Primary Health Network Mental Health Lead Site Project (Lead Site Project) evaluation
Dear Department of Health,
Please provide the Primary Health Network Mental Health Lead Site Project (Lead Site Project) evaluation.
If possible, please treat this as an administrative/informal request. Otherwise please proceed with my request as a formal information request under the Act.
Yours faithfully,
Mitchell Ward
Attention: Mitchell Ward
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Legal Advice & Legislation
Legal Advice Division
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mitchell Ward [mailto:[FOI #4897 email]]
Sent: Saturday, 13 October 2018 4:29 PM
To: FOI
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Primary Health Network Mental Health Lead Site Project (Lead Site Project) evaluation [SEC=No Protective Marking]
Dear Department of Health,
Please provide the Primary Health Network Mental Health Lead Site Project (Lead Site Project) evaluation.
If possible, please treat this as an administrative/informal request. Otherwise please proceed with my request as a formal information request under the Act.
Yours faithfully,
Mitchell Ward
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Dear Mr Ward
Please contact the Department's FOI unit to discuss your matter via telephone on (02) 6289 1666 or email [Health request email].
Kind regards
Chantal
FOI Unit
Legal Advice & Legislation Branch
Legal & Assurance Division
Australian Government Department of Health
T: (02) 6289 1666 | E: [Health request email]
PO Box 9848, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
The Department of Health acknowledges the traditional owners of country throughout Australia, and their continuing connection to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to them and their cultures, and to elders both past and present.
If you receive this email in error, please delete it and contact the sender immediately.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mitchell Ward <[FOI #4897 email]>
Sent: Saturday, 13 October 2018 4:29 PM
To: FOI <[email address]>
Subject: TRIM: Freedom of Information request - Primary Health Network Mental Health Lead Site Project (Lead Site Project) evaluation [SEC=No Protective Marking]
Dear Department of Health,
Please provide the Primary Health Network Mental Health Lead Site Project (Lead Site Project) evaluation.
If possible, please treat this as an administrative/informal request. Otherwise please proceed with my request as a formal information request under the Act.
Yours faithfully,
Mitchell Ward
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Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #4897 email]
Is [Health request email] the wrong address for Freedom of Information requests to Department of Health? If so, please contact us using this form:
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/change_re...
This request has been made by an individual using Right to Know. This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. More information on how Right to Know works can be found at:
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If you find this service useful as an FOI officer, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's FOI page.
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Dear Mr Ward
Thank you for your request to the Department of Health (Department) of 13
October 2018 seeking access under the Freedom of Information Act 1982
(FOI Act) to:
‘the Primary Health Network Mental Health Lead Site
Project (Lead Site Project) evaluation’
Preliminary searches undertaken indicate that the Department does not
appear to hold any documents within the scope of your request.
The PHN Mental Health Lead Site Project evaluation is made up of two
distinct parts, Part A and Part B (also known as Link-me). The evaluation
is still in progress, and is due to be completed in September 2020.
The University of Melbourne has been contracted by the department to
undertake the evaluation. Information on the evaluation, including the
evaluation frameworks and fact sheets describing Part A and Link-me are
accessible through the evaluator’s website -
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/phn-lead-site-project/. Reports on the progress
evaluation, when appropriate, will also be published here.
Next steps
On that basis, please confirm if you would like the Department’s FOI unit
to make a formal FOI decision that we hold no documents, or alternatively
please confirm if you would like to withdraw your request.
If the FOI unit does not hear from you by COB Friday 9 November 2018
indicating your preferred option, we will consider your request withdrawn.
Please do not hesitate to contact the FOI unit on (02) 6289 1666 or via
email at [email address] if you would like to discuss further.
Kind regards
Chantal
FOI Unit
Legal Advice & Legislation Branch
Legal & Assurance Division
Australian Government Department of Health
T: (02) 6289 1666 | E: [Health request email]
PO Box 9848, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
The Department of Health acknowledges the traditional owners of country
throughout Australia, and their continuing connection to land, sea and
community. We pay our respects to them and their cultures, and to elders
both past and present.
If you receive this email in error, please delete it and contact the
sender immediately.
-----Original Message-----
From: FOI
Sent: Friday, 26 October 2018 2:39 PM
To: Mitchell Ward <[FOI #4897 email]>
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request 877 - [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Dear Mr Ward
Please contact the Department's FOI unit to discuss your matter via
telephone on (02) 6289 1666 or email [Health request email].
Kind regards
Chantal
FOI Unit
Legal Advice & Legislation Branch
Legal & Assurance Division
Australian Government Department of Health
T: (02) 6289 1666 | E: [Health request email]
PO Box 9848, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
The Department of Health acknowledges the traditional owners of country
throughout Australia, and their continuing connection to land, sea and
community. We pay our respects to them and their cultures, and to elders
both past and present.
If you receive this email in error, please delete it and contact the
sender immediately.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mitchell Ward <[FOI #4897 email]>
Sent: Saturday, 13 October 2018 4:29 PM
To: FOI <[email address]>
Subject: TRIM: Freedom of Information request - Primary Health Network
Mental Health Lead Site Project (Lead Site Project) evaluation [SEC=No
Protective Marking]
Dear Department of Health,
Please provide the Primary Health Network Mental Health Lead Site Project
(Lead Site Project) evaluation.
If possible, please treat this as an administrative/informal request.
Otherwise please proceed with my request as a formal information request
under the Act.
Yours faithfully,
Mitchell Ward
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Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #4897 email]
Is [Health request email] the wrong address for Freedom of Information requests
to Department of Health? If so, please contact us using this form:
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/change_re...
This request has been made by an individual using Right to Know. This
message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet.
More information on how Right to Know works can be found at:
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/help/offi...
If you find this service useful as an FOI officer, please ask your web
manager to link to us from your organisation's FOI page.
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Locutus Sum left an annotation ()
The decision by the authority looks very reasonable although it is not actually what the Act requires. When there are no relevant documents for an FOI application, the application should be refused on the basis of s 24A ("Documents cannot be found or do not exist"). The formal refusal then enlivens a right of review.