Information Drip, Non disclosure of mandatory criterion in job ad

JS made this Freedom of Information request to Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

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Dear Australian Competition and Consumer Commission,

On the Seek website there is an ACCC advertisement for Senior Agricultural Markets Advisers to be located in Canberra, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Amongst other things the ad states that (1) applicants must have strong communication and analytical skills and a sound understanding of agricultural industry structures and supply chains: (2) For more information on working with the ACCC and to apply online please visit  www.accc.gov.au/employment, and (3) Eligibility - This employment opportunity is open to all Australians.

Not disclosed in the advert is a mandatory criterion of eligibility for the positions. Potential applicants do not discover the existence of the mandatory criterion – i.e. more than 10 years experience or expertise relevant to the economic analysis of the agriculture sector – until they visit the ACCC website and open a document entitled Position Description Senior Agricultural Markets Adviser - Enforcement Division. Therefore, some statements in the Seek advert are misleading.

Under FOI I seek access to a document that records the reason or reasons why the mandatory criterion of eligibility for the positions ( i.e. more than 10 years experience or expertise relevant to the economic analysis of the agriculture sector) was not disclosed in the advert.

Yours faithfully,

JS

FOI, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

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Dear JS,

 

Please find attached letter for your consideration.

 

Regards,

 

Sonya Petreski

FOI Administration Assistant | Corporate Law Unit, Legal Group
Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
Level 2 | 23 Marcus Clarke Street Canberra 2601 |
[1]http://www.[ACCC request email]
T: +61 2 6243 1244 | F: +61 2 6243 1210
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Good afternoon JS.

 

Please find attached letter for your consideration.

 

Regards.

 

 

William Herron
FOI Coordinator

Corporate and Regulatory Law Unit | Legal Group
Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
23 Marcus Clarke Street Canberra 2601  [1]http://www.accc.gov.au
T: +61 0 6243 1325 | F: +61 0 6243 1210

 

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Commission (ACCC), and any attachments to it, contains information that is
confidential and may also be the subject of legal, professional or other
privilege.  If you are not the intended recipient, you must not review,
copy, disseminate, disclose to others or take action in reliance on, any
material contained within this email.  If you have received this email in
error, please let the ACCC know by reply email to the sender informing
them of the mistake and delete all copies from your computer system. For
the purposes of the Spam Act 2003, this email is authorised by the ACCC
[2]www.accc.gov.au

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