Employee information provided to ballot agents in Enterprise Agreement bargaining

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Dear Department of Veterans' Affairs,

This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act.

I request the document(s) which describe the data provided to the external organisation(s) responsible for conducting the ballot(s) for all Enterprise Agreements put to staff for a vote.

The scope of this request is limited only to those ballots undertaken for enterprise agreements which were proposed to take effect after 30 June 2014.

The document shall describe the data given to the ballot agent. For example, employee name, employee identification number, employee email address, etc. I exclude the data for specific employees here; I am only after the 'meta-data'.

If it assists you to treat this as an administrative request for information I encourage you to do so. Otherwise, please consider this a formal FOI request.

Yours faithfully,

James Smith

FOI, Department of Veterans' Affairs

Dear Mr Smith,

Freedom of Information Request: FOI 14022

I refer to your request for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act). Your request is in the following terms:

I request the document(s) which describe the data provided to the external organisation(s) responsible for conducting the ballot(s) for all Enterprise Agreements put to staff for a vote.

The scope of this request is limited only to those ballots undertaken for enterprise agreements which were proposed to take effect after 30 June 2014.

The document shall describe the data given to the ballot agent. For example, employee name, employee identification number, employee email address, etc. I exclude the data for specific employees here; I am only after the 'meta-data'.

We received your request on 16 February 2017 and the 30 day statutory period for processing your request commenced from the day after that date. You should therefore expect a decision by 20 March 2017. The period of 30 days may be extended if we need to consult third parties, impose a charge or for other reasons. We will advise you if this happens.

You will be notified of any charges in relation to your request as soon as possible, before we process any requested documents or impose a final charge.

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.

If you have any questions, please contact me using the following details:

Post: GPO Box 9998 CANBERRA ACT 2601
Facsimile: (02) 6289 6337
Email: [DVA request email]

Yours sincerely

Shihara Caner
Information Access Officer
Information Law
Legal Services, Assurance & Deregulation

23 February 2017

-----Original Message-----
From: James Smith [mailto:[FOI #3103 email]]
Sent: Thursday, 16 February 2017 7:51 PM
To: FOI <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Employee information provided to ballot agents in Enterprise Agreement bargaining [TO BE CLASSIFIED]

Dear Department of Veterans&#x27; Affairs,

This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act.

I request the document(s) which describe the data provided to the external organisation(s) responsible for conducting the ballot(s) for all Enterprise Agreements put to staff for a vote.

The scope of this request is limited only to those ballots undertaken for enterprise agreements which were proposed to take effect after 30 June 2014.

The document shall describe the data given to the ballot agent. For example, employee name, employee identification number, employee email address, etc. I exclude the data for specific employees here; I am only after the 'meta-data'.

If it assists you to treat this as an administrative request for information I encourage you to do so. Otherwise, please consider this a formal FOI request.

Yours faithfully,

James Smith

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Dear Mr Smith,

Please find attached a Statement of Reasons in relation to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982. Please also find attached documents released to you, as set out in the Statement of Reasons.

Yours sincerely,

Frank White
Assistant Director
Information Law
Legal Services & Assurance

-----Original Message-----
From: James Smith [mailto:[FOI #3103 email]]
Sent: Thursday, 16 February 2017 7:51 PM
To: FOI <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Employee information provided to ballot agents in Enterprise Agreement bargaining [TO BE CLASSIFIED]

Dear Department of Veterans&#x27; Affairs,

This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act.

I request the document(s) which describe the data provided to the external organisation(s) responsible for conducting the ballot(s) for all Enterprise Agreements put to staff for a vote.

The scope of this request is limited only to those ballots undertaken for enterprise agreements which were proposed to take effect after 30 June 2014.

The document shall describe the data given to the ballot agent. For example, employee name, employee identification number, employee email address, etc. I exclude the data for specific employees here; I am only after the 'meta-data'.

If it assists you to treat this as an administrative request for information I encourage you to do so. Otherwise, please consider this a formal FOI request.

Yours faithfully,

James Smith

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Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #3103 email]

Is [DVA request email] the wrong address for Freedom of Information requests to Department of Veterans&#x27; Affairs? If so, please contact us using this form:
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/change_re...

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:
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/help/offi...

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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2. This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain confidential information
for the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient,
please contact the sender and delete all copies of this email.
3. Any views expressed in this e-mail are those of the sender and are not
a statement of Australian Government Policy unless otherwise stated.
4. Electronic addresses published in this email are not conspicuous publications and DVA does not consent to the receipt of commercial electronic messages.
5. To unsubscribe from emails from the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) please go to
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