12 January 2015
By email: Pinar Yilmaz <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>
Dear Ms Yilmaz
Freedom of Information (FOI) Request No. 14/15-087
I refer to your request received by the Department of Social Services (the Department)
on 26 December 2014 for access to:
βall Internal communication (emails, briefings and other means of
communications) regarding "Armenian Genocide" and/or the "Armenian National
Committee" since September 2013.β
As your request covers documents which contain information concerning the affairs of
an organisation and an individual, the Department is required to consult with the
organisation and individual concerned before making a decision on the release of those
documents.
We will take into account any comments we receive from the organisation and individual
consulted but the final decision about whether to grant you access to the documents
rests with this Department.
Pursuant to section 15(6) of the FOI Act the period for processing your request has
been extended by 30 calendar days in order to allow our agency time to consult with the
organisation concerned. Taking into account the period of time during which the
request consultation was underway, the revised date for notification of a decision to you
is
11 February 2015.
More information about exemptions under the FOI Act is available in Fact Sheet 8
published by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (attached).
Please do not hesitate to contact an FOI officer at
xxx@xxx.xxx.xx if you have any
questions.
Yours sincerely,
FOI Officer
Information Law
Public Law Branch
Legal Services Group
Department of Social Services
PO Box 7576 Canberra Business Centre ACT 2610
Email ο Facsimile ο Telephone 1300 653 227
National Relay Service: TTY: 133 677, Speak and listen: 1300 555 727, Internet relay: www.relayservice.com.au
www.dss.gov.au
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