Departmental FOI Disclosure Log

Documents related to NDIS participants accessing draft plans.

Please send an email to FOI@dss.gov.au and quote reference FOI LEX 47995 to request a copy of this document.

DSS response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs report on Online Gambling.

Please send an email to FOI@dss.gov.au and quote reference FOI LEX 48030 to request a copy of these documents.

Response to Information Commissioner review.

This review focused on the exemptions applied.

Relates to:

2021-111 issued on 16 December 2021

2021-111 IRD (Phase 1) issued on 6 April 2022

2021-111 IRD (Phase 2) issued on 9 May 2022.

Please send an email to FOI@dss.gov.au and quote reference FOI LEX 46667 to request a copy of this document.

Staff correspondence and documents relating to the DSS 2023 International Women’s Day panel event for staff.

Please send an email to foi@dss.gov.au and quote reference FOI LEX 47883 to request a copy of these documents.

Response to Information Commissioner review of LEX 19/20-053.

COAG bilateral agreement between the Commonwealth and Victoria related to NDIS funding policy.

Please send an email to FOI@dss.gov.au and quote reference FOI LEX 46231 to request a copy of this document.

Records relating to Canberra Times article. 

Please send an email to FOI@dss.gov.au and quote reference FOI LEX 47520 to request a copy of this document.

Documents created by the Department of Social Services since May 2022 relating to any proposal to change the JobSeeker Payment income test/income free threshold.

Please send an email to FOI@dss.gov.au and quote reference FOI LEX 47342 to request a copy of this document.

Staff communications referring to merchandise relating to the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme.

Please send an email to FOI@dss.gov.au and quote reference FOI LEX 47474 to request a copy of the documents.

Correspondence or documents responding, actioning or regarding a media enquiry

Please send an email to FOI@dss.gov.au and quote reference FOI LEX 47142 to request a copy of this document.

Minutes of the meetings of the Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee between 16 December 2022 to 13 April 2023 and the report to the Australian Government.

Please send an email to FOI@dss.gov.au and quote reference FOI LEX 47095 to request a copy of the documents.

The Department's Senate Estimates briefing pack for February 2023

Please send an email to FOI@dss.gov.au and quote reference FOI LEX 46852 to request a copy of this document.

Documents that relate to Volunteer Grants 2021 Program to Youth Co-Lab

Please send an email to FOI@dss.gov.au and quote reference FOI LEX 46418 to request a copy of this document.

Document containing details of contracts and grants awarded to Neami Ltd for more than $10,000

Please send an email to FOI@dss.gov.au and quote reference FOI LEX 46442 to request a copy of this document

A breakdown of each expense item for the event held from 21 July 2022 - 23 July 2022 that was mentioned in QoN 337 and correspondence regarding the same.

Please send an email to FOI@dss.gov.au and quote reference FOI LEX 46385 to request a copy of this document.

Various final briefs related to the Cashless Debit Card.

Please send an email to FOI@dss.gov.au and quote reference FOI LEX 46123 to request a copy of these documents.

Various final briefs (including back pocket briefs) of the Department for the Senate Estimates, which commenced on 8 November 2022.

Please send an email to FOI@dss.gov.au and quote reference FOI LEX 45919 to request a copy of this document.

Documents relating to the NDIS age requirements using the search terms "NDIS" and: 

• Section 51(xxix) of the Constitution; 
• the Convention of the Rights of People with Disabilities (CPRD) or Intentional Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; or 
• Article 5 of the CPRD.

Please send an email to FOI@dss.gov.au and quote reference FOI LEX 46091 to request a copy of this document.

The last two acquittals for the Department of Health for the following two companies: Innovate Consultancy Services Pty Ltd; and Living My Way Ltd.

Please send an email to FOI@dss.gov.au and quote reference FOI LEX 45964 to request a copy of this document.

Documents related to the complaint and review process for Employment Service Providers.

Please send an email to FOI@dss.gov.au and quote reference FOI LEX 45976 to request a copy of this document.

Report: Program design for the National EarlyChildhood Program for Children with Disability or Developmental Concern

Please send an email to FOI@dss.gov.au and quote reference FOI LEX 45598 to request a copy of this document.

The index of the Department's Senate Estimates issues brief that was prepared for the Secretary for the Senate Estimates conducted between 28 October and 11 November 2022.

Documents related to ethics training delivered to DSS SES in 2022.

Please send an email to FOI@dss.gov.au and quote reference FOI LEX 45941 to request a copy of this document.

Copy of the funding submission made by Huntington’s Victoria Ltd to the NDIS Information Linkages and Capacity Building grant round in 2019.

Please send an email to FOI@dss.gov.au and quote reference FOI LEX 45466 to request a copy of this document.

Input into briefing for senior executives of DSS for meetings with other Commonwealth departments, non-government organisations (NGOs), counterpart government departments from other countries etc’ in file EF22/12556

Please send an email to FOI@dss.gov.au and quote reference FOI LEX 45565 to request a copy of this document.

Documents relating to grants issued by the Department to Side by Side Advocacy Inc

Please send an email to FOI@dss.gov.au and quote reference FOI LEX 44554 to request a copy of this document.

Cashless Welfare Engagement and Support Services Branch - Evidence, Evaluation and Data Monitoring

List of domestic business class flights taken by employees of the Department

Titles and details of final reports and documents produced by the Department since 1 January 2017 related to land release, supply and affordable housing.

Please send an email to FOI@dss.gov.au and quote reference FOI LEX 45489 to request a copy of this document.

Question Time Briefs as at 4 August 2022

Please send an email to FOI@dss.gov.au and quote reference FOI LEX 45273 to request a copy of this document.

Documents relating to the monitoring, evaluation and governance arrangements of the Cashless Debit Card

Please send an email to FOI@dss.gov.au and quote reference FOI LEX 44909 to request a copy of this document.

PowerPoint slides, notes and materials relating to the Department’s graduate program’s orientation sessions given to new staff from the beginning of this year’s graduate program.

Please send an email to FOI@dss.gov.au and quote reference FOI LEX 45066 to request a copy of this document.

Star ratings for DES Providers

DSS policy re: long service leave and recognising prior service

Student Financial Suppliment Scheme 2001

The department's incoming government brief, known as the Red Book, for the incoming minister or minister(s). Only include briefs prepared for the minister(s) following the 2022 federal election.

NDIS Advocacy Program

Documents relating to the Bushlight program between 2011 and 2014.

Please send an email to foi@dss.gov.au and quote reference 2122-121 to request a copy of this document.

Access to paperwork and documents related to the Student Financial Supplement Scheme (SFSS) Loan and Debt.

Please send an email to FOI@dss.gov.au and quote reference FOI LEX 44862 to request a copy of this document.

Documents relating to any meetings between the secretary of DSS and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal that took place after 1 January 2020

Specified documentation in relation to the Commonwealth Funding Agreement for Mixed Capital Works and non-Capital Works between the Commonwealth of Australia as represented and acting through the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and the South Burnett Regional Council.

Documents related to every contract that DSS signed with Boston Consulting Group (being contracts, variations of contracts, work orders and internal email communications about those contracts), in any way linked to or under the responsibility of the former Deputy Secretary: Social Services, while he was employed at DSS.

This scope excludes the names and contact details of non-Senior Executive Service employees.

Can you please provide the policy changed cited on page 134 of 'Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements 2021-22 Social Services Portfolio', note (c) that reads "As a result of change in Australian Government policy, responsibility for the Information, Linkages and Capacity Building Program was transferred from NDIA to DSS effective 31 January 2021".

Documents pertaining to the Cashless Debit Card Monitoring Strategy Working Group

The final report and findings of the 2021 Swinburne University Information, Linkages and Capacity Building Research Project commissioned by the Department of Social Services.

Available for download at Summary - Informing Investment Design: Information Linkages and Capacity Building (ILC) Research Activity | Department of Social Services, Australian Government (dss.gov.au)

Phase 2 of 2 releases for the Department’s internal review of FOI 2021-111.

This internal review focused on adequacy of searches.

Documents outlining the terms of the ILC transfer from the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) to the Department of Social Services.

Phase 1 of 2 releases for the Department’s internal review of FOI 2021-111.

This internal review focused on adequacy of searches.

Un-awarded Information, Linkages and Capacity Building (ILC) funding  for FY2020-21 and FY2021-22 (partial)

Data in relation to mortality exits for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021 for the following:

• Carers Payment
• Carers allowance
• Disability Support Pension
• Age Pension
• Mobility allowance
• ABSTUDY

• "All available documents detailing how membership of the Working Group was initially decided (selection criteria), and whether and why membership has changed over time.
• A full list of all corporations, companies, organisations, government departments and other bodies (or representatives thereof) and individuals that have been invited to participate in and/or have participated in the Working Group's meetings, consultations, surveys and other operations since its inception. This includes any individuals or bodies not formally listed as members of the Working Group.
• All available planning documents, papers, briefing notes, policy submissions, meeting agendas, meeting minutes (including meeting dates and attendees) and other such materials produced by or for the Working Group. This includes any advice or recommendations made by the Working Group regarding the practical administration of the Cashless Debit Card.
• Any correspondence between the Working Group and employees of the Department of Social Services, up to and including the responsible Minister/s”.