Archived psychometric data and documents of research on the I-CAN tool - Centre for Disability Studies
Dear University of New South Wales,
Please provide archived psychometric data and documents of research on the tool I-CAN from the Centre for Disability Studies.
Please provide any papers or documents on I-CAN 6 and I-CAN DSOA
Please provide any documents on the proposal for the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) for the Supports Needs Assessments, including correspondence between NDIA and CDS
Yours faithfully,
Shirley Humphris
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Dear Shirley
Your request for access to information held by UNSW
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Dear Shirley
We refer to your information access application under the Government
Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) (the GIPA Act) dated 4 January
2026 and received by the University following payment of the statutory
application fee on 19 January 2026.
It is a valid application and must be decided by 17 February 2026, unless
the decision period is extended for consultation, to retrieve records from
an archive, or by agreement. If your application is not decided by the end
of the decision period, it is deemed to have been refused. If this occurs,
you are entitled to seek a review of that refusal.
Under the GIPA Act, you have a right to request a review of certain
decisions made by the University about the release of information. These
rights are summarised in the attached leaflet.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Kind regards
UNSW GIPA Team
Legal & Compliance | Office of Assurance & Integrity
Division of Vice Chancellor & President
E: [1][UNSW request email]
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UNSW SYDNEY NSW 2052 AUSTRALIA
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(UNSW Canberra) who are the traditional Owners of the lands where each
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Dear Shirley
We write to provide you with an update on your application.
Notice of transfer of application
On 3 February 2026, your application was transferred to the University of
Sydney under s 45 of the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009
(NSW) (the GIPA Act).
UNSW proposed the transfer on the basis that:
• UNSW could not identify any information within the scope of your
application; and
• the University of Sydney is known or reasonably expected to hold this
information.
The University of Sydney consented to the transfer.
The effect of the transfer is that UNSW is not required to decide your
application.
Next steps
If you have any queries about your application, please contact
[1][email address].
Regards
UNSW GIPA Team
Legal & Compliance | Office of Assurance & Integrity
Division of Vice Chancellor & President
E: [2][UNSW request email]
W: [3]https://www.legal.unsw.edu.au/
UNSW SYDNEY NSW 2052 AUSTRALIA
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CRICOS Provider Code 00098G
UNSW is located on the unceded territory of the Bedegal (Kensington
campus), Gadigal (City and Paddington Campuses) and Ngunnawal peoples
(UNSW Canberra) who are the traditional Owners of the lands where each
campus of UNSW is situated.
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From: GIPAA
Sent: Monday, 19 January 2026 9:58 AM
To: 'Shirley Humphris' <[5][FOI #14159 email]>
Subject: RE: Government Information (Public Access) request - Archived
psychometric data and documents of research on the I-CAN tool - Centre for
Disability Studies
Dear Shirley
We refer to your information access application under the Government
Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) (the GIPA Act) dated 4 January
2026 and received by the University following payment of the statutory
application fee on 19 January 2026.
It is a valid application and must be decided by 17 February 2026, unless
the decision period is extended for consultation, to retrieve records from
an archive, or by agreement. If your application is not decided by the end
of the decision period, it is deemed to have been refused. If this occurs,
you are entitled to seek a review of that refusal.
Under the GIPA Act, you have a right to request a review of certain
decisions made by the University about the release of information. These
rights are summarised in the attached leaflet.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Kind regards
UNSW GIPA Team
Legal & Compliance | Office of Assurance & Integrity
Division of Vice Chancellor & President
E: [6][UNSW request email]
W: [7]https://www.legal.unsw.edu.au/
UNSW SYDNEY NSW 2052 AUSTRALIA
[8]A picture containing diagram Description automatically generated
CRICOS Provider Code 00098G
UNSW is located on the unceded territory of the Bedegal (Kensington
campus), Gadigal (City and Paddington Campuses) and Ngunnawal peoples
(UNSW Canberra) who are the traditional Owners of the lands where each
campus of UNSW is situated.
Confidential communication – This email and any files transmitted with it
are confidential and are intended solely for the addressee. If you are not
the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this
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you have received this email in error, please notify me immediately by
return email and destroy this email.
Dear Ms Humphris,
I am writing about the access application that was transferred to the
University of Sydney from the University of New South Wales
After reviewing the wording of your request, I do not consider that the
application is valid under the GIPA Act and we are not able to progress it
in its current form.
The request is not for clearly identified information held by the
University
Your request seeks “archived psychometric data and documents of research”
on the I-CAN tool from the Centre for Disability Studies, as well as
material about I-CAN 6 / I-CAN DSOA and “any documents on the proposal” to
the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), including correspondence
between NDIA and CDS.
Based on our initial review, the Centre for Disability Studies is not part
of the University of Sydney in a way that makes its records “government
information held by” the University for the purposes of the GIPA Act. In
practical terms, this means the University does not hold (and is not
required to obtain) documents from that organisation under the GIPA Act.
The scope is expressed too broadly to be identified with reasonable effort
Even if some related records existed within University systems, the scope
is currently framed in very broad terms (for example, “archived
psychometric data”, “any papers or documents”, and “any documents …
including correspondence”). As written, it is not specific enough for the
University to identify what information is being requested with reasonable
effort.
Searches must be reasonably directed
Under the GIPA Act, we are required to conduct reasonable searches, but
those searches need to be reasonably directed.
Currently, your application does not indicate where within the University
the relevant records would sit (if they exist), or how they would be
stored.
If you intended to request information held by the University of Sydney,
you will need to provide enough detail for us to target searches, such as:
• which part of the University you believe would have dealt with the
I-CAN tool or related NDIA work (for example, a
faculty/school/unit/clinic/centre),
• any individual(s) you believe were involved (name/title), and/or
• where you think the records might exist (for example, a particular
system, project file, contract file, research administration platform,
shared mailbox, or similar).
To help you get to the information you are looking for, you might
consider:
1. Contacting the Centre for Disability Studies directly to ask for the
I-CAN research materials, archived data, NDIA proposal documents, or
correspondence (to the extent it is held by them). This is likely to
be the most direct path if the documents are held outside the
University.
2. If you intended to seek records held by the University of Sydney,
replying with a revised scope that includes:
• a defined date range,
• the specific document types you want (for example, final reports
only; published papers only; final versions of proposals only;
specific correspondence only), and
• the University area/system/person you believe would hold the records.
If you reply with those details, I can indicate whether the revised
request is likely to meet the GIPA Act validity requirements and be
searchable in a practical way.
Warm regards
Jimmi Aasberg | Senior Manager Information Access (GIPA)
Archives and Records Management Services
The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006
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