Inner City Schools Working Party report and recommendations sent to NSW Minister Piccoli following inner city high school consultation 2014

Isabel McIntosh made this Government Information (Public Access) request to NSW Department of Education

This request has been closed to new correspondence from the public body. Contact us if you think it ought be re-opened.

The request was refused by NSW Department of Education.

Isabel McIntosh

Dear Dear Department of Education and Communities NSW,

Last year the Dept of Education undertook a community consultation across inner city Sydney high schools on how to meet capacity issues at local public high schools. http://www.dec.nsw.gov.au/about-us/news-...

In its public documents on the consultation, DEC said "The working party will deliver its recommendations to the government by the end of 2014."

This request is:
- for the report and recommendations sent to Minister Piccoli
- all correspondence between the minister and the Working Party/ Dr Sylvia Corish
- all correspondence about proposed "Cleveland Street High School"

Yours faithfully,

Isabel McIntosh

IA Unit, NSW Department of Education

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Dear Ms McIntosh

 

Thank you for your email received today requesting information that may be
held at the Department of Education and Communities.

 

Your email will be forwarded to the relevant business centre for further
information.

 

A response will be provided to you shortly.

 

Regards

 

 

Information Access Officer |Information Access Unit |Legal Services

Level 7, 35 Bridge Street SYDNEY NSW 2000 | (: 02 9561 8100 | 2: 02 9561
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IA Unit, NSW Department of Education

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Dear Ms McIntosh

I apologise for the delay in getting back to you in respect of your request for access to information held by the Department.

The information you are requesting is:

- for the report and recommendations sent to Minister Piccoli
- all correspondence between the minister and the Working Party/ Dr Sylvia Corish
- all correspondence about proposed "Cleveland Street High School

After further inquiry I have been advised that you may need to make a formal GIPA access application. Please find attached the following documents for you to complete in order to request access to information held by the Department of Education and Communities:

1. GIPA Access application form;
2. GIPA Information for applicants – which contains information about the process.

Please complete the form and send back to the Information Access Unit, inclusive of the $30 application fee to:

The Manager
IA Unit, Legal Services
PO Box 33
SYDNEY NSW 2001

I have also been advised that the records you are inquiring about are formal ‘Cabinet in confidence’ documents provided to the Minister. These document being ‘Cabinet in confidence’ are covered by the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 Schedule 1 clause 2, for which there is a conclusive presumption of overriding public interest against disclosure and are therefore unlikely to be released to you. However if you still wish to pursue your request you may proceed to make a formal application.

If you have any further questions, please contact the IA Unit by telephone on 9561 8100 or via email at [DEC request email]

Kind regards

Julia Woolfall

Information Access Officer |Information Access Unit |Legal Services Level 7, 35 Bridge Street SYDNEY NSW 2000 | L: 02 9561 8100 | :: 02 9561 1157 | :: [DEC request email]  

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