FOI Health (HEALTH)
From:
FOI Health (HEALTH)
Sent:
Friday, 27 May 2022 12:43 PM
To:
Lee Gannon
Subject:
RE: OFFICIAL: Freedom of Information - F22/0743 - Invalid request - Application fee required
Dear Mr Gannon
Thank you for your email and I apologise for the delay in responding.
At present our online portal is the only means of making payment for Freedom of Information requests.
Please follow the below link to submit a payment, simply note your name and reference number when filling out the details for your request.
https://online.foi.vic.gov.au/foi/request.doj
Kind regards,
Authorised Officer | Freedom of Information Legal, Privacy and Integrity Department of Health www.health.vic.gov.au
We acknowledge the traditional Aboriginal owners of country throughout Victoria and pay our respect to them, their culture and their Elders past, present and future.
OFFICIAL: Sensitive
‐‐‐‐‐Original Message‐‐‐‐‐
From: Lee Gannon <foi+request‐8855‐xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>
Sent: Thursday, 19 May 2022 11:48 AM
To: FOI Health (HEALTH) <xxx@xxxxxx.xxx.xxx.xx>
Subject: Re: OFFICIAL: Freedom of Information ‐ F22/0743 ‐ Invalid request ‐ Application fee required
Dear FOI Health (HEALTH),
Can you advise the address to send a money order for the payment of $30.10.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Lee
‐‐‐‐‐Original Message‐‐‐‐‐
Dear Mr Gannon
I refer to your application under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the
Act) requesting access to:
1
"1. How many VG70 AEONMED machines did Victoria Health instruct Monash Health to purchase? Any documentation related to this question. 2. What instructions were provided to Monash Health and documents? Any documentation related to this
question. 3. Did Victoria Health prescribe a selection process and due diligence and if so related documentation? Any documentation related to this question. 4. Where McKinsey or EY involved in the instruction process or contract assessment? Any
documentation related to this question. 5. Were instructions issued to purchase from a specific dealer (Pop‐Up, New Established Dealer or unathorised dealer)?
Any documentation related to this question. 6. Who did Victoria Health receive instruction to purchase VG70 AEONMED units? Any documentation related to this question. 7. Any documentation Monash provided back to Victoria Health as to the purchase
of VG70 units? Any documentation related to this question."
As the subject‐matter of your request relates to the Department of Health rather than the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing your application has been transferred to the Department of Health for processing.
Your application was received on 4 May 2022.
Invalid request – Application fee required
The Act provides that an application fee of $30.10 must accompany each request. In the current circumstances, the department's preferred method of payment is via the Victorian Government's online FOI portal at the below link:
[1]https://online.foi.vic.gov.au/foi/request.doj
Please quote your reference number (F22/0743) in the "Request Details"
section of the online form. You do not need to provide the wording of your request again.
The Act also provides that the application fee may be waived or reduced if payment of the fee would cause financial hardship. If you consider this to be the case the fee may be waived or reduced on production of evidence of how the payment of the
application fee would cause you hardship.
As stated on the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner’s website, an applicant should provide evidence of hardship when they are requesting an agency to waive or reduce the application fee:
‘If you request the application fee to be waived or reduced, you should provide evidence of hardship – for example, a concession or health care card, a bank statement, or statutory declaration outlining why payment would cause you hardship.’
Please note your request cannot proceed until the application fee or evidence of hardship has been received as it is not a valid request.
I would appreciate it if you would respond by Thursday 26 May 2022, otherwise I will assume that you do not wish to proceed and no further action will be taken by the department.
Anticipated delays in processing
Please also note that, due to a high volume of requests, we are currently experiencing significant delays in processing times. Once you have made your request valid, you may be contacted in the course of processing your request to seek an extension of
time for providing a decision on your request.
Thank you very much for your patience and understanding.
If you have any questions in relation to your request, please direct all correspondence relating to your request to [2][email address].
Kind Regards,
Authorised Officer | Freedom of Information
Legal, Privacy and Integrity
Department of Health
[3]http://www.health.vic.gov.au
We acknowledge the traditional Aboriginal owners of country throughout Victoria and pay our respect to them, their culture and their Elders past, present and future.
2
OFFICIAL
This email contains confidential information intended only for the person named above and may be subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying or use of this information is prohibited. The Department provides
no guarantee that this communication is free of virus or that it has not been intercepted or interfered with.
If you have received this email in error or have any other concerns regarding its transmission, please notify [email address]
This email and/or attached documents may include Victorian protective markings as set out by the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner (OVIC). More information on protective markings can be found [4]here
References
Visible links
1. https://online.foi.vic.gov.au/foi/request.doj
2. mailto:[email address]
3. http://www.health.vic.gov.au/
4. https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/protective‐markings
‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
foi+request‐8855‐xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
This request has been made by an individual using Right to Know. This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. More information on how Right to Know works can be found at:
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.righttoknow.org.au/help/officers__;!!C5rN6bSF!HcvQiZ2LhvHnEOxd3EVtnrV7he8j3Nd31GjlGeREXTYDqYx5hXnZAIC‐U_tXPTLuhaZaGkqL_7JTvPVRhDl6hoAQea‐ASQ7OZRCT$
Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will be delayed.
If you find this service useful as an FOI officer, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's FOI page.
‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
3
