Payments and Certification to White Ribbon from 2014 through 2019
Office for Men made this Freedom of Information request to Department of Defence
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Dear Department of Defense,
I make this request to obtain copies of all payment details and documents relating to White Ribbon Australia. That includes:
1. Details of financial payments made to White Ribbon Australia.
2. Ongoing commitments for payment to White Ribbon Australia.
3. Number of Defence staff and contractors who have obtained White Ribbon certification, and expressed as a percentage of total staff and contractors.
4. Documentation outlining requirements for staff and contractors to obtain and retain White Ribbon certification.
5. Any documentation requiring external companies contracting to Defence to obtain White Ribbon certification.
Yours faithfully,
Office for Men
UNCLASSIFIED
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UNCLASSIFIED
Good afternoon,
Thank you for your FOI inquiry, dated 17 July 2019, relating to White
Ribbon Australia.
I note that your request is seeking access to 'all payment details’'
relating to the above mentioned matter. Please be advised that a request
for any/all documents concerning a particular subject will likely attract
refusal under section 24AA of the FOI Act because, with few exceptions, it
would simply not be possible for the decision maker to certify that he or
she has identified every copy of every document in the Department's
possession. To do so would require a search of every hard copy file and
the electronic communication and records management systems used by
Defence. It is considered that the workload involved in conscientiously
attempting to do so would involve a substantial and unreasonable diversion
of the resources of the agency.
Taking the above into consideration, under section 24AA of the FOI Act and
for the purposes of section 24 of the FOI Act, Defence considers that a
'practical refusal reason' exists in relation to your FOI request.
Specifically, Defence considers that the work involved in processing the
request in its current form would substantially and unreasonably divert
the resources of the Defence from its other operations. In particular, a
very significant amount of resources would have to be diverted to arrange
for the required searches to be undertaken, to then review any documents
that were identified as being possibly relevant to your request. And
finally, to undertake the decision making process on any documents that
did meet the parameters of your request.
This diversion would constitute a significant drain on the resources of
the agency, and would have an unreasonable, substantial and adverse effect
in the ability of areas to conduct their normal business.
In accordance with section 24AB of the FOI Act, Defence is required to
consult with you advising of the intention to refuse access to your
request in its current form.
In accordance with paragraph 24AB(2)(c) of the FOI Act, I am the nominated
person with whom you should contact with a view to agreeing to one of the
following options:
a. withdraw your request
b. revise your request; or
c. indicate that you do not wish to revise your request.
In accordance with section 24AB(9) of the FOI Act, Defence is only
required to undertake this consultation process once, and you must contact
me within 14 days to discuss.
Notwithstanding all of the above, I would suggest you provide a date range
for the documents you seek.
I encourage you to contact me so I can assist you in moving forward with
your inquiry.
Kind regards,
Matt Ashauer
FOI Inquiries
Freedom of Information
Information Management and Access
Governance and Reform Division
Department of Defence
CP1-06-003
PO Box 7910 Canberra ACT 2610
(02) 6266 3685
IMPORTANT: This email remains the property of the Department of Defence
and is subject to the jurisdiction of section 70 of the Crimes Act 1914.
If you have received this email in error, you are requested to contact the
sender and delete the email.
IMPORTANT: This email remains the property of the Department of Defence
and is subject to the jurisdiction of section 70 of the Crimes Act 1914.
If you have received this email in error, you are requested to contact the
sender and delete the email.