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Dear National Disability Insurance Agency,

I request:
1. ART Case Management Guide (CMG) on Supportable impairments, final version (see FOI 24/25-0142)
2. ART CMG on Chronic Health Conditions, final version (see FOI 24/25-0142)
3. CMG on Behaviour Supports, current draft (or final if now finalised) (see FOI 24/25-0142)
4. ART CMG on Assistive Technology Low Cost / Consumables, final version (see FOI 24/25-0142)
5. ART CMG on Model Litigant Obligations, final version (see FOI 24/25-0142)
6. ART CMG on Access to the NDIS, final version (see FOI 24/25-0142)

ART is also a reference to AAT as applicable.

Yours faithfully,

Me

foi, National Disability Insurance Agency

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foi, National Disability Insurance Agency

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Dear Me

 

Freedom of Information Request: Acknowledgement

 

Thank you for your request of 7 March 2025, made under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), for copies of documents held by the
National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA).

 

Scope of your Request

 

You have requested access to:

 

“ I request:

1. ART Case Management Guide (CMG) on Supportable impairments, final
version (see FOI 24/25-0142) 2. ART CMG on Chronic Health Conditions,
final version (see FOI 24/25-0142) 3. CMG on Behaviour Supports, current
draft (or final if now finalised) (see FOI 24/25-0142) 4. ART CMG on
Assistive Technology Low Cost / Consumables, final version (see FOI
24/25-0142) 5. ART CMG on Model Litigant Obligations, final version (see
FOI 24/25-0142) 6. ART CMG on Access to the NDIS, final version (see FOI
24/25-0142)

 

ART is also a reference to AAT as applicable.”

 

Irrelevant Information

 

Section 22 of the FOI Act allows an Agency to redact information from
documents if that information would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant
to a request for access.

 

Given the nature of your request, it does not seem that NDIA staff
members’ surnames and contact details would be relevant to you. Can you
please send me a reply email confirming that such details are irrelevant
to your request for access?

 

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Mykal

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Complaints Management & FOI Branch

General Counsel Division

National Disability Insurance Agency

E [2][NDIA request email]

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Me <[FOI #12893 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 6 March 2025 11:53 PM
To: foi <[NDIA request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - NDIA case management guides

 

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Dear National Disability Insurance Agency,

 

I request:

1. ART Case Management Guide (CMG) on Supportable impairments, final
version (see FOI 24/25-0142) 2. ART CMG on Chronic Health Conditions,
final version (see FOI 24/25-0142) 3. CMG on Behaviour Supports, current
draft (or final if now finalised) (see FOI 24/25-0142) 4. ART CMG on
Assistive Technology Low Cost / Consumables, final version (see FOI
24/25-0142) 5. ART CMG on Model Litigant Obligations, final version (see
FOI 24/25-0142) 6. ART CMG on Access to the NDIS, final version (see FOI
24/25-0142)

 

ART is also a reference to AAT as applicable.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Me

 

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Dear foi,

Ordinarily I would agree to the extension but I would like the documents in the timeframe. I’d prefer OAIC review of deemed refusal to be available in 30 days not 60.

You’re welcome to apply to OAIC for extension but I understand understaffing is not an accepted reason

May I suggest NDIA does not seek an extension, plugs away at it, and hopefully the NDIA decision, albeit out of time, is before the OAIC gets to it

Yours sincerely,

Me

Perfectly Normal Applicant

Dear foi,

I have applied for OAIC review of the deemed refusal MR25/00680

Yours sincerely,

Perfectly Normal Applicant

foi, National Disability Insurance Agency

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Dear Me

 

Thank you for your request for information.

 

Please find attached correspondence and documents in relation to your
request. If you require this/these in a different format, please let us
know.

 

Please contact us at [1][NDIA request email] if you have any questions or
require help.

 

Thank you.

 

Lia

Senior Freedom of Information Officer

Information Release, Privacy and Legal Operations Branch

Review and Information Division

National Disability Insurance Agency

E [2][NDIA request email] 

 

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Dear foi,

Excellent, thank you!

I have withdrawn the OAIC review

Yours sincerely,

Perfectly Normal Applicant