FOI reference: FOI 25-0518 LD
Rob Stewart
By email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Rob Stewart
Decision on your Freedom of Information Request
I refer to your information access request of 30 June 2025 made to the Department of
Health, Disability and Ageing (
the department) under the
Freedom of Information Act
1982 (Cth) (
FOI Act). In your request, you sought access to:
I recently received information about young people in nursing homes. It said that the
cohort has shrunk sharply from 3 690 (2020) down to 734 (Mar 2025).
I would like both statistics and mortality statistics as follows;
a) statistics for the number of younger people in nursing homes (ie, under 65, including
Aboriginal people at the approved age) per year from June 2018 to June 2025.
b) statistics for the number of younger people in nursing homes who have died per year
from June 2018 to June 2025, (again, under 65, including Aboriginal people at the
approved age)
c) disaggregated statistics for both for NDIS participants.
I am authorised under subsection 23(1) of the FOI Act to make decisions in relation to
Freedom of Information requests. I am writing to notify you of my decision on your
access request.
Consultation on request
On 17 July 2025, the department contacted you by email to advise you of the partial
transfer of part c) of your request to the National Disability Insurance Agency under
section 16(1) of the FOI Act.
c) disaggregated statistics for both for NDIS participants.
GPO Box 9848 Canberra ACT 2601
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Decision on access
You have requested access to information that is held in the department’s computer
systems.
Pursuant to section 17 of the FOI Act, the department has used its computer systems
to produce one document that contains the information you are seeking to access.
I have decided to grant access to this one document in full
Legislative provisions
The FOI Act, including the provisions referred to in my decision, is available on the
Federal Register of Legislation websit
e: www.legislation.gov.au/Series/C2004A02562.
The
Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (
Privacy Act), can also be accessed from the Federal Register
of Legislation website her
e: www.legislation.gov.au/Series/C2004A03712.
Your review rights
I have set out your review rig
hts at ATTACHMENT B.
Publication
Where I have decided to release documents to you, the department may also publish
the released material on its Disclosure Log, as required by section 11C of the FOI Act.
The department will not publish personal or business affairs information where it
would be unreasonable to do so.
For your reference the department’s Disclosure Log can be found at:
www.health.gov.au/resources/foi-disclosure-log.
Contacts
If you require clarification of any matters discussed in this letter you can contact the
FOI Section on (02) 6289 1666 or at
xxx@xxxxxx.xxx.xx.
Yours sincerely
Robert Day
Assistant Secretary
Harmonisation and Regulatory Strategy Branch
25 July 2025
GPO Box 9848 Canberra ACT 2601
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ATTACHMENT A.
SCHEDULE OF DOCUMENTS
FOI REQUEST 25-0518 LD
Document Pages
Date
Description
Decision on
Relevant
access
provision/s
of FOI Act
1
3
22 July 2025 Document produced under section 17 of
Granted in full
N/A
the FOI act.
GPO Box 9848 Canberra ACT 2601
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ATTACHMENT B.
YOUR REVIEW RIGHTS
If you are dissatisfied with my decision, you may apply for a review.
Internal review
You can request internal review within 30 days of you receiving this decision. An
internal review will be conducted by a different officer from the original decision
maker.
No particular form is required to apply for review although it will assist your case to
set out the grounds on which you believe that the original decision should be changed.
Applications for internal review can be made by:
Email:
xxx@xxxxxx.xxx.xx
Mail:
FOI Section (Level 3 North)
Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
GPO Box 9848
CANBERRA ACT 2601
If you choose to seek an internal review, you will also have a right to apply for
Information Commissioner review (
IC review) of the internal review decision once it
has been provided to you.
Information Commissioner review or complaint
You have the right to seek Information Commissioner (IC) review of this decision. For
FOI applicants, an application for IC review must be made in writing within 60 days
of the decision. For third parties who object to disclosure of their information, an
application for IC review must be made in writing within 30 days of the decision.
If you are not satisfied with the way we have handled your FOI request, you can lodge
a complaint with the OAIC. However, the OAIC suggests that complaints are made to
the agency in the first instance.
While there is no particular form required to make a complaint to the OAIC, the
complaint should be in writing and set out the reasons for why you are dissatisfied
with the way your request was processed. It should also identify the Department of
Health, Disability and Ageing as the agency about which you are complaining.
You can make an IC review application or make an FOI complaint in one of the
following ways:
• online at www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-information/reviews-and-
complaints/
• via email to xxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx
• by mail to GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001, or
• by fax to 02 9284 9666.
GPO Box 9848 Canberra ACT 2601
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More information about the Information Commissioner reviews and complaints is
available on the OAIC website here: www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-information/foi-
review-process.
Complaint
If you are dissatisfied with action taken by the department, you may also make a
complaint directly to the department.
Complaints to the department are covered by the department’s privacy policy. A form
for lodging a complaint directly to the department is available on the department’s
website her
e: www.health.gov.au/about-us/contact-us/complaints
GPO Box 9848 Canberra ACT 2601
- www.health.gov.au
