2016-17 Most Expensive Event
Dear Department of Human Services,
This is a request under the FOI Act.
Can you please provide the budgets, menus, expenses, invoices, receipts, credit card statements and reimbursements for the most expensive event attended by a Minister or Assistant Minister in your Department's portfolio area in 2016-17.
I request that any fees arising in relation to this request be waived as the information is in the public interest, as it helps inform the public about how the government is spending public revenue.
Yours sincerely,
Jackson Gothe-Snape
Dear Mr Gothe-Snape
Please see the attached correspondence acknowledging your freedom of
information request.
Kind regards
Freedom of Information Team
FOI and Litigation Branch | Legal Services Division
Department of Human Services
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Dear Mr Gothe-Snape
Please see the attached correspondence in relation to your freedom of
information request.
Kind regards
Freedom of Information Team
FOI and Litigation Branch | Legal Services Division
Department of Human Services
Email: [1][email address]
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Hello,
Can you please revise the request to:
Please provide the budgets, menus, expenses, invoices, receipts, credit card statements and reimbursements for the last event attended by the Minister either in a personal or professional capacity in December 2016.
Yours sincerely,
Jackson Gothe-Snape
Dear Mr Gothe-Snape
Thank you for your email.
The department will process your revised request to be for the following
documents:
'Please provide the budgets, menus, expenses, invoices,
receipts, credit card statements and reimbursements for the last event
attended by the Minister either in a personal or professional capacity in
December 2016.'
Kind regards
Freedom of Information Team
FOI and Litigation Branch | Legal Services Division
Department of Human Services
Email: [1][email address]
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jackson Gothe-Snape
[mailto:[FOI #3803 email]]
Sent: Wednesday, 16 August 2017 3:49 PM
To: FOI.LEGAL.TEAM <[email address]>
Subject: Re: LEX31258 - Communication - Your freedom of information
request [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]
Hello,
Can you please revise the request to:
Please provide the budgets, menus, expenses, invoices, receipts, credit
card statements and reimbursements for the last event attended by the
Minister either in a personal or professional capacity in December 2016.
Yours sincerely,
Jackson Gothe-Snape
-----Original Message-----
Dear Mr Gothe-Snape
Please see the attached correspondence in relation to your freedom of
information request.
Kind regards
Freedom of Information Team
FOI and Litigation Branch | Legal Services Division Department of Human
Services
Email: [1][email address]
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Dear Mr Gothe-Snape
Please see the attached correspondence in relation to your freedom of
information request.
Kind regards
Freedom of Information Team
FOI and Litigation Branch | Legal Services Division
Department of Human Services
Email: [1][email address]
[2]cid:image002.png@01CE578F.EEB98AC0
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The agency says that it does not have the information so the request is refused on the ground of s 24A(1) of the Act:
24A Requests may be refused if documents cannot be found, do not
exist or have not been received
Document lost or non-existent
(1) An agency or Minister may refuse a request for access to a
document if:
(a) all reasonable steps have been taken to find the document;
and
(b) the agency or Minister is satisfied that the document:
(i) is in the agency’s or Minister’s possession but cannot be
found; or
(ii) does not exist.