Dear Department of Education,

I request:
1. Copies of any emails or written correspondence related to FOI request to Services Australia reference number LEX71589 that were sent or received by an SES or equivalent (regardless of which department the SES worked for, and regardless of whether they were in the 'to', 'from, 'cc', or 'bcc' field).

2. Copies of any emails or written correspondence related to FOI request to Services Australia reference number LEX71589 that were sent or received by a minister, minister's office, or ministerial staff (regardless of which minister, and regardless of whether they were in the 'to', 'from, 'cc', or 'bcc' field).

3. Correspondence internal to the Department of Education related to FOI request to Services Australia reference number LEX71589.

4. Correspondence sent to/from the Department of Education/Services Australia and vice versa related to FOI request to Services Australia with reference number LEX71589.

Included in the request:
- the domain of any and all email addresses that are in a document within the above scope
- the personal details, including work contact details, of any SES staff, regardless of which department they are from
- the non-personal information in email signature blocks of all staff (for example, name of team or section etc.)

Excluded from this request:
- duplicate documents
- the personal information of any sub-SES staff

I understand that the relevant documents have been collated before the date of this request. As a result, search and retrieval time is functionally zero.

I understand that DoE has already somewhat considered the relevant documents before the date of this request. As a result, decision time should be under 5 hours. If DoE expects decision time to be more than 5 hours, please provide an extensive justification of this estimate.

Yours faithfully,

Me

Education - FOI, Department of Education

You have contacted the Freedom of Information Team at the Commonwealth
Department of Education (the department).  If your email relates to a
Freedom of Information (FOI) application made under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act), the department will respond as soon
as possible.

This email address is only for applications for access to documents under
the FOI Act.  The department is unable to respond to non-FOI related
enquiries sent to this email address, and accordingly, emails sent to this
email address that are not FOI related will not be responded to or
forwarded.

CRICOS Codes

If you are seeking information relating to the Commonwealth Register of
Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS), information about
Australian education providers offering courses to people studying in
Australia on student visas and the courses offered, including CRICOS
codes, is available at [1]http://cricos.education.gov.au//. Monthly CRICOS
data exports are available at [2]https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/cricos. 
The department is unable to respond to non-FOI related CRICOS enquiries
sent to this email address.

Non-FOI Enquiries

If you have a non-FOI related enquiry for the department, you can contact
the department by using the online enquiry form at
[3]https://www.education.gov.au/about-us/co....

Regards,

Freedom of Information Team
Department of Education

 

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be confidential information, and may also be the subject of legal
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email in error, please notify the sender by contacting the department's
switchboard on 1300 566 046 during business hours (8:30am - 5pm Canberra
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Education - FOI, Department of Education

Dear Me

 

We refer to your request, received by the Department of Education
(department) on 17 August 2023, for access under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) to the following:

 

1. Copies of any emails or written correspondence related to FOI request
to Services Australia reference number LEX71589 that were sent or received
by an SES or equivalent (regardless of which department the SES worked
for, and regardless of whether they were in the 'to', 'from, 'cc', or
'bcc' field).

2. Copies of any emails or written correspondence related to FOI request
to Services Australia reference number LEX71589 that were sent or received
by a minister, minister's office, or ministerial staff (regardless of
which minister, and regardless of whether they were in the 'to', 'from,
'cc', or 'bcc' field).

3. Correspondence internal to the Department of Education related to FOI
request to Services Australia reference number LEX71589.

4. Correspondence sent to/from the Department of Education/Services
Australia and vice versa related to FOI request to Services Australia with
reference number LEX71589.

 

Included in the request:

- the domain of any and all email addresses that are in a document within
the above scope

- the personal details, including work contact details, of any SES staff,
regardless of which department they are from

- the non-personal information in email signature blocks of all staff (for
example, name of team or section etc.)

 

Excluded from this request:

- duplicate documents

- the personal information of any sub-SES staff.

 

Your request was received by the department on 17 August 2023 and the 30
day statutory period for processing your request commenced from the day
after that date. The period of 30 days may be extended if we need to
consult third parties or for other reasons permitted under the FOI Act. We
will advise you if this happens.

 

Charges

 

The department will advise you if a charge is payable to process your
request and the amount of any such charge as soon as practicable. No
charge is payable for providing a person with their own personal
information.

 

Your address

 

The FOI Act requires that you provide us with an address that we can send
notices to. You have advised your electronic address is
[1][FOI #10581 email].  Unless you tell us
otherwise, we will send all notices and correspondence to this address.

 

Disclosure log

 

Information released under the FOI Act may be published on a disclosure
log on our website, subject to certain exceptions. These exceptions
include where publication of personal, business, professional or
commercial information would be unreasonable.

 

Further assistance

 

If you have any questions about your request, please email
[2][email address].

 

Yours sincerely

 

Freedom of Information Team

Department of Education

 

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Education - FOI, Department of Education

Dear Me

We refer to your FOI request to the Department of Education (the department) dated 17 August 2023 below.

The documents falling within the scope of your request include emails from Services Australia to the department forwarding copies of the documents Services Australia processed in response to your FOI request Lex 71589.

I am advised that Services Australia provided you with a decision and documents in respect of Lex 71589 on 17 March 2023. I am also advised that you requested internal review of the decision dated 17 March 2023, and that Services Australia provided an internal review decision to you on 17 May 2023.

Given that the documents provided by Services Australia to the department as part of Services Australia's processing of Lex 71589 have been the subject of two decisions by that agency, the department will treat these documents as outside of the scope of your request dated 17 August 2023 unless you advise otherwise. The exclusion of these documents will facilitate the efficient processing of your request.

If you have any concerns with this approach, please let us know by COB 5 September 2023. If you have any questions, please contact [email address].

Kind regards

FOI Team
Department of Education

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Dear Education - FOI,

Apologies for the delayed reply

Yes that’s fine

Yours sincerely,

Me

Education - FOI, Department of Education

You have contacted the Freedom of Information Team at the Commonwealth
Department of Education (the department).  If your email relates to a
Freedom of Information (FOI) application made under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act), the department will respond as soon
as possible.

This email address is only for applications for access to documents under
the FOI Act.  The department is unable to respond to non-FOI related
enquiries sent to this email address, and accordingly, emails sent to this
email address that are not FOI related will not be responded to or
forwarded.

CRICOS Codes

If you are seeking information relating to the Commonwealth Register of
Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS), information about
Australian education providers offering courses to people studying in
Australia on student visas and the courses offered, including CRICOS
codes, is available at [1]http://cricos.education.gov.au//. Monthly CRICOS
data exports are available at [2]https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/cricos. 
The department is unable to respond to non-FOI related CRICOS enquiries
sent to this email address.

Non-FOI Enquiries

If you have a non-FOI related enquiry for the department, you can contact
the department by using the online enquiry form at
[3]https://www.education.gov.au/about-us/co....

Regards,

Freedom of Information Team
Department of Education

 

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be confidential information, and may also be the subject of legal
professional privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, any use,
disclosure or copying of this email is unauthorised. If you received this
email in error, please notify the sender by contacting the department's
switchboard on 1300 566 046 during business hours (8:30am - 5pm Canberra
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Dear Me

 

Please find attached correspondence relating to your FOI request to the
department dated 17 August 2023.

 

Kind regards

 

FOI Team

Department of Education

 

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Dear Education - FOI,

I would like to contend the charge.

My understanding of the FOI Act is that DoE cannot bill retrospectively. That is, work undertaken on these documents before this request cannot be charged for.

Before this request, DoE had already substantially considered the same documents. DoE also has the benefit of the SA decisions mentioned that concern substantially similar content. I consider it unlikely it would take more than 5 hours for an experienced FOI officer to think about which redactions can or should apply.

My understanding of ‘decision time’ in the FOI Act is that decision time does not include marking up. I suspect DoE has incorrectly included marking up in its calculation of decision time.

DoE already has a collated version of the documents in its possession. Removing what is duplicate content with SA I suggest is not half an hour.

Also, ‘search and retrieval’ does not include ‘edit’. The existing collated version would take perhaps a minute to find and retrieve. Cutting the duplicate SA content is not search or retrieval time, or decision time.

As a result I suggest the correct decision is under 5 hours decision-making time and no charge

Yours sincerely,

Me

Education - FOI, Department of Education

You have contacted the Freedom of Information Team at the Commonwealth
Department of Education (the department).  If your email relates to a
Freedom of Information (FOI) application made under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act), the department will respond as soon
as possible.

This email address is only for applications for access to documents under
the FOI Act.  The department is unable to respond to non-FOI related
enquiries sent to this email address, and accordingly, emails sent to this
email address that are not FOI related will not be responded to or
forwarded.

CRICOS Codes

If you are seeking information relating to the Commonwealth Register of
Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS), information about
Australian education providers offering courses to people studying in
Australia on student visas and the courses offered, including CRICOS
codes, is available at [1]http://cricos.education.gov.au//. Monthly CRICOS
data exports are available at [2]https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/cricos. 
The department is unable to respond to non-FOI related CRICOS enquiries
sent to this email address.

Non-FOI Enquiries

If you have a non-FOI related enquiry for the department, you can contact
the department by using the online enquiry form at
[3]https://www.education.gov.au/about-us/co....

Regards,

Freedom of Information Team
Department of Education

 

Notice:
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be confidential information, and may also be the subject of legal
professional privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, any use,
disclosure or copying of this email is unauthorised. If you received this
email in error, please notify the sender by contacting the department's
switchboard on 1300 566 046 during business hours (8:30am - 5pm Canberra
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Education - FOI, Department of Education

Dear Me

 

We refer to your FOI request to the Department of Education (the
department) dated 17 August 2023.

 

The department is currently considering your request for non-imposition of
the charge.  The department’s decision regarding the charge is due on 11
October 2023.

 

In the course of considering your request for non-imposition of the
charge, the department has identified a small amount of correspondence
falling within the scope of your FOI request to the department dated 17
August 2023 that was previously subject to your internal review request to
Services Australia dated 7 July 2023 (Lex 74480) and your FOI request to
Services Australia dated 17 April 2023 (Lex 73069).

 

As this correspondence has already been the subject of FOI decisions by
Services Australia, the department proposes to exclude it from the scope
of your current request.  This will facilitate the efficient processing of
your request and will be taken into account by the decision maker when
reviewing the charge.

 

Please let us know by COB 9 October 2023 if you agree to this approach. 
If we do not hear from you by that date, we will proceed on the basis that
you do not agree to this material being excluded from the scope of your
request.

 

If you have any questions in regard to this matter, please contact
[1][email address].

 

Kind regards

 

FOI Team

Department of Education

 

 

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Dear Education - FOI,

I am happy to exclude the relevant correspondence

Yours sincerely,

Me

Education - FOI, Department of Education

You have contacted the Freedom of Information Team at the Commonwealth
Department of Education (the department).  If your email relates to a
Freedom of Information (FOI) application made under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act), the department will respond as soon
as possible.

This email address is only for applications for access to documents under
the FOI Act.  The department is unable to respond to non-FOI related
enquiries sent to this email address, and accordingly, emails sent to this
email address that are not FOI related will not be responded to or
forwarded.

CRICOS Codes

If you are seeking information relating to the Commonwealth Register of
Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS), information about
Australian education providers offering courses to people studying in
Australia on student visas and the courses offered, including CRICOS
codes, is available at [1]http://cricos.education.gov.au//. Monthly CRICOS
data exports are available at [2]https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/cricos. 
The department is unable to respond to non-FOI related CRICOS enquiries
sent to this email address.

Non-FOI Enquiries

If you have a non-FOI related enquiry for the department, you can contact
the department by using the online enquiry form at
[3]https://www.education.gov.au/about-us/co....

Regards,

Freedom of Information Team
Department of Education

 

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be confidential information, and may also be the subject of legal
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1 Attachment

Dear Me

Please find attached correspondence in relation to your freedom of information request.

Kind regards

FOI Team
Department of Education

Notice:

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Dear Genevieve,

Thanks for your decision to waive the charge

Please correspond via Right to Know (which I understand is [email address])

Please advise the new deadline for decision. If DoE is unlikely to meet that deadline, it may be convenient to request an extension at the same time. No need for a second email later if it was always going to be necessary

Yours sincerely,

Me

Education - FOI, Department of Education

You have contacted the Freedom of Information Team at the Commonwealth
Department of Education (the department).  If your email relates to a
Freedom of Information (FOI) application made under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act), the department will respond as soon
as possible.

This email address is only for applications for access to documents under
the FOI Act.  The department is unable to respond to non-FOI related
enquiries sent to this email address, and accordingly, emails sent to this
email address that are not FOI related will not be responded to or
forwarded.

CRICOS Codes

If you are seeking information relating to the Commonwealth Register of
Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS), information about
Australian education providers offering courses to people studying in
Australia on student visas and the courses offered, including CRICOS
codes, is available at [1]http://cricos.education.gov.au//. Monthly CRICOS
data exports are available at [2]https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/cricos. 
The department is unable to respond to non-FOI related CRICOS enquiries
sent to this email address.

Non-FOI Enquiries

If you have a non-FOI related enquiry for the department, you can contact
the department by using the online enquiry form at
[3]https://www.education.gov.au/about-us/co....

Regards,

Freedom of Information Team
Department of Education

 

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be confidential information, and may also be the subject of legal
professional privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, any use,
disclosure or copying of this email is unauthorised. If you received this
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Education - FOI, Department of Education

Dear Me,

Thank you for your email.

The department intends to provide you with the decision on access by Friday 17 November and does not anticipate that it will require an extension to meet statutory timeframes.

We will send you this decision via Right to Know ([FOI #10581 email]) as you have requested.

Kind regards

FOI Team
Department of Education

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Dear Me

Please find attached correspondence in relation to your FOI request.

Kind regards

FOI Team
Department of Education
Notice:

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Dear Department of Education,

Thank you for the decision and documents. And, in particular, arranging to display the domains of emails.

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Department of Education's handling of my FOI request 'LEX71589 corro - DoE'. It relates specifically to the s 47C exemptions.

I put to DoE that they have dressed mutton up as lamb. That is, contrary to s 11B(4)(a), DoE has expressly and unlawfully considered whether access to the documents ‘could result in embarrassment to the Commonwealth government’. If it were not embarrassing, then on what basis could its disclosure ‘reasonably be expected to have an adverse impact on the effectiveness of interagency consultations in the future’?

Further, to the extent that the information is both deliberative matter and embarrassing, I submit that the text, context, and purpose of the FOI Act requires s 11B(4)(a) to trump s 47C. Otherwise, the Commonwealth would routinely do exactly what DoE has done, and cloak their s 11B(4) considerations in the neutral colours of ss 47B-47J. Moreover, unless s 11B(4) trumps s 47C, applicants are left with no ability to remedy the Commonwealth’s intentional thwarting of ss 3-3A of the FOI Act.

Alternatively, if embarrassment is not the mutton, ‘inhibition of frankness and candour’ is. ‘Reasonably be expected to have an adverse impact on the effectiveness of interagency consultations in the future’ is simply a different way of complaining that it would inhibit frankness and candour, given DoE has become aware that inhibition of frankness and candour is a weak ground of exemption. Because, as the IC Guidelines (‘ICG’) say:
• ‘Agencies should start with the assumption that public servants are obliged by their position to provide robust and frank advice at all times and that obligation will not be diminished by transparency of government activities’ (ICG [6.83])
• ‘… transparency of the work of public servants should be the accepted operating environment and fears about a lessening of frank and candid advice correspondingly diminished’ (ICG [6.84])
• There is nothing ‘special and specific’ that justifies DoE’s claim (ICG [6.85]).

In addition, the s 47C exemption does not apply because:
• Freedom of information requests are not a function of DoE (ICG [6.60])
• The information is procedural or day to day content (ICG [6.66])
• The information, or at least some of the information, is the decision at the end of a deliberative process, as evident from the dates in the email chains (ICG [6.66])
• Disclosure would ‘reveal the reason for a government decision and any background or contextual information that informed the decision’ (ICG [6.19(a)(ii)])
• Disclosure would ‘inform the community of the Government’s operations, including, in particular, … practices … followed by the Government in its dealings with members of the community’ (ICG [6.19(a)(i)]) with regards to the FOI Act itself, of which there is arguably no higher way to ‘promote the objects of the FOI Act’ (s 11B(3)(a))
o Consequently, the decision that ‘the benefit to the public resulting from disclosure is outweighed by the benefit to the public of withholding the information’ (ICG [6.27]) is plainly wrong.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/l...

Yours faithfully,

Me

Education - FOI, Department of Education

You have contacted the Freedom of Information Team at the Commonwealth
Department of Education (the department).  If your email relates to a
Freedom of Information (FOI) application made under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act), the department will respond as soon
as possible.

This email address is only for applications for access to documents under
the FOI Act.  The department is unable to respond to non-FOI related
enquiries sent to this email address, and accordingly, emails sent to this
email address that are not FOI related will not be responded to or
forwarded.

CRICOS Codes

If you are seeking information relating to the Commonwealth Register of
Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS), information about
Australian education providers offering courses to people studying in
Australia on student visas and the courses offered, including CRICOS
codes, is available at [1]http://cricos.education.gov.au//. Monthly CRICOS
data exports are available at [2]https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/cricos. 
The department is unable to respond to non-FOI related CRICOS enquiries
sent to this email address.

Non-FOI Enquiries

If you have a non-FOI related enquiry for the department, you can contact
the department by using the online enquiry form at
[3]https://www.education.gov.au/about-us/co....

Regards,

Freedom of Information Team
Department of Education

 

Notice:
The information contained in this email message and any attached files may
be confidential information, and may also be the subject of legal
professional privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, any use,
disclosure or copying of this email is unauthorised. If you received this
email in error, please notify the sender by contacting the department's
switchboard on 1300 566 046 during business hours (8:30am - 5pm Canberra
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Education - FOI, Department of Education

Dear Me

 

We acknowledge receipt of your email dated 17 November 2023, seeking
internal review of an FOI decision dated 16 November 2023.

 

The Department of Education has received your request for internal review
and will process it in accordance with the FOI Act.

                                                                                         

If you have any questions about your request for internal review, please
contact us via email to [1][email address].

 

Kind regards

 

Freedom of Information Team

Australian Government Department of Education

[2]www.education.gov.au

 

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disclosure or copying of this email is unauthorised. If you received this
email in error, please notify the sender by contacting the department's
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Dear Me

 

Please find attached a decision in relation to your request for internal
review and documents released to you in accordance with that decision.

 

Please contact [1][email address] if you have any questions.

 

Kind regards,

 

Freedom of Information Team

Australian Government Department of Education

Email: [2][email address]

[3]www.education.gov.au

 

 

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be confidential information, and may also be the subject of legal
professional privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, any use,
disclosure or copying of this email is unauthorised. If you received this
email in error, please notify the sender by contacting the department's
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Dear Genevieve,

Thank you, that is quite satisfactory

Yours sincerely,

Me

Education - FOI, Department of Education

You have contacted the Freedom of Information Team at the Commonwealth
Department of Education (the department). Please note that our office will
close at 12.30pm on 22 December 2023 and will re-open on 2 January 2024.

During this period, no FOI applications or charges will be processed.

If your email relates to an FOI application made under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (Cth), the department will respond as soon as
possible after 2 January 2024.

This email address is only for applications for access to documents under
the FOI Act.  The department is unable to respond to non-FOI related
enquiries sent to this email address, and accordingly, emails sent to this
email address that are not FOI related will not be responded to or
forwarded. If you have a non-FOI related enquiry for the department, you
can contact the department by using the online enquiry form
[1]https://www.education.gov.au/about-us/co....

Regards,

Freedom of Information Team

Department of Education

 

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Education - FOI, Department of Education

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Department of Education (the department).  If your email relates to a
Freedom of Information (FOI) application made under the Freedom of
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the FOI Act.  The department is unable to respond to non-FOI related
enquiries sent to this email address, and accordingly, emails sent to this
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CRICOS Codes

If you are seeking information relating to the Commonwealth Register of
Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS), information about
Australian education providers offering courses to people studying in
Australia on student visas and the courses offered, including CRICOS
codes, is available at [1]http://cricos.education.gov.au//. Monthly CRICOS
data exports are available at [2]https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/cricos. 
The department is unable to respond to non-FOI related CRICOS enquiries
sent to this email address.

Non-FOI Enquiries

If you have a non-FOI related enquiry for the department, you can contact
the department by using the online enquiry form at
[3]https://www.education.gov.au/about-us/co....

Regards,

Freedom of Information Team
Department of Education

 

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References

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2. https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/cricos
3. https://www.education.gov.au/about-us/co...