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Date of access30 May 2018
Reference numberFOI/2018/011
FOI request

I am seeking correspondence about the date of Australia Day received between July 18 2017 and January 18 2018 (inclusive).

Specifically I am seeking:

a) Any communications to the Indigenous Affairs Minister, Nigel Scullion, about and/or relating to and/or mentioning and/or discussing and/or proposing and/or advocating changing the date of Australia Day.

b) Any communications to the Indigenous Affairs Minister, Nigel Scullion, indicating concern and/or unease and/or disquiet about Australia Day being held and/or celebrated on January the 26th.

By communications, I mean all correspondence to the Minister, including, but not limited to, letters and/or emails and/or text messages via government and/or personal communication channels.

Please note: I am only interested in communications that each require zero third-party consultations and/or one third-party consultation.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI-2018-011.pdf
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication30 May 2018
Date of access29 May 2018
Reference numberFOI/2018/033
FOI request

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I request a document listing the names and organisations of the stakeholders appearing before the Ruddock religious freedom panel.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2018/033
Other informationReleased in full.
Date of publication13 June 2018
Date of access10 May 2018
Reference numberFOI/2017/223
FOI request

Can you please provide the document(s) with reference 17-7344, based on the “Files created January - June 2017” available at: [see below]

[Update (23 January 2023): The document referred to in this request is no longer available at pmc.gov.au but is available through the National Library of Australia’s Trove web archive: Files created January - June 2017 (PDF).]

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2017/223
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication10 May 2018
Date of access09 May 2018
Reference numberFOI/2017/220 FOI/2017/239
FOI request

Can you please provide the document(s) with reference U17-1777, based on the “Files created January - June 2017” available at: [see below] [FOI/2017/220]

Can you please provide the document(s) with reference U17-1763, based on the “Files created January - June 2017” available at: [see below] [FOI/2017/239]

[Update (23 January 2023): The document referred to in this request is no longer available at pmc.gov.au but is available through the National Library of Australia’s Trove web archive: Files created January - June 2017 (PDF).]

Revised request:

The last document on the combined files when sorted in ascending order on Date modified.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2017/220 FOI/2017/239
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication09 May 2018
Date of access09 May 2018
Reference numberFOI/2017/251
FOI request

Can you please provide the document(s) with reference U17-3930, based on the “Files created January - June 2017” available at: [see below]

[Update (23 January 2023): The document referred to in this request is no longer available at pmc.gov.au but is available through the National Library of Australia’s Trove web archive: Files created January - June 2017 (PDF).]

Revised request:

The latest document in the file U17-3930.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2017/251
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication09 May 2018
Date of access09 May 2018
Reference numberFOI/2017/297
FOI request

Can you please provide the document(s) with reference 17-18297, based on the “Files created January - June 2017” available at: [see below]

[Update (23 January 2023): The document referred to in this request is no longer available at pmc.gov.au but is available through the National Library of Australia’s Trove web archive: Files created January - June 2017 (PDF).]

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2017/297
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication09 May 2018
Date of access01 May 2018
Reference numberFOI/2017/262
FOI request

Can you please provide the document(s) with reference 17-23854, based on the “Files created January - June 2017” available at: [see below]

[Update (23 January 2023): The document referred to in this request is no longer available at pmc.gov.au but is available through the National Library of Australia’s Trove web archive: Files created January - June 2017 (PDF).]

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2017/262
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication01 May 2018
Date of access27 April 2018
Reference numberFOI/2018/015
FOI request

I refer the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PMC) to the following media coverage:

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/public-service/john-lloyd-pinup-boy-of-impartiality-20171102-gzdade.html

https://www.crikey.com.au/2017/10/24/libertarians-get-a-helping-hand-from-government/

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/public-service/aps-commission-refuses-to-release-records-of-john-lloyds-contacts-with-ipa-20180107-h0evs7.html

which intimates that the Public Service Commissioner, Mr John Lloyd, has acted corruptly, unlawfully and/or otherwise improperly.

One would expect, and the public interest would require, that in the normal course of an ethical and apolitical public service, that the Secretary of PMC, being the head of the public service, would take an interest in such allegations.

Accordingly, I seek access to documents held by the Secretary of PMC that concern the matters alluded to in the articles mentioned above.

Appreciating the volume of documents held by the Secretary, the scope of my request is limited to:

  • documents that exist as emails (including any attachments);
  • documents that fall within the date range 23 October 2017 to the date of this application; and
  • documents that contain the words: a)"John Lloyd" and/or "Lloyd"; as well as b) "IPA" and/or "Institute of Public Affairs".

Further, I'm happy for the personal information of anyone who's not a public servant/MP/Minister to be redacted from relevant documents.

On the basis of the tightly defined scope set out above, the Department need only conduct a handful of searches (using the key terms referred to above) of *ALL* items (my emphasis) in the Secretary's email client (likely Microsoft Outlook) to quickly determine whether the Secretary holds any documents the subject of my request (and whether the Secretary has, in the general public interest, considered and/or inquired into the misconduct described).

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2018/015
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication27 April 2018
Date of access19 April 2018
Reference numberFOI/2018/042
FOI request

“... current policies and procedures that constitute PMC’s Information Governance Framework. Documents that are published by the Government (such as the Protective Security Policy Framework) are excluded”.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2018/042
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication20 April 2018
Date of access18 April 2018
Reference numberFOI/2017/264
FOI request

Can you please provide the document(s) with reference 17-9028, based on the “Files created January - June 2017” available at: [see below]

[Update (23 January 2023): The document referred to in this request is no longer available at pmc.gov.au but is available through the National Library of Australia’s Trove web archive: Files created January - June 2017 (PDF).]

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2017/264
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication20 April 2018
  1. This column provides the date that the FOI applicant was given access to a document under s 11A.
  2. This column provides a short summary of the FOI access request.
  3. This column provides a short summary of the information provided under s 11A.

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