Fwd: FOI Requests 19/20-079 and 19/20-080 - publicly available [SEC=OFFICIAL]

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From: FOI

Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 at 4:13 AM

Subject: RE: FOI Request 19/20-080 - Extension Request [SEC=OFFICIAL]

To: arundohle@gmail.com

Cc: FOI

Good afternoon Mr Dohle,

Thank you for your email.

The Department of Social Services (the department) proposes combining your two requests (being 19/20-079 and 19/20-080) given their similarity, into the one reference number 19/20-080.

As advised in our email of 11 December 2019, we are seeking a 30-day extension for your request making the due date 4 February 2020. Could you please advise us of your agreement by 18 December 2019, or advise of an alternative date that would be more suitable. Given the Christmas/New Years shut down period, we would appreciate you granting the department additional time to process your request.

Should you have any queries regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind regards,

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From: Arun Dohle

Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2019 at 6:13 PM

Subject: Re: FOI Requests 19/20-079 and 19/20-080 - publicly available [SEC=OFFICIAL]

To: FOI

Cc: FOI

Dear Ms. Smith ,

the information provided earlier is for the year 2016 - 2017.

The year 2017 - 2018 in which ISS received funding has never been provided to me.

So i do uphold my requests.

Sincerely

Arun Dohle

On Fri, 13 Dec 2019 at 3:29 AM, FOI wrote:

Dear Mr Dohle

I refer to our correspondence dated 11 December 2019 acknowledging your requests for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act (References FOI 19/20-079 and FOI 19/20-080).

We wish to advise you that the information you are seeking access to has previously been released to you in FOI 19/20-102. It is also publicly available on the Department of Social Services Disclosure Log at: https://www.dss.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/foi/07_2019/foi-request-18-19-102-documents.pdf. The information you are specifically seeking access to begins at page 19 within the released documents.

We trust this satisfies your query and seek your agreement to withdraw FOI 19/20-079 and FOI 19/20-080 from processing. If we do not hear from you by Tuesday 17 December 2019 we will withdraw your requests.

We also acknowledge that you have requested a meeting with the Intercountry Adoption policy section. The Department will respond to your meeting request once your FOI request applications have been resolved.

Kind regards

Jessie Sargent-Smith

Freedom of Information Officer

Strategic Coordination Section

Government and Executive Services

Department of Social Services

P: (02) 6146 0430

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