
PO Box 7820
CANBERRA BC ACT 2610
Please quote: LEX7511
12 May 2014
Mr Stephen Roddis
By email: foi+request‐559‐
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Mr Roddis,
Your Freedom of Information request
1. I refer to your correspondence received by the Department of Human Services (the
department) on 12 April 2014 in which you requested a charge not to be imposed pursuant to
section 29(1)(f)(ii) of the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).
Background
2. The department received your request on 13 March 2014. You sought access to the following
documents under the FOI Act:
“the report arising from the Privacy Impact Assessment of myGov”.
3.
On 9 April 2014, the department wrote to you to notify you of the preliminary estimate of the
applicable charge, totalling $343.45 (the Charge).
4.
On 24 April 2014, the department received your request for the Charge to not be imposed,
pursuant to section 29(1)(f)(ii) of the FOI Act. You submitted that the Charge should not be
imposed on the basis that access to the information is in the interest of a substantial section
of the public.
5.
You also noted that the department’s notification indicated that the documents within the
scope of your request totalled 5 pages. I note that this figure was a typographical error; the
documents falling within the scope of your request total 58 pages.
Decision Maker
6.
I am an authorised decision maker under section 23 of the FOI Act.
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