Dear Mr Albie P.

The Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (the department)
has received your Freedom of Information request of 15 March 2021
(attached).

I am writing on behalf of the department to acknowledge receipt of your
request.

Currently, a decision is due to you by 14 April 2021. However, this
timeline may be affected by the requirement to undertake consultation with
affected third parties, or if the department determines you are liable to
pay a charge in relation to your request. You will be notified by the
department if charges are liable or if a third party consultation is
required.

Confirmation of Scope - personal information

For documents that fall within the scope of the request, it is the
practice of the department to withhold:

o the names, signatures and contact details of junior staff; that is:

o Commonwealth staff who are not in the Senior Executive Service
(SES); and
o Ministerial staff below the level of Chief of Staff; and

o the mobile phone numbers of SES officers.

The names and other details of SES officers will be released unless the
information is exempt from disclosure.

Therefore, could you please confirm if you are happy to exclude personal
information in the documents relating to Commonwealth staff.

If you are seeking access to specific types of Commonwealth staff
information, could you please specify. If you are not seeking access to
this information, you can simply reply to this email with 'no Commonwealth
staff information requested'.

Responding to this email

Could you please provide the above clarification at your earliest
convenience, but by no later than 30 March 2021.

If you have any questions, please contact the department’s FOI Team by
email at [1][email address].

Yours sincerely,

____

Christina Graves
Special Counsel
[2][email address]
MinterEllison MinterEllison Building 25 National Circuit Forrest ACT 2603
[3]minterellison.com Follow us on [4]LinkedIn and [5]Twitter
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range of COVID-19 related topics and a COVID-19 Hub [7]on our website.

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Dear Alby P,

The department applied to the Office of the Australian Information
Commissioner for an extension of 14 days to process your request, pursuant
to section 15AB of the FOI Act. Accordingly, you can now expect a decision
on or before 28 April 2021.

We confirm that the department is well advanced in the processing of your
request.

Regards,

____

Christina Graves
Special Counsel
[1][email address]
MinterEllison Constitution Place, 1 Constitution Avenue, Canberra City ACT
2601
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From: Alby P. <[5][FOI #7150 email]>
Sent: Thursday 15 April 2021 09:10 AM
To: Christina Graves <[6][email address]>
Subject: Re: Acknowledgement of your Freedom of Information request (LEX
68371)

Dear Christina Graves,

I was expecting this yesterday. Do you know why my request is delayed?

Thanks,

Alby P.

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Our reference: RQ21/00935

Agency reference: LEX68371

Alby P

Sent by email: [1][FOI #7150 email]

Extension of time under s 15AB

Dear Alby

Please find attached a decision of today’s date.

Kind regards,

[2][IMG]   Avanithah Selvarajah  |  Review and
Investigations Adviser (Legal)
(A/g)

Freedom of information

Office of the Australian
Information Commissioner

GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001  |
 [3]oaic.gov.au

+61 2 9284 9625 | 
[4][email address]
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Dear Alby

Please find attached correspondence in relation to your FOI request.

Regards

FOI Team

Legal, Audit and Assurance | Corporate & Digital

GPO Box 2013, Canberra ACT 2601

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