Dear Department of Finance,

Under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), I am seeking access to the government-provided official car service (ComCar) records for the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs for the period 1 September 2022 to 20 November 2022.

Can this drop off and pick up information please be provided to the street level, and if not, the suburb level.

To avoid any privacy issues, please redact the minister's home address fully where it appears. These occurances can be noted as 'home', and redact the street number of all pick up and drop off addresses.

All correspondence can be down via this email account.

Yours faithfully,

Oliver Smith

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

 

FOI Coordinator

 

FOI Requests, Department of Finance

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Dear Mr Smith

 

Freedom of Information Request – FOI 22/112

Thank you for your email to the Department of Finance (Finance) requesting
access to the following under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI
Act):

 

…the government-provided official car service (ComCar) records for the
Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs for the
period 1 September 2022 to 20 November 2022.

 

Can this drop off and pick up information please be provided to the street
level, and if not, the suburb level.

 

To avoid any privacy issues, please redact the minister's home address
fully where it appears. These occurances can be noted as 'home', and
redact the street number of all pick up and drop off addresses.

 

Your request was received by Finance on 21 November 2022. The statutory
period for processing your request commences from the day after Finance
received your request and a decision is due on 21 December 2022.

 

The processing period may be extended if we need to consult third parties,
impose a charge or for other reasons. We will advise you if this happens.

 

Liability to pay a charge

You will be notified of any charges in relation to your request as soon as
possible, before we process any requested documents or impose a final
charge.

 

Publication

As required by the FOI Act, any documents provided to you under the FOI
Act will be published on our [1]disclosure log, unless an exemption
applies or the documents are characterised as containing personal
information. Documents will be published within one working day after they
are released to you.

 

Policy to exclude junior officer contact details, signatures and mobile
phone numbers

Finance has adopted a policy to generally exclude from any documents
released under FOI, the names and contact details of junior staff (non-SES
officers) and staff employed under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act
1984 (adviser level and below). Finance has also adopted a policy to
exclude signatures and mobile phone numbers from any documents released
under FOI (unless publicly available). Finance’s preference is to reach
agreement with FOI applicants to exclude these details from the scope of
the request. Where there is no objection, the names and contact details of
junior officers, as well as any signatures appearing in identified
documents, will be redacted under section 22 of the FOI Act on the basis
that these details are irrelevant to the request.

 

Please contact the FOI Team on the below contact details if you wish to
discuss your request.

 

Kind regards

 

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FOI Officer | Legal and Assurance Branch

Business Enabling Services

Department of Finance

E: [3][Finance request email]

A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603

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Dear Mr Smith

 

Finance will be conducting third party consultation for your request (FOI
22/112). As provided for under the FOI Act, the processing period has been
extended by 30 days to allow for this consultation.

 

As such, a decision is currently due to you by Friday 20 January 2023.

 

If you have any questions, please contact us on the below details.

 

Kind regards

 

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Jonathan Messieh | FOI Officer

Legal and Assurance Branch

Business Enabling Services

Department of Finance

E: [2][email address]

A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603

 

Please note that the Department of Finance will be closed between Monday
26 December 2022 to Monday 2 January 2023

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Dear Mr Smith

 

Please see attached a decision letter and document in relation to your FOI
request (our reference FOI 22/112).

 

Kind regards

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FOI Officer | Legal and Assurance Branch

Business Enabling Services

Department of Finance

E: [2][Finance request email]

A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603

 

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