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CHSFOI25-26.15
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DECISION ON YOUR ACCESS APPLICATION
I refer to your application under section 30 of the
Freedom of Information Act 2016 (FOI Act),
received by Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate (CMTEDD) on
Monday 20 October 2025. You have sought access to the following government information:
‘I am seeking any documents that list the services and functions that have been insourced by
the ACT Government, the number of staff brought in-house and who the previous providers
were.’
CMTEDD sought clarification via email correspondence regarding the scope of your access
application on
Wednesday 22 October 2025. You provided a response with the below clarified
scope:
‘I am seeking information on services that were previously provided by private or not for
profit providers but are now done or will be done by the ACT Government.
Examples in the ACT would include public school cleaning, maintenance of public housing,
weighbridge operators at resource management centres and school crossing supervisors,
cleaning and food services at hospitals.
The timeframe would be since the 2016 ACT election.’
CMTEDD partially transferred the request to Canberra Health Services (the Directorate) who
accepted on
Wednesday 29 October 2025.
Authority
I am an Information Officer appointed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Directorate under
section 18 of the FOI Act to deal with access applications made under Part 5 of the Act. The
Directorate was required to provide a decision on your access application by
Wednesday 10 December 2025.
Searches and material considered
Thorough searches of records in the Directorate were undertaken, and the information has been
extracted into one document holding the information within the scope of your access application.
In reaching my access decision, I have taken the following into account:
• your access application dated 29 October 2025;
• the documents containing the information that fall within the scope of your access application;
• The FOI Act;
• the
Human Rights Act 2004; and
GPO Box 158 Canberra ACT 2601 | phone: 132281 | www.act.gov.au
• the
Information Privacy Act 2014.
My access decisions are detailed further in the following statement of reasons and the documents
released to you are provided as Attachment A to this letter.
Decision on access
My decision is to grant full access to the document under section 35(1)(a) of the FOI Act.
For further information regarding the FOI Act please visit the below website
https://legislation.act.gov.au/View/a/2016-55/current/html/2016-55.html
Charges
Processing charges are not applicable to this request.
Disclosure Log
Under section 28 of the FOI Act, the Directorate maintains an online record of access applications
called a disclosure log. The scope of your access application, my decision and documents released to
you will be published in the disclosure log not less than three days but not more than 10 days after
the date of this decision.
Please be aware that no personal information will be included in the published information all other
information will be published o
n https://www.act.gov.au/open/foi-disclosure-logs/act-health-
directorate-and-canberra-health-services-disclosure-logs.
Review rights
ACT Ombudsman
My decision on your access application is a reviewable decision as identified in Schedule 3 of the
FOI Act. You have the right to seek Ombudsman review of this outcome under section 73 of the Act
within 20 working days from the day that my decision is published on the Directorate’s disclosure
log, or a longer period allowed by the Ombudsman.
If you wish to request a review of my decision you may write to the Ombudsman at:
The ACT Ombudsman
GPO Box 442
CANBERRA ACT 2601
Via em
ail: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Alternatively you may wish to visit the websi
te https://www.ombudsman.act.gov.au/accountability-
and-oversight/freedom-of-information/foi-complaints-and-reviews.
ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal (ACAT) review
Under section 84 of the Act, if a decision is made under section 82(1) on an Ombudsman review, you
may apply to the ACAT for review of the Ombudsman decision.
Further information may be obtained from the ACAT at:
ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal
Allara House
15 Constitution Avenue
GPO Box 370
Canberra City ACT 2601
Telephone: (02) 6207 1740
http://www.acat.act.gov.au/
Further assistance
Should you have any queries in relation to your request or would like further information, please do
not hesitate to contact the FOI Team on (02) 5124 9831 or via email
at xxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx.xx.
Yours sincerely
Liz Lopa
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Canberra Health Services
8 December 2025
