Answers to Questions

Freedom of Information Processing

266 The Hon. T.A. FRANKS ().3 May 2023). Can the Minister for Climate, Environment and Water advise:

1. Regarding FOI request (F0003207570) made by the mover, an amount of $6,063 and a processing time of 107.5 hours was provided in the answer. This FOI was looking into a single issue, over a 9-month period. In calculating this processing time, what tasks were anticipated?

2. What award rate was the 107.5 hours of processing time calculated at, given the processing time appears to cost $56.40 per hour?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector): The Minister for Climate, Environment and Water has advised:

1. The Department for Environment and Water (DEW) has advised that processing times associated with F0003207570 anticipated tasks including:

finding

sorting

copying

compiling

conducting consultations in relation to the release of information concerning the affairs of third parties.

2. The fees and charges for FOI request F0003207570 were calculated by DEW in accordance with the Freedom of Information (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2018 (regulations) and the Freedom of Information (Fees) Notice 2020 published in the Government Gazette (No. 48) on 4 June 2020.