FOI Disclosure Log 2023
Last updated:
2023
| Log Number | Release date | FOI request high-level description | Documents provided | Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 432 | 21/12/2023 | Number of veterans referred to Police for unacceptable behavior to DVA staff, the number charged and convicted over the past 5 years | Documents as requested, in full | For access to this document please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information[dot]access[at]dva[dot]gov[dot]au) |
| 431 | 20/12/2023 | Number of staff employed in data and insights branch | Documents as requested, in full | For access to this document please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information[dot]access[at]dva[dot]gov[dot]au) |
| 430 | 18/11/2023 | Veterans mates program opt out data | Documents as requested, in full | For access to this document please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information[dot]access[at]dva[dot]gov[dot]au) |
| 429 | 11/12/2023 | Any and all policy, legislation, guidelines surrounding tertiary study courses and SRDP clients | Documents as requested, in part | For access to this document please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information[dot]access[at]dva[dot]gov[dot]au) |
| 428 | 8/12/2023 | Documents submitted to the Human Research Ethics Commitee for approval by the Department of Defence and Department of Veterans' Affairs in relation to the “MATES” program | Documents as requested, in part | For access to this document please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information[dot]access[at]dva[dot]gov[dot]au) |
| 427 | 6/12/2023 | DVA DRCA Policy, Procedure, and communication surrounding the requirements of GP’s, Psychiatrists, Psychologists for PI assessments inclusive of second opinion, assessment timings, and reporting requirements | Documents as requested, in part | For access to this document please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information[dot]access[at]dva[dot]gov[dot]au) |
| 426 | 5/12/2023 | Information surrounding the Information Access Unit's automatic acknowledgement of emails | Documents as requested, in part | For access to this document please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information[dot]access[at]dva[dot]gov[dot]au) |
| 425 | 28/11/2023 | Discussion documents and legal advice that led to the creation of the statement issued by DVA on the 29th of September 2023 in relation to the Veterans’ MATES Program | Documents as requested, in part | For access to this document please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information[dot]access[at]dva[dot]gov[dot]au) |
| 424 | 30/10/2023 | DVA's policy surrounding the annotation and correction of personal records | Documents as requested, in full | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 423 | 26/10/2023 | All briefings to ESORT regarding the MATES program up until 30 September 2023 | Documents as requested, in part | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 422 | 25/09/2023 | Risk and Fraud Management Committee meeting minutes for FY17/18 | Documents as requested, in part | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 421 | 25/09/2023 | Audit and Risk Committee meeting minutes for FY17/18 | Documents as requested, in part | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 420 | 25/09/2023 | EMB minutes for FY16/17 | Documents as requested, in part | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 419 | 29/09/2023 | DVA policy around Signature Block | Documents as requested, in full | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 418 | 22/09/2023 | The number of veterans currently employed by DVA and their level | Documents as requested, in part | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 417 | 21/09/2023 | Osseo-integrated Dental Implant Policies and Guidelines | Documents as requested, in part | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 416 | 13/09/2023 | DVA policy around salary packaging for employees as described on page 8 of the DVA enterprise agreement. | Documents as requested, in part | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 415 | 14/09/2023 | Submissions, briefings or reports provided by the Department to the Minister since 01 June 2022 and by the Department to the Secretary since 01 June 2023 that relate to the Veteran Centric Reform program. | Documents as requested, in part | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 414 | 12/09/2023 | All information including policy guidance, medical and legal advice relating to the preference to an endoscopy. | Document as requested, in full | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 413 | 4/09/2023 | Documents relating to OAIC's disclosure of public servants' names and contact details discussion paper | Documents as requested, in part | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 412 | 30/08/2023 | Documents held by the Office of the Secretary during the last two years re CMAs | Documents as requested, in part | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 411 | 2/06/2023 | Number of emails received by Secretary [at] dva.gov.au (Secretary[at]dva[dot]gov[dot]au) inbox, 1 July 2019 - 3 May 2022 | Document as requested, in full | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 410 | 30/08/2023 | Cost centre data, 1/7/2020 - 11/3/2022 | Documents as requested, in part | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 409 | 25/08/2023 | Commonwealth Ombudsman Investigation into the actions and decisions of the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) in relation to Mr A | Documents as requested, in part | For access to this document please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 408 | 25/08/2023 | Source and dates of employment (start and end) of every labour hire/contractor who has worked in the Information Access Unit. | Documents as requested, in part | For access to this document please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 407 | 23/08/2023 | Request For Tender Document for tender MIGS-20 that closed on 11th November 2020 and tender responses. | Documents as requested, in part | For access to this document please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 406 | 20/07/2023 | Information relating to the status of removed headstones stored at the Office of Australian War Grave Perth Depot. | Documents as requested, in part | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 405 | 11/08/2023 | 1. KPMG (2018) Internal audit report: review of Unreasonable Complainant Conduct (UCC) Framework, internal report (Department of Veterans' Affairs), unpublished. 2. Moss, P (2019) Independent review of the Department of Veterans' Affairs security and investigations functions, internal report (Department of Veterans' Affairs), unpublished. 3. All discussion documents relating to the need for an internal audit and internal review. | Documents as requested, in part | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 404 | 11/08/2023 | Moss Review of DVA Security 14 May 2019 | Documents as requested, in part | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 403 | 7/08/2023 | Number of assessments completed under CN3654651 (BUPA - "provision of health assessments for veterans concerned about having taken the anti-malarial medications mefloquine and tafenoquine") | Documents as requested, in part | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 402 | 11/08/2023 | Copy of KPMG (2018) internal audit report: review of Unreasonable Complainant Conduct (UCC) Framework, internal report (Department of Veterans Affairs), unpublished | Documents as requested, in part | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 401 | 28/07/2023 | Legal Services Expenditure List 2016/2017 | Documents as requested, in part | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 400 | 21/07/2023 | Status of the 18 removed headstones stored at the Office of Australian War Grave (OAWG) Perth Depot. | Documents as requested, in part | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 399 | 21/07/2023 | Details of non-allocated cases (veterans) over 365 days old at 30 June 2023. | Documents as requested, in full | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 398 | 17/07/2023 | Open Arms Peer Support Officers' qualifications at May 2023. | Documents as requested, in full | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 397 | 7/07/2023 | Copy of any recommendations any advisory committee or suchlike has provided the department in relation to legislative reform. | Documents as requested, in part | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 396 | 13/06/2023 | Copy of the flyer for Household services that was in print between 2016-2021 | Document as requested, in full | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 395 | 05/06/2023 | Instrument conferring authority from any Defence Department Minister to all agents, for the purpose of determining claims under the CDDA Scheme | Documents as requested, in full | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 394 | 25/05/2023 | Response to Notice to Give (NTG-DVA-030) (ESORT) for Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide, dated 8 August 2022 | Documents as requested, in part | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 393 | 12/05/2023 | Data on Open Arms FTE APS and contracted staff, and the total percentage of staff in admin/clerical duties, frontline counselling and managing contracted staff | Documents as requested, in full | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 392 | 15/05/2023 | Delegate Training material packages (seven bundles) | Documents as requested, in full | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 391 | 11/04/2023 | Information relating to structure and costs of staff (incl. contractors and seconded lawyers) in RC Legal Team | Documents as requested, in part | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 390 | 28/04/2023 | FOI processing procedures released under section 55G revised decision | Documents as requested, in full | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 389 | 8/05/2023 | Documents relating to a change in calculation in the reported cost of Gold Cards, March/September 2022 figures | Documents as requested, in part | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 388 | 5/05/2023 | DVA's operation information relating to Office of Legal Services Guide Note 7 as at 1 December 2020 | Documents as requested, in part | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 387 | 21/04/2023 | Information regarding the new and proposed Veterans’ and Families’ Hubs announced in the Budget | Documents as requested, in part | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 386 | 17/04/2023 | Flowchart of how emails to minister [at] dva.gov.au are actioned | Documents as requested, in part. | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 385 | 6/04/2023 | Documents relating to the Legislation Reform Pathway Consultation meeting on 9 March 2023 | Documents as requested, in part | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 384 | 23/03/2023 | ESO submissions to DVA's legislation simplification and harmonisation feedback consultation | Documents as requested, in full | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 383 | 22/03/2023 | Statistics for the Psychiatric Assistance Dogs Program as of 7 March 2023 | Documents as requested, in full | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 382 | 20/03/2023 | Legislation Improvement Team Organisation Chart | Documents as requested, in full | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 381 | 16/03/2023 | High Impact Errors (%) - MRCA/DRCA IL and PI claims - 1/7/2022 - 31/12/2022 | Documents as requested, in full | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 380 | 14/03/2023 | Psycho - Social Worker Job Description | Documents as requested, in full | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 379 | 10/03/2023 | Number of former serving member hospitalisations for intentional self harm and total veterans number involved - 2021 - 2022 | Documents as requested, in full | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 378 | 8/03/2023 | Policy for Mutually Respectful Behaviour | Documents as requested, in full | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 377 | 27/02/2023 | All documents pertaining to Private Robert Weir | Documents as requested, in part | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 376 | 9/02/2023 | Guidelines for contacting clients regarding negative decisions | Documents as requested, in part | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 375 | 30/01/2023 | Details of non-allocated cases (veterans) over 365 days old, as at 31 December 2022 | Documents as requested, in full | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 374 | 20/01/2023 | 2021-2022 Client Satisfaction Survey | Documents as requested, in full | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 373 | 10/01/2023 | DVA’s estimates briefing pack, including back pocket briefs, for the 2022 October and November Budget Estimates | Documents as requested, in part | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 372 | 6/01/2023 | The names of firms who provide the highest percentage of legal services to DVA, and the names of firms who provide litigation services to DVA | Documents as requested, in full | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 371 | 7/12/2022 | Information relating to page 13 of McKinsey’s report on DVA’s claims process diagnostic | Documents as requested, in part | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 370 | 6/01/2023 | Copies of the 360 degree feedback profiles provided to DVA SES group, under contract CN ID:CN3805098 | Documents as requested, in part | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 369 | 20/01/2023 | FOI Training Packages | Documents as requested, in part | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 368 | 10/01/2023 | Act of Grace Payments for financial year 2021/2022 – Number of claims lodged and accepted, and total value of amount paid out | Documents as requested, in full | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 367 | 13/01/2023 | Documents relating to ESO Round Table meeting on 16 December 2022 and Operational Working Party meeting on 23 August 2022 | Documents as request, in part | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 366 | 12/01/2023 | Submissions/feedback on veterans’ legislation simplification and harmonisation (October–November 2022) | Documents as requested, in part | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 365 | 6/01/2023 | Open Arms complaints citing staff attitude for the Financial Years 2019/2020, 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 | Documents as requested, in full | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 364 | 5/01/2023 | Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 Section 137 Process Amendments 2020 | Documents as requested, in part | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |
| 363 | 5/01/2023 | CDDA claims 2021–2022 – number of applications, number accepted and total amount paid for claims | Documents as requested, in full | For access to these documents please contact information.access [at] dva.gov.au (information.access @dva.gov.au) |