Breakdown of costs associated with the NDIS Review
Dear National Disability Insurance Agency,
I am requesting access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982. Specifically, I seek documents held by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) that relate to the development, implementation, or discussion of strategies involving "Growth Targets," "Growth Caps," and "Cost Savings" within the context of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
Scope of Request:
1. Internal emails, memos, or directives sent to or from the senior NDIA staff internally or externally between January 2022 and present that reference:
"Growth Targets"
"Growth Caps"
"Cost Savings"
in relation to NDIS participant numbers, scheme cost or plan utlilisation.
2. Minutes of meetings, briefing notes, or reports prepared for or by senior NDIA executives that discuss:
Strategies to manage participant growth
Measures to cap funding growth
Cost-saving initiatives and their projected impacts on service delivery or participant outcomes.
Exclusions:
To streamline this request, I exclude:
Personal information about any individual
Media articles or publicly available documents
Timeframe for Response:
I understand the statutory timeframe for processing FOI requests is 30 days. If my request is likely to attract charges, please inform me of the estimate before proceeding.
I am happy to recieved staged delivery and to coloaborate on the request via teams meeting to conduct a remote document review to help cull out of scope material.
If you require clarification or have suggestions to refine the scope, please feel free to contact me. I look forward to your response.
Yours faithfully,
Mark Pietsch
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Dear Mark Pietsch
Freedom of Information Request: Acknowledgement & Revision of Scope
Thank you for your request of 14 January 2025, made under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), for copies of documents/information held
by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA).
Scope of your Request
You have requested access to:
“…1. Internal emails, memos, or directives sent to or from the senior NDIA
staff internally or externally between January 2022 and present that
reference:
"Growth Targets"
"Growth Caps"
"Cost Savings"
in relation to NDIS participant numbers, scheme cost or plan utlilisation.
2. Minutes of meetings, briefing notes, or reports prepared for or by
senior NDIA executives that discuss:
Strategies to manage participant growth
Measures to cap funding growth
Cost-saving initiatives and their projected impacts on service delivery or
participant outcomes...”
Revision of Scope
I am writing to advise that the work involved in processing your request
in its current form would substantially and unreasonably divert the
resources of the NDIA from its other operations due to its size/broad
scope.
I have conducted a preliminary search for documents which are likely to be
relevant to your request. This search has revealed that the NDIA is in
possession of more than 306,229 individual documents that may fall within
the scope of your request, not including any attachments which may be
contained within those documents.
To reduce the scope of your request, you might like to consider:
o A reduced date range (i.e. three months)
o Names or position titles of the specific senior staff that relate to
the scope of your request.
o Exclude Emails
Please provide us with a revised scope by 12pm Tuesday 18 February 2025,
so that we can continue to process your request.
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From: Mark Pietsch <[FOI #12733 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 14 January 2025 10:31 PM
To: foi <[NDIA request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Breakdown of costs associated
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Dear National Disability Insurance Agency,
I am requesting access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act
1982. Specifically, I seek documents held by the National Disability
Insurance Agency (NDIA) that relate to the development, implementation, or
discussion of strategies involving "Growth Targets," "Growth Caps," and
"Cost Savings" within the context of the National Disability Insurance
Scheme (NDIS).
Scope of Request:
1. Internal emails, memos, or directives sent to or from the senior NDIA
staff internally or externally between January 2022 and present that
reference:
"Growth Targets"
"Growth Caps"
"Cost Savings"
in relation to NDIS participant numbers, scheme cost or plan utlilisation.
2. Minutes of meetings, briefing notes, or reports prepared for or by
senior NDIA executives that discuss:
Strategies to manage participant growth
Measures to cap funding growth
Cost-saving initiatives and their projected impacts on service delivery or
participant outcomes.
Exclusions:
To streamline this request, I exclude:
Personal information about any individual Media articles or publicly
available documents
Timeframe for Response:
I understand the statutory timeframe for processing FOI requests is 30
days. If my request is likely to attract charges, please inform me of the
estimate before proceeding.
I am happy to recieved staged delivery and to coloaborate on the request
via teams meeting to conduct a remote document review to help cull out of
scope material.
If you require clarification or have suggestions to refine the scope,
please feel free to contact me. I look forward to your response.
Yours faithfully,
Mark Pietsch
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Dear Mark Pietsch
Thank you for your request for information.
Please find attached correspondence in relation to your request.
Please contact us at [1][NDIA request email] if you have any questions or
require help.
Kind regards
Megan
Freedom of Information Officer
Complaints Management & FOI Branch
General Counsel Division
National Disability Insurance Agency
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From: foi <[NDIA request email]>
Sent: Friday, 14 February 2025 3:05 PM
To: 'Mark Pietsch' <[FOI #12733 email]>
Cc: foi <[NDIA request email]>
Subject: FOI-3 24/25-1105 - Your request for access to documents -
Acknowledgement & Revision of Scope [SEC=OFFICIAL]
Dear Mark Pietsch
Freedom of Information Request: Acknowledgement & Revision of Scope
Thank you for your request of 14 January 2025, made under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), for copies of documents/information held
by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA).
Scope of your Request
You have requested access to:
“…1. Internal emails, memos, or directives sent to or from the senior NDIA
staff internally or externally between January 2022 and present that
reference:
"Growth Targets"
"Growth Caps"
"Cost Savings"
in relation to NDIS participant numbers, scheme cost or plan utlilisation.
2. Minutes of meetings, briefing notes, or reports prepared for or by
senior NDIA executives that discuss:
Strategies to manage participant growth
Measures to cap funding growth
Cost-saving initiatives and their projected impacts on service delivery or
participant outcomes...”
Revision of Scope
I am writing to advise that the work involved in processing your request
in its current form would substantially and unreasonably divert the
resources of the NDIA from its other operations due to its size/broad
scope.
I have conducted a preliminary search for documents which are likely to be
relevant to your request. This search has revealed that the NDIA is in
possession of more than 306,229 individual documents that may fall within
the scope of your request, not including any attachments which may be
contained within those documents.
To reduce the scope of your request, you might like to consider:
o A reduced date range (i.e. three months)
o Names or position titles of the specific senior staff that relate to
the scope of your request.
o Exclude Emails
Please provide us with a revised scope by 12pm Tuesday 18 February 2025,
so that we can continue to process your request.
Irrelevant Information
Section 22 of the FOI Act allows an Agency to redact information from
documents if that information would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant
to a request for access.
Given the nature of your request, it does not seem that NDIA staff
members’ surnames and contact details would be relevant to you. Can you
please send me a reply email confirming that such details are irrelevant
to your request for access?
Disclosure Log
Subject to certain exceptions, documents released under the FOI Act will
be published on the NDIA’s disclosure log located on our website.
If you have any concerns about the publication of the documents you have
requested, please contact me.
Next steps
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Megan
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Pietsch <[11][FOI #12733 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 14 January 2025 10:31 PM
To: foi <[12][NDIA request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Breakdown of costs associated
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Dear National Disability Insurance Agency,
I am requesting access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act
1982. Specifically, I seek documents held by the National Disability
Insurance Agency (NDIA) that relate to the development, implementation, or
discussion of strategies involving "Growth Targets," "Growth Caps," and
"Cost Savings" within the context of the National Disability Insurance
Scheme (NDIS).
Scope of Request:
1. Internal emails, memos, or directives sent to or from the senior NDIA
staff internally or externally between January 2022 and present that
reference:
"Growth Targets"
"Growth Caps"
"Cost Savings"
in relation to NDIS participant numbers, scheme cost or plan utlilisation.
2. Minutes of meetings, briefing notes, or reports prepared for or by
senior NDIA executives that discuss:
Strategies to manage participant growth
Measures to cap funding growth
Cost-saving initiatives and their projected impacts on service delivery or
participant outcomes.
Exclusions:
To streamline this request, I exclude:
Personal information about any individual Media articles or publicly
available documents
Timeframe for Response:
I understand the statutory timeframe for processing FOI requests is 30
days. If my request is likely to attract charges, please inform me of the
estimate before proceeding.
I am happy to recieved staged delivery and to coloaborate on the request
via teams meeting to conduct a remote document review to help cull out of
scope material.
If you require clarification or have suggestions to refine the scope,
please feel free to contact me. I look forward to your response.
Yours faithfully,
Mark Pietsch
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Dear Mark Pietsch
Thank you for your request for information.
Please find attached correspondence in relation to your request.
Please contact us at [1][NDIA request email] if you have any questions or
require help.
Kind regards
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Please find attached correspondence in relation to your request.
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Subject: FOI-3 24/25-1105 - Your request for access to documents -
Acknowledgement & Revision of Scope [SEC=OFFICIAL]
Dear Mark Pietsch
Freedom of Information Request: Acknowledgement & Revision of Scope
Thank you for your request of 14 January 2025, made under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), for copies of documents/information held
by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA).
Scope of your Request
You have requested access to:
“…1. Internal emails, memos, or directives sent to or from the senior NDIA
staff internally or externally between January 2022 and present that
reference:
"Growth Targets"
"Growth Caps"
"Cost Savings"
in relation to NDIS participant numbers, scheme cost or plan utlilisation.
2. Minutes of meetings, briefing notes, or reports prepared for or by
senior NDIA executives that discuss:
Strategies to manage participant growth
Measures to cap funding growth
Cost-saving initiatives and their projected impacts on service delivery or
participant outcomes...”
Revision of Scope
I am writing to advise that the work involved in processing your request
in its current form would substantially and unreasonably divert the
resources of the NDIA from its other operations due to its size/broad
scope.
I have conducted a preliminary search for documents which are likely to be
relevant to your request. This search has revealed that the NDIA is in
possession of more than 306,229 individual documents that may fall within
the scope of your request, not including any attachments which may be
contained within those documents.
To reduce the scope of your request, you might like to consider:
o A reduced date range (i.e. three months)
o Names or position titles of the specific senior staff that relate to
the scope of your request.
o Exclude Emails
Please provide us with a revised scope by 12pm Tuesday 18 February 2025,
so that we can continue to process your request.
Irrelevant Information
Section 22 of the FOI Act allows an Agency to redact information from
documents if that information would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant
to a request for access.
Given the nature of your request, it does not seem that NDIA staff
members’ surnames and contact details would be relevant to you. Can you
please send me a reply email confirming that such details are irrelevant
to your request for access?
Disclosure Log
Subject to certain exceptions, documents released under the FOI Act will
be published on the NDIA’s disclosure log located on our website.
If you have any concerns about the publication of the documents you have
requested, please contact me.
Next steps
Your request has now been allocated to an authorised FOI decision-maker.
We will contact you using the email address you have provided. Please
advise if you would prefer us to use an alternative means of contact.
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Regards
Megan
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From: Mark Pietsch <[19][FOI #12733 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 14 January 2025 10:31 PM
To: foi <[20][NDIA request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Breakdown of costs associated
with the NDIS Review
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Dear National Disability Insurance Agency,
I am requesting access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act
1982. Specifically, I seek documents held by the National Disability
Insurance Agency (NDIA) that relate to the development, implementation, or
discussion of strategies involving "Growth Targets," "Growth Caps," and
"Cost Savings" within the context of the National Disability Insurance
Scheme (NDIS).
Scope of Request:
1. Internal emails, memos, or directives sent to or from the senior NDIA
staff internally or externally between January 2022 and present that
reference:
"Growth Targets"
"Growth Caps"
"Cost Savings"
in relation to NDIS participant numbers, scheme cost or plan utlilisation.
2. Minutes of meetings, briefing notes, or reports prepared for or by
senior NDIA executives that discuss:
Strategies to manage participant growth
Measures to cap funding growth
Cost-saving initiatives and their projected impacts on service delivery or
participant outcomes.
Exclusions:
To streamline this request, I exclude:
Personal information about any individual Media articles or publicly
available documents
Timeframe for Response:
I understand the statutory timeframe for processing FOI requests is 30
days. If my request is likely to attract charges, please inform me of the
estimate before proceeding.
I am happy to recieved staged delivery and to coloaborate on the request
via teams meeting to conduct a remote document review to help cull out of
scope material.
If you require clarification or have suggestions to refine the scope,
please feel free to contact me. I look forward to your response.
Yours faithfully,
Mark Pietsch
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