Standard Operating Procedures and Case Management Guides (various)

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Dear National Disability Insurance Agency,

Please provide copies of the following documents:

1) Standard Operating Procedure: Resolved by Hearing
2) Standard Operating Procedure: Appeals and Litigation Oversight Committee (ALOC) and Pre-ALOC
3) Standard Operating Procedure: Requesting an Independent Expert Clinician Report
4) Standing Instructions Administrative Appeals Tribunal
5) Case Management Guide – Conciliation

If there are multiple versions of any of these documents, please provide me with only the most recent version.

If any of these documents are still in draft form (i.e. yet to be approved), please provide me with the most recent draft version.

Yours faithfully,
David Wright

foi, National Disability Insurance Agency

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Dear National Disability Insurance Agency,

It is now two months since I submitted this request and I have not received anything other than an automated response. Please update me on the status of this request.

Yours faithfully,
David Wright

Dear National Disability Insurance Agency,

It is now three months since I submitted this request and I have not received anything other than an automated response. Please update me on the status of this request.

Yours faithfully,
David Wright

Dear National Disability Insurance Agency,

It is now five months since I submitted this request and I have not received anything other than an automated response. Please update me on the status of this request.

Yours faithfully,
David Wright

foi, National Disability Insurance Agency

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Dear David Wright

 

Thank you for your email below.

 

I apologise for the delay in providing you with a decision on your Freedom
of Information request.

 

Your request was allocated to me for decision on 27 November 2025.
Unfortunately, due to other matters in my caseload, I have not been able
to give it the detailed attention it needs. However, I can advise that we
have carried out a search consultation with the ART Operations team, and
they have provided us with documents falling within the scope of your
request.

 

I commence leave at the end of today and will not be returning to work
until 5 January 2026. Due to my forthcoming absence, I will ask my manager
to consider allocating your request to another decision-maker (bearing in
mind that the Agency enters its reduced activity period on 25 December
2025). If reallocation is not practicable, I will prioritise your request
on my return from leave.

 

Regards

 

Helen [HIL533]

Senior Freedom of Information Officer

Information Access and Privacy Branch

Reviews and Information Release Division

National Disability Insurance Agency

 

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Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request - Standard Operating
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Dear National Disability Insurance Agency,

 

 

 

It is now five months since I submitted this request and I have not
received anything other than an automated response. Please update me on
the status of this request.

 

 

 

Yours faithfully,

 

David Wright

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

Thank you for your email to the National Disability Insurance Agency

 

(NDIA) Freedom of Information (FOI) team.

 

 

 

Please note: due to a high volume of requests, our ability to respond to

 

you in a timely manner may be affected. We will action your request as

 

soon as possible and will endeavour to process your matter within the

 

legislative deadlines. We may need to seek your agreement to an extension

 

of time. We appreciate your understanding if this is required.

 

 

 

Participant Information

 

Did you know the NDIA has other ways to access the documents and

 

information that we hold?

 

 

 

 

 

Participants, Guardians and Nominees can obtain copies of some participant

 

information through our National Contact Centre (NCC). For more

 

information about what’s available through the NCC, please contact 1800

 

800 110.

 

 

 

 

 

Please visit our [1]Access to Information webpage to find out more about

 

accessing information through:

 

 

 

* The [2]Participant Information Access (PIA) scheme

 

 

 

* The [3]Information Publication Scheme (IPS)

 

 

 

* The [4]myplace portal for participants

 

 

 

* The [5]myplace portal for providers

 

 

 

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You can also request data and statistics. Please visit our [6]Data and

 

insights webpage page for further information.

 

 

 

 

 

If you are able to obtain your information from a source listed above, you

 

can withdraw your FOI request by emailing [7][NDIA request email] 

 

 

 

Further Information

 

 

 

Information about how to make an FOI request can be found on our website:

 

[8]Freedom of Information

 

 

 

 

 

Should you have a query unrelated to FOI, please contact the Agency by

 

email at [9][email address] or via webchat at [10]ndis.gov.au.

 

Alternatively, you can also contact us by phoning 1800 800 110.

 

 

 

 

 

Kind regards

 

 

 

 

 

Freedom of Information Team

 

Complaints Management & FOI Branch

 

General Counsel Division

 

National Disability Insurance Agency

 

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Dear FOI

Please provide me witn an update on this request, which I submitted in July 2025 - seven months ago.

Yours sincerely,
David Wright