General Ledger (Last 5 Financial Years)

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Trent Morrison-Francis

Dear Department of Finance,

Please provide a dollar figure for the last 5 financial years general ledger for the department.

We are not asking for the details being the GL just the expenditure by line item for the department for the 5 years

Yours faithfully,

Melissa Jones

FOI Requests, Department of Finance

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

 

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Dear Melissa Jones

The Department of Finance releases our annual reports each financial year. With the last report being for the 20-21 financial year - https://www.finance.gov.au/sites/default...

Information regarding our Financial Statements are located in Part 5.

Please let us know if this is not the information that you are seeking.

Please note, we have received three FOI requests from you, as they are all directed towards Finance, or areas within Finance, we will be treating these requests as one request.

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

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Dear Melissa Jones,

 

On 11 June 2021, you contacted the Department of Finance (Finance) with
the following request:

 

Please provide a dollar figure for the last 5 financial years general
ledger for the department.

 

We are not asking for the details being the GL just the expenditure by
line item for the department for the 5 years.

 

On 15 June 2021, Finance responded to your request with the attached
email. In this email, Finance informed you that our agency publishes our
annual reports each financial year.  For instance, we provided you with a
link to Finance’s last report for the [1]19/20 financial year. Information
regarding Finance’s Finance Statements are located in Part 5.
Additionally, Finance’s annual reports, since 2016 are also published on
our website [2]here (under the ‘Publications’ page).

 

If this is the information you are seeking, we ask that you respond to
this email to withdraw your FOI request (reference FOI 21/46).

 

However, if you are not seeking this information, please respond to this
email to clarify your request.

 

Please let us know if you have any questions, by contacting the FOI Team
on (02) 6215 1783, or by responding to this email.

 

We appreciate your assistance in this matter.

 

Kind Regards,

 

 

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FOI Officer | Legal and Assurance Branch

Business Enabling Services

Department of Finance

T: 02 6215 1783

E: [4][Finance request email]

A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603

 

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Dear Melissa Jones

 

We kindly ask for a response by 5:00pm Friday 9 July 2021.

If we do not receive a response by then, we will consider that you have
withdrawn your FOI request.

 

Please contact the FOI Team on the below details if you require any
assistance or would like to discuss further.

We appreciate your time in this matter.

Kind regards

 

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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

 

 

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Dear Melissa Jones,

 

On 11 June 2021, you contacted the Department of Finance (Finance) with
the following request:

 

Please provide a dollar figure for the last 5 financial years general
ledger for the department.

 

We are not asking for the details being the GL just the expenditure by
line item for the department for the 5 years.

 

On 15 June 2021, Finance responded to your request with the attached
email. In this email, Finance informed you that our agency publishes our
annual reports each financial year.  For instance, we provided you with a
link to Finance’s last report for the [3]19/20 financial year. Information
regarding Finance’s Finance Statements are located in Part 5.
Additionally, Finance’s annual reports, since 2016 are also published on
our website [4]here (under the ‘Publications’ page).

 

If this is the information you are seeking, we ask that you respond to
this email to withdraw your FOI request (reference FOI 21/46).

 

However, if you are not seeking this information, please respond to this
email to clarify your request.

 

Please let us know if you have any questions, by contacting the FOI Team
on (02) 6215 1783, or by responding to this email.

 

We appreciate your assistance in this matter.

 

Kind Regards,

 

 

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FOI Officer | Legal and Assurance Branch

Business Enabling Services

Department of Finance

T: 02 6215 1783

E: [6][Finance request email]

A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603

 

 

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Dear Melissa Jones,

 

We have not received a response from you by 5:00PM, Friday 9 July 2021.

 

As such, we consider your FOI request withdrawn.

 

You are welcome to contact our FOI Team if you would like to file a new
FOI request in the future.

 

Please find attached your correspondence with the Department of Finance’s
FOI Team, regarding your request.

 

Kind Regards,

 

 

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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

 

SEC=OFFICIAL

 

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