Infrastructure Australia is an agency subject to the FOI Act and is required to comply with the IPS requirements. We are required by s.8(1) of the FOI Act to prepare an Agency Plan which outlines the information that we propose to publish for the purpose of the IPS, how and to whom we propose to publish that information, and how we otherwise propose to comply with the IPS requirements.
The purpose of this Plan is to explain how we propose to implement and administer our IPS entry in respect of our own information holdings using the following headings:
The Director of Governance in consultation with the Executive Leadership Team is responsible for leading our work on IPS compliance.
We review and update our IPS entry regularly to ensure that it is accurate, up-to-date and complete. Information about how we review our IPS compliance is set out below.
We do not generally impose charges for accessing information published under our IPS.
We will publish our IPS entry on our website (www.infrastructureaustralia.gov.au) under the following headings:
To ensure that our IPS is easily discoverable and understandable, we have taken the following steps:
Our IPS entry will include the following information:
Requirement | |
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s.8(2)(a) | Agency Plan |
s.8(2)(b) | Organisational structure |
s.8(2)(c) | Details of our functions and powers |
s.8(2)(d)(i) | Appointment of officers under the Infrastructure Australia Act 2008 |
s.8(2)(e) | Annual Reports |
s.8(2)(i) | FOI contact details |
s.8(2)(j) and s.8A | Operational information |
s.11C(3) | Disclosure Log |
We will review the published information as outlined below to ensure that it is accurate, up-to-date and complete.
Our IPS entry will include the following additional information under s8(4) of the FOI Act:
We will review the published information as outlined below to ensure that it is accurate, up-to-date and complete.
We welcome comments from stakeholders and the community. For submissions please use our contact form.
We will review
We will adopt the following criteria for measuring our performance in complying with IPS requirements:
Plan Have we published a comprehensive plan for our IPS compliance?
Governance Do we have appropriate governance mechanisms in place to meet our IPS obligations, including a sound information management framework?
Documents Have we reviewed our document holdings to decide what information must be published under s 8(2) and information that can be published under s 8(4)?
Accuracy Is our IPS entry accurate, up-to-date and complete?
Publication Have we taken the necessary steps to ensure that information in our IPS entry is easily discoverable and accessible?