Our reference: FOI 2122-109
Decision date: 25 March 2022
Applicant name: Karen
via ‘Right to Know’
By email:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Karen,
Freedom of Information request FOI 2122-108
I refer to your correspondence received by the Department of Social Services
(the Department) on 14 February 2022, in which you requested access to documents under
the Commonwealth
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act). Specifically, you asked:
‘Of the $398.3 mil ion dollars budgeted for ILC grant expenditure under the
current investment strategy, how much has not yet been awarded?’
Decision
The Department has undertaken a reasonable search of its records and, in accordance
with section 17 of the FOI Act, has produced a document containing the information you
have asked for in a discrete form.
I have made a decision to grant access to that document, as identified at
Appendix 1, in
full.
Authority to make decision
I am an officer authorised by the Secretary of the Department to make decisions about
access to documents in the possession of the Department in accordance with section 23(1)
of the FOI Act.
Access to documents
The document released to you in accordance with the FOI Act is enclosed.
Publication of information in accessed documents
The Department is required to publish information released in response to individual
requests made under the FOI Act, except in specified circumstances.
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I am of the view that the documents released to you should be made available on the
Department’s FOI Disclosure Log. As such, details of your request wil be published on the
Department’s FOI Disclosure Log within 10 days of release. The Department’s FOI
Disclosure Log can be accessed at https://www.dss.gov.au/about-the-department/freedom-
of-information/disclosure-log.
Should you have any enquiries concerning this matter please do not hesitate to contact the
FOI team by email at
xxx@xxx.xxx.xx.
Yours sincerely,
E. Scott
Director
Freedom of Information Section
Legal Services Branch
25 March 2022
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Appendix 1
Schedule of documents
FOI 2122-109
Document
Date of
Document description
Pages Decision Applicable
reference
document
Exemptions
1
25 March
ILC Program funding that
1
Full
N/A
2020
had not been awarded1
Access
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