uMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=%2BThga3FjtCle0m
f6bwrMJlopKYdiO7WaysB3o%2BqYZ0g%3D&reserved=0
* AusTender CN3695712
https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tender
s.gov.au%2FCn%2FShow%2F2671b392-c6a2-411f-b132-
ee4d6b74d86f&data=04%7C01%7Clegal%40oaic.gov.au%7Cbbe0fd21f3b74c58
7bae08d89a041f5d%7Cea4cdebd454f4218919b7adc32bf1549%7C0%7C1%7C637428
690281102412%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2l
uMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=OYE9UN%2FhEq3jG
Zlr9CLRCbEcnsz0XOsa0maNLG88FYo%3D&reserved=0
* AusTender CN3694802
https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tender
s.gov.au%2FCn%2FShow%2Fd099f04b-8669-4590-b6c4-
7d93c67d00ab&data=04%7C01%7Clegal%40oaic.gov.au%7Cbbe0fd21f3b74c58
7bae08d89a041f5d%7Cea4cdebd454f4218919b7adc32bf1549%7C0%7C1%7C637428
690281102412%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2l
uMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=b%2FgNtlmG0UKkC
%2BncvuVoZ3RFnEN2ufW4hYJ1j5G3%2F%2FY%3D&reserved=0 and
* AusTender CN3693305
https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tender
s.gov.au%2FCn%2FShow%2F505cc6c0-15ca-44db-8c8e-
745dcced8f78&data=04%7C01%7Clegal%40oaic.gov.au%7Cbbe0fd21f3b74c58
7bae08d89a041f5d%7Cea4cdebd454f4218919b7adc32bf1549%7C0%7C1%7C637428
690281102412%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2l
uMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=J5eN20sZ%2F5%2B
mSwUq64ka9tirfn9UAzEk3tvSkxwFnlU%3D&reserved=0 - including any
document identifying the need for $59K+ resilience development program for the
less than 100 ongoing OAIC staff members (making it roughly $600 per ongoing staff
member to teach them how to be resilient)”.
On 25 December 2020 you clarified the scope your request and confirmed that in
your request you are referring to:
• AusTender CN3717147 not AusTender CN371714.
• AusTender CN3711121 – not the hyperlink provided which goes to Contract Notice
View - CN3717147
On 15 January 2021 I wrote to you that I believed the work involved in processing
your request in its current form would substantially and unreasonably divert the
resources of the OAIC from its other operations due to its size and broad scope. I
explained that a failure to comply with these requirements is a ‘practical refusal’
reason under s 24AA of the FOI Act.
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I gave you an opportunity to consult me to revise your request to remove the
practical refusal reasons and asked you to confirm whether you wanted to revise
your request, withdraw your request or whether you did not want to revise your
request.
I advised you that the consultation process ran for 14 days and that you must
respond by Friday 29 January 2021. I advised you that you could ask me for help to
revise your request during this period. I provided you with my email address and
direct phone number.
Request consultation process
A request is taken to be withdrawn under s 24AB(7) of the FOI Act if the applicant
does not consult the contact person during the consultation period in accordance
with the notice or:
• withdraw their request
• make a revised request
• tell us that you do not wish to revise your request.
In my letter of 15 January 2021 I advised you that if you did not do one of these three
things during the 14 day consultation period or you did not consult me during this
period, your FOI request will be taken to have been withdrawn.
I did not receive a response from you to my letter of 15 January 2021. Accordingly,
under s 24AB(7) of the FOI Act, this FOI request is taken to be withdrawn. Your file is
now closed.
Yours sincerely,
John Molloy
Senior Lawyer
4 February 2021
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