Perfectly Normal Applicant

Dear National Disability Insurance Agency,

May I please request an unredacted copy of the documents linked to on page 1 of FOI 24/25-1470. Namely:
1. Slides 'Technical training...'
2. Transcript 's24(1)(a) presentation...'
3. 'Case study 1 ARF...'
4. 'Case study 1 psychologist...'
5. 'Case study 2 SEF...'
6. 'Case study 3 SEF...'

'Unredacted' except for personal information of non-SES.

If those documents have been released under FOI already, happy to be pointed to them and I will withdraw that part of the request.

Yours faithfully,

Perfectly Normal Applicant

foi, National Disability Insurance Agency

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foi, National Disability Insurance Agency

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Dear Perfectly Normal Applicant

 

Freedom of Information Request: Acknowledgement

 

Thank you for your request of 24 July 2025, made under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), for documents/information held by the
National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA).

 

Scope of your Request

 

You have requested access to:

 

“…May I please request an unredacted copy of the documents linked to on
page 1 of FOI 24/25-1470. Namely:

1. Slides 'Technical training...'

2. Transcript 's24(1)(a) presentation...'

3. 'Case study 1 ARF...'

4. 'Case study 1 psychologist...'

5. 'Case study 2 SEF...'

6. 'Case study 3 SEF...'

'Unredacted' except for personal information of non-SES…”

 

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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Reviews and Information Release Division 

National Disability Insurance Agency 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Perfectly Normal Applicant
<[FOI #13440 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 24 July 2025 9:14 AM
To: foi <[NDIA request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - NDIA docs mentioned in 1470

 

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Dear National Disability Insurance Agency,

 

May I please request an unredacted copy of the documents linked to on page
1 of FOI 24/25-1470. Namely:

1. Slides 'Technical training...'

2. Transcript 's24(1)(a) presentation...'

3. 'Case study 1 ARF...'

4. 'Case study 1 psychologist...'

5. 'Case study 2 SEF...'

6. 'Case study 3 SEF...'

 

'Unredacted' except for personal information of non-SES.

 

If those documents have been released under FOI already, happy to be
pointed to them and I will withdraw that part of the request.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Perfectly Normal Applicant

 

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Perfectly Normal Applicant

Dear foi,

Yes, for non-SES staff, surnames and contact details are irrelevant. My original scope that you quoted said as much. If I am permitting them to be redacted, I am saying they are not within scope and/or are irrelevant

Yours sincerely,

Perfectly Normal Applicant

Perfectly Normal Applicant

Dear foi,

OAIC reference MR25/01947

Yours sincerely,

Perfectly Normal Applicant

foi, National Disability Insurance Agency

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Dear Perfectly Normal Applicant

 

I apologise for the delay in responding to your Freedom of Information
request, however we require further clarification before we can proceed.

 

You have requested documents linked on page 1 of FOI 24/25-1470, after
reviewing this matter, there doesn’t appear to be any documents linked on
page 1 of the documents supplied for FOI 24/25-1470. Further review
appears to show that the documents you are referencing are on Document 3
page 82, could you please confirm if this is correct?

 

If these are the correct documents you are looking to access, these have
already been supplied as part of FOI 24/25-1470:

 

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|1. Slides 'Technical training...' |Document 4 of 24/25-1470 |
| | |
|  | |
|--------------------------------------------+---------------------------|
|2. Transcript 's24(1)(a) presentation...' |Document 2 of 24/25-1470 |
| | |
|  | |
|--------------------------------------------+---------------------------|
|3. 'Case study 1 ARF...' |Document 6 of 24/25-1470 |
| | |
|  | |
|--------------------------------------------+---------------------------|
|4. 'Case study 1 psychologist...' |Document 5 of 24/25-1470 |
| | |
|  | |
|--------------------------------------------+---------------------------|
|5. 'Case study 2 SEF...' |Document 7 of 24/25-1470 |
| | |
|  | |
|--------------------------------------------+---------------------------|
|6. 'Case study 3 SEF...' |Document 8 of 24/25-1470 |
| | |
|  | |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

 

From review, the only material that was redacted from these documents was
internal email addresses in Documents 2 & 4.

 

As such, can you please confirm if you wish to withdraw your FOI request
or I will organise to issue a decision on these same documents if they are
the correct ones you have referenced in your scope.

 

Kind regards

 

Patrick (PHO293)

Senior Freedom of Information Officer

Information Release, Privacy and Legal Operations Branch

Reviews and Information Release Division

National Disability Insurance Agency

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-----Original Message-----
From: Perfectly Normal Applicant
<[FOI #13440 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 23 September 2025 3:39 PM
To: foi <[NDIA request email]>
Subject: Re: FOI 25/26-0247 (LEXD 6541) – Your request for information –
Acknowledgement [SEC=OFFICIAL]

 

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Dear foi,

 

 

 

OAIC reference MR25/01947

 

 

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

Perfectly Normal Applicant

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----

 

 

 

Dear Perfectly Normal Applicant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Freedom of Information Request: Acknowledgement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you for your request of 24 July 2025, made under the Freedom of

 

Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), for documents/information held by the

 

National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scope of your Request

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You have requested access to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“…May I please request an unredacted copy of the documents linked to on

 

page 1 of FOI 24/25-1470. Namely:

 

 

 

1. Slides 'Technical training...'

 

 

 

2. Transcript 's24(1)(a) presentation...'

 

 

 

3. 'Case study 1 ARF...'

 

 

 

4. 'Case study 1 psychologist...'

 

 

 

5. 'Case study 2 SEF...'

 

 

 

6. 'Case study 3 SEF...'

 

 

 

'Unredacted' except for personal information of non-SES…”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Processing Timeframes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In accordance with section 15(5)(b) of the FOI Act, a 30-day statutory

 

period for processing your request commenced from 25 July 2025. This

 

30-day period expires on 24 August 2025.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disclosure Log

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subject to certain exceptions, documents released under the FOI Act will

 

be published on the NDIA’s disclosure log located on our website.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you have any concerns about the publication of the documents you have

 

requested, please contact me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next steps

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have completed some preliminary work on your request; however, your

 

matter will be allocated to an authorised FOI decision-maker for any

 

further action. The decision-maker may need to contact you to discuss a

 

range of matters, including refining the scope of your request.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We shall contact you using the email address you have provided, please

 

advise if you would prefer us to use an alternative means of contact.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Further information can be found on our [1]Freedom of Information | NDIS

 

webpage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Should you have any questions please contact us at [2][NDIA request
email].

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kind regards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poojan

 

 

 

Freedom of Information Officer

 

 

 

Information Release, Privacy and Legal Operations Branch

 

 

 

Reviews and Information Release Division

 

 

 

National Disability Insurance Agency

 

 

 

E [3][NDIA request email]   

 

 

 

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and emerging.

 

 

 

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Perfectly Normal Applicant

Dear foi,

Thank you for the clarification.

The Page 1 I referred to is the revised document release. You are correct, it is Page 82 (Document 3) in the original document release.

I couldn’t tell that the linked documents were the documents in the original release. Thank you for clarifying

I am happy to withdraw the request

Yours sincerely,

Perfectly Normal Applicant