Funding provided to the Mental Health Foundation of Australia
Dear Department of Finance,
The Mental Health Foundation of Australia (ABN 81006003363) has listed the Australian Government as a Gold Sponsor of the foundation.
I am seeking a list of dates and amounts of money that have been provided to the MHFA from the 1 July 2019 until the date this FOI request is processed which includes the government department name, and the purpose of the funding, if there was one.
This funding includes any financial payments made to the MHFA, including, but not limited to any form of financial assistance, sponsorship, donation or other like transaction.
Yours faithfully,
Simon Sturgen
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Kind regards,
FOI Officer, Legal and Assurance Branch
Business Enabling Services
Department of Finance
T: 02 6215 1783 E: [1][Finance request email]
A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603
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Team for their consideration. A member of the FOI Team will respond to
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Kind regards
FOI Coordinator
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Dear Mr Sturgen
Thank you for your email to the Department of Finance (Finance) dated 21
August 2020 seeking:
The Mental Health Foundation of Australia (ABN 81006003363) has listed the
Australian Government as a Gold Sponsor of the foundation.
I am seeking a list of dates and amounts of money that have been provided
to the MHFA from the 1 July 2019 until the date this FOI request is
processed which includes the government department name, and the purpose
of the funding, if there was one.
This funding includes any financial payments made to the MHFA, including,
but not limited to any form of financial assistance, sponsorship, donation
or other like transaction.
Invalid request
Your request does not yet fulfil the requirements prescribed by section
15(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).
The request must
· state that the request is an application for the purposes of the
Freedom of Information Act 1982;
· identify the document/s sought (i.e. not ‘information’ contained
within the documents).
Re-scoping your request
To assist you with creating a valid request for information under the FOI
Act, and based upon our understanding of your intention; we propose to
amend your application to the following:
The Mental Health Foundation of Australia (ABN 81006003363) has listed the
Australian Government as a Gold Sponsor of the foundation.
Under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 I am seeking any documents that
evidence a list of dates and amounts of money that have been provided to
the MHFA from the 1 July 2019 until the date this FOI request is received
is processed
which includes the government department name, and the purpose of the
funding, if there was one.
This funding includes any financial payments made to the MHFA, including,
but not limited to any form of financial assistance, sponsorship, donation
or other like transaction.
If you agree with the above re-scoping, we ask that you reply to this
email consenting to the re-scoping.
Alternatively, we ask that you respond with a FOI request that meets the
criteria under s 15(2) of the FOI Act.
Withdrawal
Please note, if we do not receive a valid request for information under
the FOI Act within 30 calendar days of the date of this email, Finance
will consider that you have withdrawn your application.
Timeframe
The statutory period for processing your request commences from the day
after Finance receives a valid request.
Please contact the FOI Team on the below contact details if you wish to
discuss your request further.
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FOI Officer, Legal and Assurance Branch
Business Enabling Services
Department of Finance
T: 02 6215 1783
E: [2][Finance request email]
A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603
UNCLASSIFIED
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Dear FOI Requests,
Please consider this email my consenting to the re-scoping as detailed in your previous response.
Many thanks for your assistance.
Yours sincerely,
Simon Sturgen
Thank you for your email, which has been forwarded to the Department’s FOI
Team for their consideration. A member of the FOI Team will respond to
your email in the next couple of days.
Kind regards
FOI Coordinator
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Sturgen
Thank you for clarifying the scope of your FOI Request.
I have spoken with the appropriate business area and have been informed that the Department of Finance is unlikely to hold any documents that meet the scope of your enquiry.
We cannot confirm, however, it may be possible that another Department holds the information you are seeking. For example, the National Mental Health Commission may hold the information.
You have the following three options:
1. Proceed with your request with Finance, whereby our business area will undertake a full scoping search for the documents you have requested, and then move to a formal decision.
2. With your consent, we can seek to transfer your request to a more appropriate Department, for example NMHC?
3. Or you can withdraw your application.
We ask that you reply to this email with your preferred approach (1, 2 or 3 above).
If you would like to discuss the details of this request in further detail you can contact me on the number below.
Kind regards
Jonathan Messieh | FOI Officer
Legal and Assurance Branch
Business Enabling Services
Department of Finance
T: 02 6215 1623
A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear FOI Requests,
My preferred approach is 1. Proceed with your request with Finance, whereby our business area will undertake a full scoping search for the documents you have requested, and then move to a formal decision.
Yours sincerely,
Simon Sturgen
Thank you for your email, which has been forwarded to the Department’s FOI
Team for their consideration. A member of the FOI Team will respond to
your email in the next couple of days.
Kind regards
FOI Coordinator
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Sturgen
Freedom of Information Request – FOI 20/58
Thank you for your email to the Department of Finance (Finance) requesting
access to the following under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI
Act):
The Mental Health Foundation of Australia (ABN 81006003363) has listed
the Australian Government as a Gold Sponsor of the foundation.
I am seeking a list of dates and amounts of money that have been provided
to the MHFA from the 1 July 2019 until the date this FOI request is
processed which includes the government department name, and the purpose
of the funding, if there was one.
This funding includes any financial payments made to the MHFA, including,
but not limited to any form of financial assistance, sponsorship, donation
or other like transaction.
Your request was received by Finance on 21 August 2020.
On the 27 August 2020, you revised your request to the following:
The Mental Health Foundation of Australia (ABN 81006003363) has listed
the Australian Government as a Gold Sponsor of the foundation.
Under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 I am seeking any documents that
evidence a list of dates and amounts of money that have been provided to
the MHFA from the 1 July 2019 until the date this FOI request is received
is processed which includes the government department name, and the
purpose of the funding, if there was one.
This funding includes any financial payments made to the MHFA, including,
but not limited to any form of financial assistance, sponsorship,
donation or other like transaction.
The statutory period for processing your request commences from the day
after Finance received your revised valid request, and a decision is due
on 26 September 2020.
The processing period may be extended if we need to consult third parties,
impose a charge or for other reasons. We will advise you if this happens.
Liability to pay a charge
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.
Publication
As required by the FOI Act, any documents provided to you under the FOI
Act will be published on our [1]disclosure log, unless an exemption
applies or the documents are characterised as containing personal
information. Documents will be published within one working day after they
are released to you.
Policy to exclude junior officer contact details and signatures
Finance has adopted a policy to generally exclude from any documents
released under FOI, the names and contact details of junior staff (non-SES
officers) and staff employed under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act
1984 (adviser level and below). Finance has also adopted a policy to
exclude signatures from any documents released under FOI (unless publicly
available). Finance’s preference is to reach agreement with FOI applicants
to exclude these details from the scope of the request. Where there is no
objection, the names and contact details of junior officers, as well as
any signatures appearing in identified documents, will be redacted under
section 22 of the FOI Act on the basis that these details are irrelevant
to the request.
Please contact the FOI Team on the below contact details if you wish to
discuss your request.
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FOI Officer | Legal and Assurance Branch
Business Enabling Services
Department of Finance
T: 02 6215 1783
E: [3][Finance request email]
A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603
UNCLASSIFIED
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Dear Mr Sturgen
Please see attached a decision in relation to your FOI request (our
reference FOI 20/58).
Kind regards
[1]cid:image001.jpg@01D20F6A.F1CA1B30
FOI Officer |Legal and Assurance Branch
Business Enabling Services
Department of Finance
T: 02 6215 1783
E: [2][Finance request email]
A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603
UNCLASSIFIED
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Dear Mr Sturgen,
Please see attached a decision in relation to your FOI request (our
reference FOI 20/58).
Kind regards
[1]cid:image001.jpg@01D20F6A.F1CA1B30
FOI Officer | Legal and Assurance Branch
Business Enabling Services
Department of Finance
T: 02 6215 1783
E: [2][Finance request email]
A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603
SEC=UNOFFICIAL
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