FOI 25-0421 LD – Legal Matter

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This FOI release contains internal Department of Health and Aged Care emails from February 2024 regarding a Request for Quote (RFQ) to external legal counsel at Ashurst. The Senior Lawyer from the Commercial Law Section requested hourly rate information from the external firm for legal services, with an initial order value of $20,000 GST inclusive. The documents are marked as legally privileged and confidential, with names and contact details redacted under sections 47E(c), 47F, and s42 of the FOI Act. No health program specifics, clinical data, regulatory decisions, or therapeutic assessments are disclosed in this release—it concerns only routine departmental legal procurement processes.