Our Freedom of Information disclosure log
About the disclosure log
The Freedom of Information (FOI) disclosure log below sets out the documents released in response to prior FOI requests made to our department.
You can request any of the documents described below by sending an email to FOI@dss.gov.au. Make sure you include the reference number so we can help you.
The total cost of the cashless debit card trials in Ceduna and the East Kimberley from the beginning until 31 August 2017 and the total projected cost of the rollout of the cashless debit card in Bundaberg and Hervey Bay and the Goldfields.
The Method Report in relation to the Australian Priority Investment Approach to Welfare.
The number of people who will not receive the Energy Supplement as a result of its abolition for new recipients, by State and by electorate, by 2020 and the number of people currently in the workforce who will be affected by increasing the pension eligibility age to 70.
Documents that address the possibility of false positives in drug testing of welfare recipients
Documents regarding misuse of the cashless debit card in Ceduna, Kununurra and Wyndham regions.
The Debit Card Trial Services Agreement between the Commonwealth of Australia and Indue Limited
Access, for the purpose of review and research, to the minutes and materials, including materials provided to [the Child Support National Stakeholder Engagement Forum (the Forum)] members and submissions made by Forum members, of the meetings in which the changes [in the Child Support and Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Budget And Other Measures) Bill 2010] were canvassed by the Forum.
Cost of implementing and managing the government’s trials of the Healthy Welfare Card (Ceduna and East Kimberley)
Correspondence in relation to the development, implementation and subsequent cancellation of the proposed trial of pre-commitment technology for poker machines.
24/04/2017 (original)
Number and type of individual complaints reported by Medibank Health Solutions about 1800RESPECT between 1 December 2014 and 31 January 2017
Costs of the cashless debit card trials in Ceduna and Kununurra.
Information upon which Schedule 5 of the Social Services Legislation Amendment Bill (Omnibus) 2017 was based.
Release certificates/correspondence certifying that release of information is necessary in the public interest under Section 208 of Social Security (Administration) Act 1991 between 01/01/2017 and 09/02/2017.
1800RESPECT Reports.
The most recent media Talking Points prepared by the Department.
Policy development documents for the evaluation and monitoring of the Try Test and Learn Fund.
… copies of material created that supports the Minister's claim that: We have found these pockets, and maybe that's being a bit generous, because they are very large pockets, of payment categories and rules that intersect in a way that mean you can earn as much through the welfare system, and I use the word 'earn' advisedly, you can earn as much as you do from working very hard. … created between July 1, 2016 and November 3, 2016. … [and] any documents related to the article Parental welfare pays more than work published in the Australian on October 28, 2016 and the article Myth busted: Stay-at-home parents don't get more than those who work published in the Age and the Sydney Morning Herald on October 29 and October 30, 2016.
23/12/2016
(Primary decision)
02/02/2017
(Internal review decision)
a) An up-to-date copy of the ‘NRAS Investigations Referrals and Scam Register’ (referred to at footnote 14, p24 of the Australian National Audit Office’s Report No, 23 2016-17) and
b) documents regarding the 32 referrals from DSS’s NRAS Branch to its Investigations Branch (referred to at paragraph 2.24, p24 of the Australian National Audit Office’s report No. 23 2016-17).
- No. of paid parental leave (PPL) recipients by income range;
- Estimated no. of PPL recipients who will no longer be eligible for PPL as result of Government’s proposed changes to PPL and their median income;
- Estimated no. of PPL recipients who will lose part of their PPL entitlements as result of proposed changes and their median income; and
- Estimated no. of PPL recipients who will be unaffected by proposed changes to PPL.
a) Reports after 1 Jan 2016 about groups of people, including international students, homeless people and low-income earners, who access NRAS; and
b) Communications after 1 Jan 2016 to the federal government about groups of people who access NRAS