Total Incoming Revenue from "EasyCount"
Ben Fairless made this Freedom of Information request to Australian Electoral Commission
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Dear Australian Electoral Commission,
I request access to yearly figures for the last 3 financial years which show the total revenue the AEC has received by licensing the EasyCount software. I am only interested in the total for each year that can be attributed to licensing costs of EasyCount.
If this information is available publicly or via Administrative Access, I would prefer to use these methods. If the information is not public and not accessible by less informal means, please consider this a request under the Freedom of Information Act.
Yours faithfully,
Ben Fairless
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Dear Mr Fairless
I refer to your email of 16 July 2014 6:03 PM about this matter and I
enclose a scanned letter from Paul Pirani, Chief Legal Officer of the
Australian Electoral Commission acknowledging receipt of your request and
indicating how it will be processed.
Regards
Owen Jones
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From: Ben Fairless [[3]mailto:[FOI #684 email]]
Sent: Wednesday, 16 July 2014 6:03 PM
To: INFO
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Total Incoming Revenue from
"EasyCount"
Dear Australian Electoral Commission,
I request access to yearly figures for the last 3 financial years which
show the total revenue the AEC has received by licensing the EasyCount
software. I am only interested in the total for each year that can be
attributed to licensing costs of EasyCount.
If this information is available publicly or via Administrative Access, I
would prefer to use these methods. If the information is not public and
not accessible by less informal means, please consider this a request
under the Freedom of Information Act.
Yours faithfully,
Ben Fairless
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Dear Mr Fairless
I refer to your email of 16 July 2014 6:03 PM about this matter and I
enclose a scanned letter from Paul Pirani, Chief Legal Officer of the
Australian Electoral Commission acknowledging receipt of your request and
indicating how it will be processed.
This version of the letter has page 2 included in the scanning. My
apologies for its omission in my email to your of 17 July 2014 4:57 PM.
Regards
Owen Jones
Owen Jones | Senior Lawyer
Legal Services Section | Legal, Parliamentary and Procurement Branch
Australian Electoral Commission
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Fairless [[3]mailto:[FOI #684 email]]
Sent: Wednesday, 16 July 2014 6:03 PM
To: INFO
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Total Incoming Revenue from
"EasyCount"
Dear Australian Electoral Commission,
I request access to yearly figures for the last 3 financial years which
show the total revenue the AEC has received by licensing the EasyCount
software. I am only interested in the total for each year that can be
attributed to licensing costs of EasyCount.
If this information is available publicly or via Administrative Access, I
would prefer to use these methods. If the information is not public and
not accessible by less informal means, please consider this a request
under the Freedom of Information Act.
Yours faithfully,
Ben Fairless
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Dear Owen,
I'm afraid both emails are missing the 2nd page. To make it easier for you, I would prefer to receive correspondence either in plain text (in the email) or in Microsoft Word format (scanned PDFs can be difficult to read). I understand a plain text/MS Word document wouldn't be signed.
Yours sincerely,
Ben Fairless
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Dear Mr Fairless
Thank you for your email of 17 July 2014 7:48 PM about this matter. I have
attached a copy of Acrobat file LS5098 Letter to Mr Fairless acknowledging
FOI Request 20140717.pdf that contains both pages of Mr Pirani’s letter to
you of 17 July 2014.
I have also pasted a copy of both pages in this email.
Regards
Owen Jones
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Australian Electoral Commission
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Fairless [mailto:[FOI #684 email]]
Sent: Thursday, 17 July 2014 7:48 PM
To: Owen Jones
Subject: Re: Your FOI Request -No LS5098 - Total Incoming Revenue from
EasyCount licensing [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Dear Owen,
I'm afraid both emails are missing the 2nd page. To make it easier for
you, I would prefer to receive correspondence either in plain text (in the
email) or in Microsoft Word format (scanned PDFs can be difficult to
read). I understand a plain text/MS Word document wouldn't be signed.
Yours sincerely,
Ben Fairless
-----Original Message-----
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Dear Mr Fairless
I refer to your email of 16 July 2014 6:03 PM about this matter and I
enclose a scanned letter from Paul Pirani, Chief Legal Officer of the
Australian Electoral Commission acknowledging receipt of your request and
indicating how it will be processed.
This version of the letter has page 2 included in the scanning. My
apologies for its omission in my email to your of 17 July 2014 4:57 PM.
Regards
Owen Jones
Owen Jones | Senior Lawyer
Legal Services Section | Legal, Parliamentary and Procurement Branch
Australian Electoral Commission
T: (02) 6271 4528 | F: (02) 6293 7657
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Michael Cordover left an annotation ()
One of the documents I received in relation to AAT 2014/3361 indicates the following revenue from licensing EasyCount:
(i) 2005: license to SA Electoral Commission for 2006 and 2010 state elections: $40,000
(ii) 2008: license to NT Electoral Commission for NT shire elections for $20,000 plus $5,000 for each further electoral event prior to the 2012 NT shire elections
(iii) 2013: negotiations "are underway" (9 Dec 2013) for licensing to SA Electoral Commission for SA LegCo elections in 2014
In addition, EasyCount was used in the earning of revenue in FY 2012/13 in the following programs:
(i) Industrial elections - total revenue $1,132,020.22
(ii) Fee for service elections - total revenue $1,502,403.60
Dear Owen Jones,
A response to my FOI request is overdue. I look forward to the AEC providing the requested information as soon as possible.
Yours sincerely,
Ben Fairless
Dear Australian Electoral Commission,
Please withdraw my request "Total Incoming Revenue from "EasyCount". The requested information has now since been published online: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/t...
Yours faithfully,
Ben Fairless
Henare Degan left an annotation ()
"...less than $18 million a year according to the AEC's 2012-2013 annual report..." - http://www.zdnet.com/governments-voting-...