Our reference:
ACTHDFOI21-22.38
Buko
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Applicant
DECISION ON YOUR ACCESS APPLICATION
I refer to your application under Section 30 of the
Freedom of Information Act 2016 (FOI Act),
received by ACT Health Directorate (ACTHD) on
Thursday 13 January 2022. Clarification regarding
the scope of the application was received on
Monday 24 January 2022.
This application requested access to:
‘
Documents including but not limited to emails, text messages or briefs with information
about the supply of RATs to ACT Ministers or their offices by the ACT Health Directorate in
the months December 2021 and January 2022. For clarity this is about the supply of RAT tests
for the use of those offices.’
I am an Information Officer appointed by the Director-General of ACT Health Directorate (ACTHD)
under Section 18 of the FOI Act to deal with access applications made under Part 5 of the Act.
ACTHD was required to provide a decision on your access application by
Tuesday 22 February 2022.
I have identified two documents holding the information within scope of your access application.
These are outlined in the schedule of documents included at Attachment A to this decision letter.
My access decisions are detailed further in the fol owing statement of reasons and the documents
released to you are provided at Attachment B to this letter.
In reaching my access decision, I have taken the fol owing into account:
• The FOI Act;
• The contents of the documents that fal within the scope of your request; and
• The
Human Rights Act 2004.
Decisions on access
I have decided to grant full access to the information within scope contained in the two documents.
The information redacted is out of scope of your access application.
I am also able to advise that ACT Health Directorate (ACTHD) and Canberra Health Services (CHS) did
not provide Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) to the ACT Minister’s or their offices as a result of this
communication.
Charges
Processing charges are not applicable to this request.
Disclosure Log
Under Section 28 of the FOI Act, ACTHD maintains an online record of access applications cal ed a
disclosure log. The scope of your access application, my decision and documents released to you wil
be published in the disclosure log not less than three days but not more than 10 days after the date
of this decision. Your personal contact details wil not be published.
https://www.health.act.gov.au/about-our-health-system/freedom-information/disclosure-log.
GPO Box 825 Canberra ACT 2601 | phone: 132281 | www.health.act.gov.au
Ombudsman review
My decision on your access request 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 in ACT Health’s disclosure log, or
a longer period al owed 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 ema
il: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Websit
e: ombudsman.act.gov.au
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
Level 4, 1 Moore St
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, please do not hesitate to contact the
FOI Coordinator on (02) 5124 9831 or emai
l xxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx.xx.
Yours sincerely
Cherie Hughes
Chief Operating Officer, COVID-19 Response
ACT Health Directorate
22 February 2022
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION SCHEDULE OF DOCUMENTS
Please be aware that under the
Freedom of Information Act 2016, some of the information provided to you wil be released to the public through the ACT
Government’s Open Access Scheme. The Open Access release status column of the table below indicates what documents are intended for release online
through open access.
Personal information or business affairs information wil not be made available under this policy. If you think the content of your request would contain
such information, please inform the contact officer immediately.
Information about what is published on open access is available online at
: http://www.health.act.gov.au/public-information/consumers/freedom-
information
APPLICANT NAME
WHAT ARE THE PARAMETERS OF THE REQUEST
FILE NUMBER
Documents including but not limited to emails, text messages or briefs with information
Buko, RighttoKnow.org
about the supply of RATs to ACT Ministers or their offices by the ACT Health Directorate in
ACTHDFOI21-22.38
the months December 2021 and January 2022. For clarity this is about the supply of RAT
tests for the use of those offices.
Ref
Page
Description
Date
Status Decision
Factor
Open Access
Number
Number
release status
Text message communication
1.
1
between ACT Health
Directorate and Canberra
4 January 2022
Full Release
Out of scope information
redacted
YES
Health Services
Text message communication
2.
2
between ACT Health
Directorate and Minister’s
4 January 2022
Full Release
Out of scope information
redacted
YES
Office
Total Number of Documents
2
