Access to documents held by the APSC

J Motbey made this Freedom of Information request to Australian Public Service Commission

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The request was refused by Australian Public Service Commission.

Dear Australian Public Service Commission (APSC),

The following is a request for documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).

I seek access to documents held by the APSC because those documents were sent by any SES officer at the APSC, or the Australian Public Service Commissioner, to any of the following persons, in the following periods (including where those documents were sent to the following persons because those persons were cc’d in an email):

- Eric Abetz (16 September 2015 – present)
- Tim Wilson (12 December 2014 – present)
- James Paterson (12 December 2014 – present)
- Bridget McKenzie (12 December 2014 – present)

I also seek access to any documents held by the APSC because those documents were received by any SES officer at the APSC, or the Australian Public Service Commissioner, where those documents were sent by the following persons, in the following periods (including where those documents were received by any SES officer at the APSC, or the Australian Public Service Commissioner because those officers (including the Commissioner) were cc’d in an email)):

- Tim Wilson (12 December 2014 – present)
- James Paterson (12 December 2014 – present)
- Bridget McKenzie (12 December 2014 – present)
- Eric Abetz (14 September 2015 – present)

I am aware of the existence of at least 13 documents that fall within the terms of my request. A search of all items on the APSC’s email server (including archived and deleted items) using relevant search terms will allow the APSC to quickly and accurately identify documents that fall within the scope of my request.

Regards

J Motbey

FOI, Australian Public Service Commission

Dear Applicant,

I refer to your request for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (the FOI Act), as below and confirm that the statutory timeframe for responding to your request under the FOI Act is 30 days from the date of receipt. This timeframe may be extended in certain circumstances and we will advise you if such circumstances arise.

The department will advise you if a charge is payable to process your request and the amount of any such charge as soon as practicable.

Should you have any questions in relation to your request, please contact the FOI team by reply email.

Kind regards,

FOI Officer
Legal Services

Australian Public Service Commission
Treasury Building, Parkes Place West, Parkes ACT 2600 GPO Box 3176, Canberra ACT 2601

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FOI, Australian Public Service Commission

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Dear Applicant,

Please find attached correspondence relating to your request.

Kind regards,

FOI Officer
Legal Services

Australian Public Service Commission
Treasury Building, Parkes Place West, Parkes ACT 2600 GPO Box 3176, Canberra ACT 2601

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Locutus Sum left an annotation ()

Mostly I classify a response like this one to say "clarification requested" because the agency has told the applicant that some more information (or money!) is needed before the request will be processed. This time, I have put the response in the category of "refused" because it is more than 1 year since the agency responded and the applicant has not made a follow-up. This does not mean that the agency will refuse the request when an application is made in the correct (required).