx@xxxx.xxx.xx
Post:
The FOI Officer
Australian Public Service Commission
B Block, Treasury Building
GPO Box 3176
Parkes Place West
PARKES ACT 2600
You do not need to fill in a form. However, it is a good idea to set out any relevant
submissions you would like the Internal Review Officer to further consider, and your reasons
for disagreeing with the decision.
Applying for external review by the Australian Information Commissioner
If you do not agree with the original FOI decision or the internal review decision, you can ask
the Australian Information Commissioner to review the decision. You have 60 days to apply
in writing for a review by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (the OAIC)
from the date you received this letter or any subsequent internal review decision.
You can
lodge your application:
Online:
www.oaic.gov.
au
Post:
Australian Information
Commissioner GPO Box 5218
SYDNEY NSW 2001
Email:
xxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx
The OAIC encourage applicants to apply online. Where possible, to assist the OAIC
you should include your contact information, a copy of the related FOI decision and
provide details of your reasons for objecting to the decision.
Complaints to the Information Commissioner and Commonwealth Ombudsman
Information Commissioner
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in writing. The Information Commissioner's contact details are:
Telephone:
1300 363 992
Website:
www.oaic.gov.
au
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exercise of powers or the performance of functions under the FOI Act. There is no fee for
making a complaint. A complaint to the Ombudsman may be made in person, by
telephone or in writing. The Ombudsman's contact details are:
Phone:
1300 362 072
Website:
www.ombudsman.gov.au
