Prime Minister's car fines 2012

A.Tomlinson made this Freedom of Information request to Department of Finance

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The request was successful.

Dear Department of Finance and Deregulation,

I am requesting information under the FOI Act in relation to traffic
infringements, 8 in total, evidently incurred by the driver(s) of the Prime
Minister's private (government funded) car during 2012.

Please provide me the names of the driver(s).....

Yours faithfully,

Mr A.Tomlinson.

FOI Requests, Department of Finance

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Dear A. Tomlinson,

Thank you for your emails or 19 and 20 January 2013, which request the following:

I am requesting information under the FOI Act in relation to
Traffic infringements, 8 in total, evidently incurred by the driver(s) of
the Prime Minister's private (government funded) car during 2012.

Please provide me the names of the driver(s).....

As your two emails request the exact same documents, we propose to treat the two emails as one request under the FOI Act. As soon as possible, we will formally acknowledge your request of 19 January 2013. Please note that your request has been allocated our reference number of FOI 13/13.

Please contact the FOI team on (02) 6215 3267 if you have any concerns with this.

Kind Regards,

FOI Team
Department of Finance and Deregulation

-----Original Message-----
From: A.Tomlinson [mailto:[email address]]
Sent: Sunday, 20 January 2013 2:19 PM
To: FOI Requests
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Prime Minister's car fines 2012

Dear Department of Finance and Deregulation,

I am requesting information under the FOI Act in relation to
traffic
infringements, 8 in total, evidently incurred by the driver(s) of
the Prime
Minister's private (government funded) car during 2012.

Please provide me the names of the driver(s).....

Yours faithfully,

Mr A.Tomlinson.

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UNCLASSIFIED

Dear A. Tomlinson,

Thank you for your emails or 19 and 20 January 2013, which request the following:

I am requesting information under the FOI Act in relation to
Traffic infringements, 8 in total, evidently incurred by the driver(s) of
the Prime Minister's private (government funded) car during 2012.

Please provide me the names of the driver(s).....

As your two emails request the exact same documents, we propose to treat the two emails as one request under the FOI Act. As soon as possible, we will formally acknowledge your request of 19 January 2013. Please note that your request has been allocated our reference number of FOI 13/13.

Please contact the FOI team on (02) 6215 3267 if you have any concerns with this.

Kind Regards,

FOI Team
Department of Finance and Deregulation

-----Original Message-----
From: A.Tomlinson [mailto:[email address]]
Sent: Sunday, 20 January 2013 2:19 PM
To: FOI Requests
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Prime Minister's car fines 2012

Dear Department of Finance and Deregulation,

I am requesting information under the FOI Act in relation to
traffic
infringements, 8 in total, evidently incurred by the driver(s) of
the Prime
Minister's private (government funded) car during 2012.

Please provide me the names of the driver(s).....

Yours faithfully,

Mr A.Tomlinson.

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Dear Mr Tomlinson

 

Please find attached correspondence in relation to your FOI Request.

 

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FOI Team

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Dear Mr Tomlinson

 

Please find attached correspondence in relation to your FOI request (our
ref FOI 13/13).

 

Kind regards

 

FOI Team

Department of Finance and Deregulation

 

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David Keene left an annotation ()

It appears that the FOI request wasn't complied with due to non-payment of an unspecified amount for processing.

It seems no monies at all should have been asked for for such a relatively minor information request. I can only conclude the amount asked for was possibly an excessive amount for the requestor to pay. I find this failed result tantamount to being a failed request. Disappointing and annoying.

Caled Hund left an annotation ()

There were two figures given by the Department in a letter that is posted on this site dated 18 February 2013 - $25 as a deposit and an upper cost of $100 with a refund due if it costs less to process. There was no request by A Tomlinson posted to the site to review the costs or reduce on the basis of public interest. A Tomlinson wanted the names of those driving which, as the letter of 18 February points out, may result in the disclosure of personal information and be subject to consultation (which also forms part of the $100 costs). So A Tomlinson had all the information. You appear to make an assumption that is not supported by the evidence.

Caled Hund