FOI 5281 – Future Fit Program

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This FOI release contains email correspondence from March 2024 between parliamentary staff and the Department of Health regarding a request for the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) to include an item in its draft work program. The documents show communication between Senator Marielle Smith's office and the Minister for Aged Care's adviser about conveying a committee suggestion to ANAO, with the Senate Community Affairs Committee planning to formally respond to ANAO the following day. The heavily redacted email chain (with sender and recipient identities obscured under s47F and s47C exemptions) provides minimal substantive detail about the specific audit topic being proposed or the Future Fit Program itself, making it unclear what aged care or health policy matter was under consideration for ANAO scrutiny.