Dear FOI team

I am making a request under the Freedom of Information Act.

I am requesting the average APS base salary for each diversity group (CALD/NESB, people with a disability, First Nations, gender), for each year going back to 2015.

Yours faithfully

FOI, Australian Public Service Commission

8 Attachments

OFFICIAL

 

Dear Applicant,

 

Our reference: LEX 1679

 

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your request under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) for internal review.

 

The timeframe for responding to your request is 30 days from the date of
receipt. Therefore, the due date for this request is 22 November 2025.

 

This date falls on a Sunday. The Office of the Australian Information
Commissioner’s [1]Guidance provides the following:

 

“The end of the 30 day processing period is affected by s 36(2) of
the Acts Interpretation Act 1901. If the last day for notifying a decision
falls on a Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday, the timeframe will expire
on the first day following which is none of those days.”

 

On this basis, we are extending the due date for your request to Monday,
24 November 2025.

 

Kind regards,

 

FOI Officer

Legal Services

[2]Title: "" - Description: ""Australian Public Service Commission

[3][IMG][4][IMG][5][IMG]w: [6]www.apsc.gov.au

 

 

 

 

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FOI, Australian Public Service Commission

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OFFICIAL

 

Dear Applicant,

 

Thank you for your FOI request.

 

Following consultation with the relevant areas within the Commission, we
have been informed that the Commission holds documents containing the
requested information. However, the documents comprise of datasets that
change over time due to updates from agencies, and therefore some
information within these documents is now inaccurate.

 

To avoid confusion and to ensure the Commission provides you with the most
accurate and up to date information being requested, the Commission
proposes providing you the information via an administrative release.

 

Please advise by Thursday, 30 October 2025 if you agree to withdraw your
request and receive the information via administrative release.

 

Kind regards,

 

FOI Officer

Legal Services

[1]Title: "" - Description: ""Australian Public Service Commission

[2][IMG][3][IMG][4][IMG]w: [5]www.apsc.gov.au

 

 

 

From: FOI <[email address]>
Sent: Friday, 24 October 2025 8:46 AM
To: O <[FOI #13919 email]>
Cc: FOI <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Acknowledgement - FOI Request | LEX 1679 [SEC=OFFICIAL]

 

OFFICIAL

 

Dear Applicant,

 

Our reference: LEX 1679

 

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your request under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) for internal review.

 

The timeframe for responding to your request is 30 days from the date of
receipt. Therefore, the due date for this request is 22 November 2025.

 

This date falls on a Sunday. The Office of the Australian Information
Commissioner’s [6]Guidance provides the following:

 

“The end of the 30 day processing period is affected by s 36(2) of
the Acts Interpretation Act 1901. If the last day for notifying a decision
falls on a Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday, the timeframe will expire
on the first day following which is none of those days.”

 

On this basis, we are extending the due date for your request to Monday,
24 November 2025.

 

Kind regards,

 

FOI Officer

Legal Services

[7]Title: "" - Description: ""Australian Public Service Commission

[8][IMG][9][IMG][10][IMG]w: [11]www.apsc.gov.au

 

 

 

 

______________________________________________________________________ 
IMPORTANT: This message, and any attachments to it, contains information 
that is confidential and may also be the subject of legal professional or 
other privilege. If you are not the intended recipient of this message,
you 
must not review, copy, disseminate or disclose its contents to any other 
party or take action in reliance of any material contained within it. If
you 
have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately
by 
return email informing them of the mistake and delete all copies of the 
message from your computer system. 
______________________________________________________________________

References

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2. https://www.linkedin.com/company/austral...
3. https://www.instagram.com/auspublicservi...
4. https://www.linkedin.com/company/apsc/
5. http://www.apsc.gov.au/
6. https://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-infor...
8. https://www.linkedin.com/company/austral...
9. https://www.instagram.com/auspublicservi...
10. https://www.linkedin.com/company/apsc/
11. http://www.apsc.gov.au/

Dear FOI Team

I agree to withdraw my request and receive the information about average APS base salary by diversity group via administrative release.

Yours sincerely

FOI, Australian Public Service Commission

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OFFICIAL
Dear Applicant,

Please see attached document provided by way of administrative release.

Kind regards,

FOI Officer
Legal Services
Australian Public Service Commission
w: www.apsc.gov.au

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