Our reference: FOI 24/25-1773
OAIC reference: MR25/01145
GPO Box 700
Canberra ACT 2601
1800 800 110
1 August 2025
ndis.gov.au
Paul Carter
By email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Paul Carter
Freedom of Information request – Revised Decision under section 55G of the Freedom
of Information Act
On 15 April 2025 you requested access to documents held by the National Disability
Insurance Agency (NDIA) under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act). Specifically,
you requested access to:
“A list of all possible “Article labels” for NDIA documents, including:
- “PACE user role names” (eg. “dc_users_reviewofficer”)
- “Topics” (eg. “t_planchanges”)
- “Case names” (eg. “dc_case_planchange”)
- “Ownership” (eg. “own_sgplanchangesandconnections”)
Article labels can be found found at the end of most Knowledge Articles, between the
"Next steps" and "Version control" sections.”
On 29 May 2025 you were notified of our decision (original decision) in relation to your
request. That decision refused access to your request under section 24A of the FOI Act.
On 14 July 2025 the NDIA received notice from the Office of the Australian Information
Commissioner (OAIC) that you had sought review by the Information Commissioner (IC) of
our original decision. We understand you sought this review on the basis you believe
additional documents exist within the scope of your request.
The purpose of this letter is to provide you with a revised decision on your request.
Revised Decision under section 55G
Section 55G(1) of the FOI Act provides that at any time during an IC review, an Agency may
vary an access refusal decision in favour of the applicant by giving access to documents in
accordance with their request (revised decision).
Section 55G(2) of the FOI Act provides that an Agency must notify the IC of the revised
decision, and that decision becomes the decision under review.
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Decision on access to documents
I am authorised to make decision sunder section 23(1) of the FOI Act, including revised
decisions under section 55G of that Act.
In accordance with section 55G(1)(a) of the FOI Act, I have decided to vary the original
decision as I have identified one document relevant to the scope of your request. This
document was located by conducting further searches of NDIA systems using all reasonable
search terms that could return documents relevant to your request, and consulting with staff
in our Service Guidance Branch.
I have decided to grant access to this document in full.
In reaching my decision, I took the following into account:
• The original request
• The nature and content of documents falling within the scope of your request
• The original decision
• The notice of IC review
• The FOI Act
• The FOI Guidelines published under section 93A of the FOI Act
• Consultation with relevant NDIA staff.
Release of Document
The document for release, as referred to in the Schedule of Documents at
Attachment A, is
enclosed.
In accordance with section 55G(2) of the FOI Act, I will be providing the IC with a copy of this
revised decision.
If you determine that you are satisfied with this revised decision and do not require this
decision to be reviewed further by the IC, please let the Agency and the OAIC know.
Should you have any enquiries concerning this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me
by email a
t xxx@xxxx.xxx.xx Yours sincerely
Elizabeth (EFH599)
Senior Freedom of Information Officer
Information Release, Privacy and Legal Operations Branch
Reviews and Information Release Division
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Attachment A
Schedule of Documents for FOI 24/25 – 1773 | MR25/01145
Document
Page
Description
Access Decision
number
number
1
1-18
PACE Article Labels
FULL ACCESS
Date: 11 June 2025
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