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Dear Mr Ashmore

Freedom of Information Request: FOI 4443

I refer to your request for access to documents held by the Department of
Veterans’ Affairs (Department) under the Freedom of Information Act 1982
(FOI Act). Your request was received by the Department on 13 July 2021,
and was made in the following terms:

…The information I am seeking is:

The percentage of high impact errors, (HIE), for each of the following
period:

:          1 July 2020 to 31 September 2020.

:          1 October 2020 to 31 December 2020, and

:          1 January 2021 to 31 March 2021.

For the following:

:  MRCA Initial Liability Claims,

:  DRCA Initial Liability Claims,

:  MRCA Permanent Impairment, and

:  DRCA Permanent Impairment.

I request that each of the above categories be further broken up to
include the following:

:  Number of cases checked.

:  Total number of work elements.

:  Number of work elements with HIE, and

:  HIE correctness rate…

In accordance with section 15(5)(b) of the FOI Act, the due date for a
decision on your request is 12 August 2021.

When the processing period may be extended or suspended

The current due date may be extended by up to 30 days if agreed by you
(section 15AA of the FOI Act). Also, the due date may be extended by an
additional 30 days in each instance, if your request is considered
voluminous or complex (section 15AB of the FOI Act) or if the Department
is required to undertake a third party consultation (sections 26A, 27 or
27A of the FOI Act). If any of these extensions apply, the Department will
notify you.

Additionally, there are occasions where the time to process your request
may be suspended. This will usually take place if a practical refusal
consultation process takes place (section 24AB of the FOI Act) or if a
charges notice is issued to process your request (section 29 of the FOI
Act). If the Department decides that either of these apply to your
request, the Department will notify you.

We will write again when the Department has more information. Further
information on FOI processing can be found at the website of the Office of
the Australian Information Commissioner at [1]https://www.oaic.gov.au/.

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whether details of your request will be published on the disclosure log or
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If you have any questions, please contact me using the following details:

Post:            Information Law Section, Legal Services & Audit Branch

GPO Box 9998 CANBERRA   ACT   2601

Facsimile:    (02) 6289 6337

Email:           [3][email address]

Yours sincerely,

Tayla C (Position Number 62213294)

Legal Officer

Information Law Section

Legal Services and Audit Branch

Department of Veterans’ Affairs

t 1800 555 254 | e [4][email address]  | [5]www.dva.gov.au

p GPO Box 9998, Canberra ACT 2601

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IMPORTANT:  This document contains legal advice and may be subject to
legal professional privilege. Unless it is waived or lost, legal
professional privilege is a rule of law that, in part, provides that the
client need not disclose confidential communications between a legal
practitioner and client. To keep this privilege, the purpose and content
of this advice must only be disclosed to persons who have a need to know
and on the basis that those persons also keep it confidential.

You should consider this advice and take it into account when forming a
decision on how best to proceed. If you decide to adopt a position that
does not align with this advice, you should not state that DVA Legal
Services & Audit Branch has cleared or endorsed a particular position.

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Dear Mr Ashmore

FOI 44443 – Statement of Reasons and Release of Document

Please find attached the Statement of Reasons and document in response to
your request for information.

Please do not hesitate to contact us via [1][email address] if
you require anything further.

Warm regards

Tayla C (Position Number 62213294)

Legal Officer

Information Law Section

Legal Services and Audit Branch

Department of Veterans’ Affairs

t 1800 555 254 | e [2][email address]  | [3]www.dva.gov.au

p GPO Box 9998, Canberra ACT 2601

[4]cid:image001.png@01D0027A.1DAB84F0

P Please consider the environment before printing this email

IMPORTANT:  This document contains legal advice and may be subject to
legal professional privilege. Unless it is waived or lost, legal
professional privilege is a rule of law that, in part, provides that the
client need not disclose confidential communications between a legal
practitioner and client. To keep this privilege, the purpose and content
of this advice must only be disclosed to persons who have a need to know
and on the basis that those persons also keep it confidential.

You should consider this advice and take it into account when forming a
decision on how best to proceed. If you decide to adopt a position that
does not align with this advice, you should not state that DVA Legal
Services & Audit Branch has cleared or endorsed a particular position.

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