Agency FOI Disclosure Logs

“Part 3, Item 7 of the Project Schedule signed 15/06/2022 and varied 07/06/2023 details reports required of NATSIHA. I would like copies of:

• Performance Report covering the period 1 March 2022 to 30 June 2022
• Performance Report covering the period 1 July 2022 to 31 December 2022
• Performance Report covering the period 1 January 2023 to 30 June 2023
• Performance Report covering the period 1 July 2023 to 31 December 2023

A document which outlines the dates and amounts of funding paid to date.

I would like to see any briefs not yet provided which relates to NATSIHA’s underspend / carry forward in all of the completed and projected financial years covering the funding period.

Since my initial request two more variations to the funding agreement have been approved – GA258700 V2 and V3. I would like any briefs which outline the rationale for these requests and approvals and any updated Project Schedule/s that may have been signed as a result.

I would like to see any performance report assessments which relate to the NIAA’s assessment of NATSIHA’s performance of the Project.”

“I am making this application under the FOI Act. It concerns administration of the NIAA's Territories Stolen Generations Redress Scheme. The information I request is the following aggregate data:

1.    How many applications under the Scheme have been received since it commenced operation in 2022?
2.    2. How many such applications have been approved for payment?
3.    3. What is the total value of such approvals?
4.    4. How many applications have been declined?
5.    5. Of those declined, how many were declined for reasons other than being from an ineligible jurisdiction or time period?

I am not seeking any information that would identify any individual claimant or case or any third party.”

“I’m specifically seeking copies of reports, executive briefing notes and attachments, correspondence including emails, audits, investigations relating to one or more of the following: 1. Aboriginal children; and 2. Sexual assault.

Please exclude:

• Duplicates;
• Drafts;
• Documents that have already been publicly released;
• Media releases/reports/articles and correspondence with media.

Please limit:

• Emails to the final thread of the conversation;
• Searches to the Chief Executive.

Timeframe: From 1 July, 2022 to the date this application is validated.

[7 November 2023 clarification]

Please apply the following key word searches using both words:

1.            child, sexual assault

2.            minor, sexual assault

3.            children, sexual assault”

[22 November 2023 clarification]

Please include the following types of documents:

•             historic child sexual abuse matters; 

•             Ministerial correspondence copied to the NIAA CEO for awareness;

If there are several documents on the same matters, please limit to the most recent. Please exclude drafts.”

“1) An update on the amount spent on the Makarrata Commission to date (essentially if the $466,652.82 figure has increased and if so, on what)

2) Any communication between the NIAA and Linda Burney/Linda Burney's office on the amount so far spent, and on the intention for the future of Makarrata and the rest of the funds (more than $5m over the forwards)

3) Any communication between the NIAA and Jim Chalmers/his office on the amount so far spent, and on the intention for the future of Makarrata / the rest of the funds

4) Any communication between the NIAA and Jim Chalmers/his office on the amount so far spent, and on the intention for the future of Makarrata / the rest of the funds

5) Any communication between the NIAA and the prime minister / his office on the amount so far spent, and on the intention for the future of Makarrata / the rest of the funds

6) Any communication between the NIAA and the department of prime minister and cabinet on the amount so far spent, and on the intention for the future of Makarrata / the rest of the funds”

“I am writing to you under the provision of the Freedom of Information Act for the contractor’s compliance rating for each completed contract for the below companies retained on the central database the Indigenous Procurement Policy Reporting Solution.  Additionally the number of times if any, that the below companies failed to meet their MMR targets at the end of any contract.

• 63600276015     BARPA CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
• 52605472580     EVOLVE FM PTY LTD
• 32164014368     INTRACT AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
• 52618480381     DDR INDIGENOUS CONTRACTORS JV PTY LTD
• 46143571630     GDN ISLAND BAYINGUWA DELIVERY TEAM PACIFIC SERVICES GROUP
• 59603714085     RUBIK3 PTY LTD
• 35607821072     First People Recruitment Solutions
• 80150022110     Pacific Services Group Holdings Pty Ltd
• 82496197839     TIWI PARTNERS PTY LTD
• 68634146268     TIWI PARTNERS (AUST) PTY LTD"

‘I wish to formally request information in relation to the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) funding of the Djigardaba Enterprise Aboriginal Corporation (DEAC) in 2022 to purchase ‘’shares of accommodation and tourism business’’ known as the Cooinda Lodge from the Aboriginal Benefit Account for $1.2M. Documentation requested includes but is not limited to the following:

• The funding application 
• Funding Contract 
• Email correspondence 
• File notes’ 

“Further to the information provided in FOI request FOI/2324/037, please provide the number of contracts awarded to the top 100 recipients under the IPP. Please also provide the same data for the current financial year (1 July 2023 to 31 January 2024). 

Exclude: Entities that have not had their contracts previously published on AusTender due to an exemption under the Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs)."

'On 01/03/2022 the NIAA approved a $5.5 M grant to the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing Authority - NATSIHA, Grant ID GA258700. I am requesting the funding contract relating to that grant including the key performance indicators that are required to be met and their timelines. Associated with that grant was an approval for a variation on 21/06/2023 which extended the period by one year and increased the value of the grant. I would like to see all the documentation relating to that variation including the initiation and rationale and any adjustments to KPI’s and the original contract. A copy of the FOI request is attached for your information.'

"Internal NIAA emails to NIAA SES relating to the ‘Strengthening Organisational Governance (SOG) Final Report and excluding emails relating to:

• IPS/234/001
• Internal routine weekly reports
• procurement

for the period 1 November 2021 to 6 November 2023”

“1. [withdrawn]; 
2. The number of NIAA staff based in the NIAA Batemans Bay Office, their position APS levels and position numbers; 
3. The amounts of all funding allocated for departmental projects, such as property and IT, relating to the NIAA Batemans Bay Office since 1 July 2019; 
4. [transferred under s 16(1)(b) of the FOI Act];
5. What role does the NIAA Batemans Bay have with regard to any complaints, non-compliances, regulatory action, auditing of funded organisations financial statements each year for recurrent and one-off funding? What processes are in-place to address these issues?”

“Documents, specifically reports, ministerial briefing notes and attachments, correspondence including emails, relating to feedback about The Voice Referendum result.

Please limit searches to just the NIAA CEO.

Please exclude duplicates, documents that have already been publicly released, media reports/articles/releases and correspondence with media.

Please note I confirm I am happy to accept edited copies of documents with exempt material redacted/blurred. However, I do not consent to documents being deemed irrelevant without consultation."

“I am seeking the following information either under FOI or administrative release. The time period of the request is 1 July 2023 to 31 December 2023:

• Any emails or other communications (eg. meeting invitations/speeches/ videos/transcripts/memorandums/revised chief executive instructions or equivalent) directed at all staff about either the Royal Commission on the Robo-debt Scheme (‘the Royal Commission’), or the government response to the Royal Commission
• Any emails or other communications (eg. meeting invitations/speeches/ videos/transcripts/memorandums/revised chief executive instructions or equivalent) directed at all SES (or equivalent) staff about the Royal Commission on the Robo-debt Scheme, or the government response to the Royal Commission
• Any brief prepared for Senate estimates in October 2023 relating to how the agency was responding to the Royal Commission or the government response to the Royal Commission
• Any brief, agenda paper, submission (or similar) to the agency’s executive leadership group/senior leadership group (or however named in your agency) about how the agency was responding to the Royal Commission or implementing the government response to the Royal Commission
• Any document relating to changing training modules/induction (or similar) (whether internally or externally delivered), to incorporate information about the Royal Commission or the government response to the Royal Commission.

The following are excluded from the request:

Any document that solely deals with adverse findings relating to individual members of staff of that agency."

1. All correspondence and emails held by NIAA from Nyungga Black Group Pty Ltd to NIAA associated with Variation 2 to grant GA18057 covering the period 1 December 2018 to 30 March 2019. This also extends to any replies from NIAA to Nyungga Black Group Pty Ltd associated with the contract variation over the same time period.
2. All and any ministerial briefings and/or correspondence (inc emails) between the NIAA and portfolio Ministers associated with the contract Variation 2 covering the period 1 December 2018 to 30 March 2019.

."1. I request the following aggregated data for all financial years inclusive from 2015-16 to 2022-23: 

1. The total count of all suppliers by ABN who were awarded contracts 
2. The aggregated value of contracts awarded to all suppliers 
3. The aggregated value of contracts awarded to each of the top 5 suppliers as ranked by aggregated value of contracts awarded 
4. The aggregated value of contracts awarded to each of the top 50 suppliers as ranked by aggregated value of contracts awarded 
5. The aggregated value of contracts awarded to each of the top 100 suppliers as ranked by aggregated value of contracts awarded 
6. The aggregated value of contracts awarded to each of the top 250 suppliers as ranked by aggregated value of contracts awarded 
7. The aggregated value of contracts awarded for the remaining suppliers from supplier 251 onwards as ranked by aggregated value of contracts awarded

2. I request a listing of each of the top 100 suppliers ranked by the aggregated value of contracts awarded to each of those 100 suppliers for all financial years inclusive from 2015-16 to 2022-23. The listing should comprise the following data: 

1. Supplier ABN 
2. Supplier Name 
3. Aggregated value of all contracts awarded for the financial years inclusive from 2015-16 to 2022-23 
4. Rank from largest aggregated value to smallest aggregated value by the aggregated value of all contracts awarded for the financial years inclusive from 2015-16 to 2022-23.

3. I request… 3(d) … (ii) Item 1 be amended to include aggregated values based on bands of Percentage Indigenous Ownership, using the latest data available pertaining to Percentage Indigenous Ownership and applied across all previous contracts for those suppliers. The bands of Indigenous Percentage Ownership requested are: 

• 50% Indigenous Ownership 
• Greater than 50% AND Less than or equal to 51% Indigenous Ownership 
• Greater than 51% AND Less than 100% Indigenous Ownership 
• 100% Indigenous Ownership 

4. I request copies of the annual table of contracts awarded by Portfolio from Commonwealth Indigenous procurement outcomes reports for the each of the financial years from 2015-16 to 2022-23 as per the reporting obligations specified in chapter 2.5 of the Indigenous Procurement Policy (IPP Guide) December 2020."

“copies of all communications between staff at the NIAA and Sky News employees or contractors between 1 June 2023 and September 21, 2023. Communications would include but not be limited to emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages."