Documents relating to maladministration and waste of public resources by FWBC

BR made this Freedom of Information request to Australian Building and Construction Commission

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Dear Sir or Madam,

This request is made pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth).

Please provide access to the following:

1. Documents containing the total amount of costs incurred (including costs of external legal services) arising out of or connected with legal proceeding file number BRG21/2016 against the Director of FWBC

2. Documents containing the total amount of costs incurred (including costs of external legal services) arising out of or connected with any other matters (including administrative matters) pertaining to the applicant in legal proceeding file number BRG21/2016 against the Director of FWBC.

Please send all correspondence by return email.

Yours faithfully,

BR

FWBC - FOI,

UNCLASSIFIED
Dear BR,

I confirms the receipt of the email (below) by Fair Work Building & Construction (FWBC) on 1 August 2016. By that email you sought access to information under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act).

I also wish to inform you that, pursuant to section 15(5) of the FOI Act, the relevant period an agency has to deal with an FOI request is 30 days from the date the request was received.

If you have any questions about this matter, please contact FWBC through the email [email address].

Yours faithfully,

Freedom Of Information
Fair Work Building & Construction
PO Box 9927, Melbourne, VIC 3001

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-----Original Message-----
From: BR [mailto:[FOI #2088 email]]
Sent: Monday, 1 August 2016 11:54 AM
To: FWBC - FOI
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Documents relating to maladministration and waste of public resources by FWBC

Dear Sir or Madam,

This request is made pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act
1982 (Cth).

Please provide access to the following:

1. Documents containing the total amount of costs incurred
(including costs of external legal services) arising out of or
connected with legal proceeding file number BRG21/2016 against the
Director of FWBC

2. Documents containing the total amount of costs incurred
(including costs of external legal services) arising out of or
connected with any other matters (including administrative matters)
pertaining to the applicant in legal proceeding file number
BRG21/2016 against the Director of FWBC.

Please send all correspondence by return email.

Yours faithfully,

BR

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19 February 2016

Costs incurred in using Ashurst.

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FWBC - FOI,

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UNCLASSIFIED
Dear BR,

Please find further correspondence regarding your FOI application of 1 August 2016.

For further queries, please contact FWBC through [email address].

Yours sincerely,

Freedom of Information
Fair Work Building & Construction

PO Box 9927, Melbourne, VIC 3001

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Please consider the impact to the environment and your responsibility before printing this email. This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender.

-----Original Message-----
From: BR [mailto:[FOI #2088 email]]
Sent: Monday, 1 August 2016 11:54 AM
To: FWBC - FOI
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Documents relating to maladministration and waste of public resources by FWBC

Dear Sir or Madam,

This request is made pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act
1982 (Cth).

Please provide access to the following:

1. Documents containing the total amount of costs incurred
(including costs of external legal services) arising out of or
connected with legal proceeding file number BRG21/2016 against the
Director of FWBC

2. Documents containing the total amount of costs incurred
(including costs of external legal services) arising out of or
connected with any other matters (including administrative matters)
pertaining to the applicant in legal proceeding file number
BRG21/2016 against the Director of FWBC.

Please send all correspondence by return email.

Yours faithfully,

BR

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[FOI #2088 email]

Is [email address] the wrong address for Freedom of Information
requests to Fair Work Building and Construction? If so, please
contact us using this form:
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This request has been made by an individual using Right to Know.
This message and any reply that you make will be published on the
internet. More information on how Right to Know works can be found
at:
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If you find this service useful as an FOI officer, please ask your
web manager to link to us from your organisation's FOI page.


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Dear Mr Hadgkiss,

I refer to the letter from Mr Ben Vallence, Acting General Counsel, dated 31 August 2016.

Please carry out an internal review of the decision to refuse access to the documents on the grounds that the documents do not exist.

In accordance with paragraph 11.1(ba) of the Legal Service Directions 2005, FWBC is responsible for ensuring that the agency's legal services purchasing, including expenditure, is appropriately recorded and monitored.

In circumstances where the Acting General Counsel of FWBC has determined that documents containing the costs of external legal services arising out of or connected with legal proceeding file number BRG21/2016 against the Director of FWBC do not exist, FWBC has failed to record and monitor legal services purchasing and expenditure in contravention of paragraph 11.1(ba) of the Legal Services Directions 2005.

Yours faithfully,

BR

BR left an annotation ()

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FWBC - FOI,

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UNCLASSIFIED
Dear BR,

Please find enclosed a letter regarding your FOI matter.

For further queries, please contact FWBC through [email address].

Yours sincerely,

Freedom of Information
Fair Work Building & Construction

PO Box 9927, Melbourne, VIC 3001

For the latest news and updates from FWBC, sign up for our free online newsletter Industry Update.

That all Australian building and construction workplaces are productive and harmonious - find out more at www.fwbc.gov.au

Important:
This transmission is intended for the use of the addressee and may contain confidential, protected or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you must not review, copy, disseminate, disclose to others, or take action in reliance of any material contained within this email. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify me immediately by return email and delete all copies of this transmission together with any attachments.
Please consider the impact to the environment and your responsibility before printing this email. This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender.

-----Original Message-----
From: BR [mailto:[FOI #2088 email]]
Sent: Thursday, 1 September 2016 12:16 AM
To: FWBC - FOI
Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Documents relating to maladministration and waste of public resources by FWBC

Dear Mr Hadgkiss,

I refer to the letter from Mr Ben Vallence, Acting General Counsel, dated 31 August 2016.

Please carry out an internal review of the decision to refuse access to the documents on the grounds that the documents do not exist.

In accordance with paragraph 11.1(ba) of the Legal Service Directions 2005, FWBC is responsible for ensuring that the agency's legal services purchasing, including expenditure, is appropriately recorded and monitored.

In circumstances where the Acting General Counsel of FWBC has determined that documents containing the costs of external legal services arising out of or connected with legal proceeding file number BRG21/2016 against the Director of FWBC do not exist, FWBC has failed to record and monitor legal services purchasing and expenditure in contravention of paragraph 11.1(ba) of the Legal Services Directions 2005.

Yours faithfully,

BR

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Important:
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