Sensitive – Personal
Our ref: PID-2020-400006
11 May 2020
Mr Peter Woolcott AO
Commissioner
Australian Public Service Commission
By email to:
s 47F
Authorised Officer
xxx@xxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Mr Woolcott
Notification of allocation – section 44(1) of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013
I am writing to notify you of our decision to allocate an internal public interest disclosure to
the Australian Public Service Commission (APSC) for handling under the
Public Interest
Disclosure Act 2013 (the PID Act).
On 7 May 2020, an Authorised Officer of the APSC consented to the al ocation.
Please note that the information below is based solely on that provided by the discloser and
was assessed by this Office under section 26 of the PID Act as an internal public interest
disclosure.
It is the responsibility of your agency to determine how this matter wil be handled from this
point. However we note that this al ocation decision has been made with reference to the
broad powers available to consider the matter by virtue of an allocation under the PID Act
and under the
Public Service Act 1999 (PS Act) (in particular s 41(2)(o)).
Discloser’s Details
The discloser is anonymous, however can be contacted using the fol owing email address.
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Email: s 47F
Information disclosed
Separately, I wil be providing to the APSC al information provided by the discloser. Due to
file size restrictions, the supporting documentation wil be sent in three email messages.
GPO Box 442, Canberra ACT 2601 ▪ Phone 1300 362 072 ▪ ombudsman.gov.au
Sensitive – Personal
Suspected disclosable conduct identified
The al egations generally relate to s 47C,
recruitment processes and decisions at the
Federal Court Statutory Agency (FCSA). The b
47E and rief summary below is not intended to be relied
upon as a ful account of the disclosure.
s 47C, 47E and 47F
s 47C, 47E and 47F
s 47C, 47E and 47F
s 47C, 47E and 47F
s 47C, 47E and 47F
GPO Box 442, Canberra ACT 2601 ▪ Phone 1300 362 072 ▪ ombudsman.gov.au
Sensitive – Personal
If you have any questions about this matter, you may contact me by return email.
Alternatively, if you wish to discuss, you may contact PID Director s 47F
on
s 47F
.
Yours sincerely
s 47F
Authorised Officer
Public Interest Disclosure Team
Commonwealth Ombudsman
Influencing systemic improvement in public administration
GPO Box 442, Canberra ACT 2601 ▪ Phone 1300 362 072 ▪ ombudsman.gov.au