FOI Disclosure Log
Publicly available information released following an FOI access request
The Public Service Commissioner and the Merit Protection Commissioner are required by section 11C of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), to publish a disclosure log on the Commission's website. The FOI Act requires agencies to publish information in a disclosure log within 10 working days after the FOI Applicant was given access to a document. The disclosure log requirement does not apply to:
- personal information about any person if publication of that information would be 'unreasonable'
- information about the business, commercial, financial or professional affairs of any person if publication of that information would be 'unreasonable'
- other information covered by a determination made by the Australian Information Commissioner if publication of that information would be 'unreasonable'
- any information if it is not reasonably practicable to publish the information because of the extent of modifications that would need to be made to delete the information listed in the above dot points.
The information described in this register has been released by the Public Service Commissioner under the Freedom of Information Act 1982, and is available for public access. A link is provided if the information can be downloaded from this website or another website. Information that is not available on the website may be obtained by contacting the FOI Officer:
By post: FOI Contact Officer
Australian Public Service Commission
B Block, Treasury Building,
Parkes Place West, Parkes ACT 2600
GPO Box 3176, Canberra ACT 2601
By email: foi@apsc.gov.au
By telephone: Contact the APSC on 02 6202 3500 and ask to speak to the FOI officer.
A charge may be imposed to reimburse the Australian Public Service Commission for the cost incurred in copying or reproducing the information or sending it to you. There will be no charge for the time spent processing the FOI request that led to this information being made available. You will be notified if any charge is payable and required to pay the charge before the information is provided. We will try to meet all reasonable requests for an alternate format of the document in a timely manner and at the lowest reasonable cost to you.
Information about documents released in response to requests made through Right to Know is available directly from the Right to Know site.
Reference number | Date of access Sort ascending | Request | Information published | Other information |
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LEX 1230 | 26/11/2024 | The ‘Work with Purpose’ Podcast invoice and a document containing the purpose of the podcast. |
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Full disclosure Document 2 (Short concept: Work with purpose podcast) concerns a proposal that was made at a point of time. As such, details in relation to certain podcast episodes are outdated. |
LEX 1225 | 30/10/2024 | Number of code of conduct inquiries relating to conflict of interest. |
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Full disclosure |
LEX 1172 | 04/10/2024 | Keynote address - The vital Importance of integrity for leaders in the public sector |
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Full disclosure |
LEX 1077 | 30/09/2024 | Briefing pack prepared for the APS Commission for 2024-25 Budget Estimates hearings. |
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Partial disclosure |
LEX 1151, 1204 | 17/09/2024 | Letter to Peter Woolcott from Ombudsman allocating PID to APSC |
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Partial disclosure |
LEX 1119 | 28/08/2024 | Keynote speech given by Dr Bacon at Australian Public Sector Anti-Corruption Conference |
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Full disclosure |
LEX 1108 | 26/08/2024 | APSC training materials relating to release of information under FOI Act and Privacy Act. |
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Partial disclosure |
LEX 1093 | 19/08/2024 | Documents held by the Commission relating to conflicts of interest of current Secretaries or Agency Heads that were created or received by the Commission from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2024 |
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Full disclosure |
LEX 1096 | 19/08/2024 | Commonwealth Ombudsman letter to the Commission notifying the Commission of a Commonwealth Ombudsman investigation |
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Partial disclosure |
LEX 1050 | 09/08/2024 | Policy documents relating to APS Bargaining and non-APS Bargaining |
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Full disclosure |
LEX 769, 864, 1073 | 12/07/2024 | Section 12(4) of the Ombudsman Act letter |
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Partial disclosure |
LEX 949 | 01/07/2024 | Merit based appointments for Secretary roles. |
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Partial disclosure |
LEX 1027 | 01/07/2024 | Robodebt communications to all Commission staff or all Commission SES staff between 1 July 2023 to 31 December 2023 |
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Full disclosure |
LEX 1009 (683) | 31/05/2024 | The administratively released documents associated with LEX 540, LEX 544, LEX 545, and LEX 546 |
Documents 1 - 10 available for download at: www.righttoknow.org.au |
Full disclosure |
LEX 880 (621) | 31/05/2024 | Freedom of information decisions made by officials in the Australian Public Service Commission between 1 April 2023 and 30 June 2023 inclusive |
Documents 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7 available for download at: www.righttoknow.org.au |
Partial disclosure |
LEX 824 | 15/05/2024 | Correspondence between APSC and CPSU in relation to APS Bargaining. |
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Partial disclosure |
LEX 947 | 03/05/2024 | Data on RecruitAbility Scheme |
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LEX 945(833) | 02/05/2024 | Letter sent by the Commissioner to all Agency/Department Heads regarding matters of integrity |
Full disclosure | |
LEX 876 | 09/04/2024 | Public Interest Disclosure investigation report regarding the recruitment of registrars of the Federal Court of Australia. Documentation relased under LEX 695. |
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Partial disclosure |
LEX 823 | 14/03/2024 | Documents in relation to identity cards issued by the Commission |
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Partial disclosure |
LEX 744 | 12/03/2024 | Correspondence between the Commissioner and Ms Lynelle Briggs in relation to the Review of Public Sector Board Appointment Processes |
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Partial disclosure |
LEX 809(741) | 12/03/2024 | Documents sent by APSC relating to the selection/appointment of Ms Stephanie Foster to serve as Secretary of Department of Home Affairs |
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Partial disclosure |
LEX 775 | 22/02/2024 | Documents relating ‘minimum requirements’ as per the RecruitAbility Scheme. |
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Full disclosure |
LEX 765 | 17/01/2024 | Documents in relation to the Australian Office of Financial Management's operating environment. |
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Partial disclosure |
LEX 696 | 15/12/2023 | Briefing material and correspondence regarding the re-appointment of Mr Greg Moriarty |
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Partial disclosure |
LEX 673 | 14/12/2023 | Documents relating the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) SES Cap |
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Partial disclosure |
LEX 705 | 08/12/2023 | Documents relating to working conditions of non-SES APS employees. |
Partial disclosure | |
LEX 706 | 08/12/2023 | Documents relating to methodology used to make practical refusal decision. |
Partial disclosure | |
LEX 695 | 27/11/2023 | Public Interest Disclosure investigation report regarding the recruitment of registrars of the Federal Court of Australia. |
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Partial disclosure |
LEX 639 (565) | 09/11/2023 | Documents created between 23/05/22 to 30/06/22 that relate to the cessation of Kathryn Campbell as Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and/or Ms Campbell’s redeployment/appointment to a position in the Department of Defence. |
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Partial disclosure |
LEX 636 | 10/10/2023 | 1. Information relating to how APSC recognises an employees prior service and their subsequent long service entitlement when the calculation under s.18 Cwth LSL Act 1976, results in a negative number or negative credit. 2. Information on allowing an employee not to have their prior service recognised if the calculation under s.18 of the LSL Act results in a negative credit/number. |
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Partial disclosure |
LEX 521 | 09/10/2023 | a) Any briefing, talking points or other papers provided to or used by Mr Peter Woolcott AO, Commissioner of the APSC to update the Secretaries Board, at its meeting on 8 March 2023, on public service issues being canvassed in the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme; and b) Any record, draft or final, of Mr Woolcott’s remarks relating to the Royal Commission at the Secretaries Board meeting on 8 March 2023. |
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Partial disclosure |
LEX 632 | 09/10/2023 | I seek access to any document relied upon by Mr Riordan that the ‘improved offer’ referred to in his open letter to the APS ‘remains the largest pay increase’ that SES employees (those employees being ‘APS employees’) ‘will have received in over a decade’. |
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LEX 605 | 18/08/2023 | Documents and correspondence relating to consultation undertaken by Peter Riordan with APS disability champions and other disability networks regarding the CPSU's claim for 10 days of disability leave made in APS-wide pay bargaining. The date range is March 30 to July 24. |
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Partial disclosure |
LEX559 | 30/06/2023 | Complete FOI logs for Commission, including secondary agencies controlled by the Commission, from 2013 to 2023 |
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Partial disclosure |
LEX564 | 14/06/2023 | Briefing or background papers relating to the APSC or APS provided to new Commissioner Dr Gordon de Brouwer |
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Partial disclosure |
LEX558 | 09/06/2023 | Documents and information relating to APS employee behaviour and the Voice Referendum |
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LEX 450 | 31/03/2023 | Contract with Qualtrics for APS Bargaining Survey |
Partial disclosure | |
LEX 402 | 25/03/2023 | Documents or correspondence regarding Chris Hartley or the Australian Future Leaders Program or Foundation |
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Partial disclosure |
LEX 477 | 15/03/2023 | 2023 February Supplementary Budget Estimates Final Briefing Pack |
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Partial disclosure |
LEX 457 | 03/03/2023 | Documents or email correspondence regarding usage of contractors and consultants. |
Partial disclosure | |
LEX 373 | 09/02/2023 | Correspondence between the Commission and the Government relating to the announcement of a new interim workplace relations policy. |
Partial disclosure | |
LEX 374 | 23/01/2023 | Documents in APSC electronic files containing a letter sent from Katrina Purcell to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner |
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Partial disclosure |
LEX 363 | 06/12/2022 | Email, and attachments to email, from Federal Court to staffingpolicy@apsc.gov.au |
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LEX 359 | 28/11/2022 | DPS Employee Censuses between 2018-2019 |
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Partial disclosure DPS Employee Censuses between 2018-2019 |
LEX 354 | 21/11/2022 | Documents relating to the promotion of a "Senior Registrar" to SES Band 2 from EL 2 |
Partial disclosure | |
LEX 353 | 21/11/2022 | Documents relating to the promotion of a "National Judicial Registrar" to the SES Band 1 classification |
Partial disclosure | |
LEX 358 | 15/11/2022 | DPS Employee Census 2018, Highlights Report: Research Branch |
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Partial disclosure |
LEX 346 | 10/11/2022 | Correspondence to John Lloyd PSM about allegations of inappropriate and improper recruitment processes in the Federal Courts |
Full disclosure | |
LEX 323 | 19/10/2022 | Documents relating to the promotion of a "Senior Registrar" to SES Band 2 from EL 2 |
Partial disclosure |