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Freedom of Information Team
Department of Education

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Dear Gemma

I refer to your request, received by the Department of Education
(department) on 6 May 2023, for access under the Freedom of Information
Act 1982 (FOI Act) to the following:

“1. Please provide a copy of the department's current procedures for
determining breaches of the APS Code of Conduct and the imposition of
sanctions that is currently in force.

2. Please provide a copy of the department’s current social media policy
(which covers departmental use and/or private use by employees in an
individual capacity).

2. Provide a provide a copy of the department’s current guidance material
which is available for employees to make informed decisions about their
private social media use.

3. Provide a copy of of guidance/information provided to employees
regarding expectations on their conduct in the lead up to the Voice
Referendum.

4. Please advise:

A) In the last 6 months, have you received a complaint regarding social
media post made by an employee?

B) In the last 6 months, how many complaints have you received regarding
social media post made by your employees?”

Your request was received by the department on 6 May 2023 and the 30 day
statutory period for processing your request commenced from the day after
that date. The period of 30 days may be extended if we need to consult
third parties or for other reasons permitted under the FOI Act. We will
advise you if this happens.

Charges

The department will advise you if a charge is payable to process your
request and the amount of any such charge as soon as practicable. No
charge is payable for providing a person with their own personal
information.

Your address

The FOI Act requires that you provide us with an address that we can send
notices to. You have advised your electronic address is
[1][FOI #10228 email]. Unless you tell us
otherwise, we will send all notices and correspondence to this address.

Disclosure log

Information released under the FOI Act may be published on a disclosure
log on our website, subject to certain exceptions. These exceptions
include where publication of personal, business, professional or
commercial information would be unreasonable.

Exclusion of employee details

To the extent the department has documents in its possession that fall
within the scope of your request, we will treat the names, signatures,
position titles, staff identification numbers and direct contact details
of Commonwealth employees as irrelevant in accordance with section 22 of
the FOI Act, unless you tell us otherwise by Friday 19 May 2023.

Further assistance

If you have any questions about your request, please email
[2][email address].

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Team

Department of Education

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be confidential information, and may also be the subject of legal
professional privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, any use,
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email in error, please notify the sender by contacting the department's
switchboard on 1300 566 046 during business hours (8:30am - 5pm Canberra
time) and delete all copies of this transmission together with any
attachments. 

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Dear Gemma

Please find attached correspondence in relation to your FOI request.

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Team

Department of Education

Notice:
The information contained in this email message and any attached files may
be confidential information, and may also be the subject of legal
professional privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, any use,
disclosure or copying of this email is unauthorised. If you received this
email in error, please notify the sender by contacting the department's
switchboard on 1300 566 046 during business hours (8:30am - 5pm Canberra
time) and delete all copies of this transmission together with any
attachments.