FW: Acknowledgement - Right to Information Request - Rqst Information on Development Application & Assoc...

From: Leanne Purchase <Leanne.Purchase@launceston.tas.gov.au>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 01:09:46 +0000
To: "raynorman7250@bigpond.com" <raynorman7250@bigpond.com>
Subject: Re: Acknowledgement - Right to Information Request - Rqst Information on Development Application & Assoc...

Hello Mr Norman.
 
Thank you for speaking with me earlier regarding your Right to Information request.
 
I have attached the acknowledgement we emailed on receipt of your application.
 
My contact details are below if you would like to email or speak with me about progress on your request.
 
Kind regards,
Leanne.
 
Leanne Purchase I Governance and Planning Coordinator I City of Launceston
T 03 6323 3126 I www.launceston.tas.gov.au <http://www.launceston.tas.gov.au/>
 
 
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RTI Acknowledgement

Called John Davis today to confirm that the application had indeed been received and it had.

I understood that was to receive a formal acknowledgement
However one hadn’t been received by close of business

SUBMISSION: The provision of information relative to CoL operations

Dear John,

I have prepared my RTI Application and it is now available online at this URL: http://rti63342176.blogspot.com.au/ Please notify me of the receipt of my application.

You will find a  scan of my CONCESSION CARD at this URL http://rti63342176.blogspot.com.au/ and personal ID information can be found at this URL http://www.raynorman7250.blogspot.com

I have provided a DIGITALsignature on the ONline Form but if this does not satisfy your requirements in regard to verifying the submission’s authenticity please print out 2 COPIES of the form and I will come to the reception desk and sign/initial each page and retain one copy for my records.

This should be more than sufficient in regard to satisfying authenticity. Please let me know if you wish me to call in to sign/initial a HARDcopy of the form.

Likewise, If there is further information that you may require in order to process my application please let me know and I will be more than happy to provide any additional information that you may require.


Regards,

Ray

Ray Norman

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The lifestyle design enterprise and research network

PH: 03-6334 2176
EMAIL 1: raynorman7250@bigpond.com
40 Delamere Crescent Trevallyn TAS. 7250
WEBsite: http://www.raynorman7250.blogspot.com

CLICK HERE: http://www.launceston.tas.gov.au/lcc/index.php?c=69

Re: Your right to information query

Dear Jemma,

Thank you for your response, an intriguing response, that both clarifies and further mystifies the assessment of  ‘impecuniosity’. Nonetheless, as you say this is a matter for legislation. It is however somewhat reassuring to know that I can in fact appeal your office and that I may get assistance in resolving the subjectivity of impecuniosity via your good offices.

I does now seem that as a pensioner –  with bona fides as such with the Council as a ratepayer with ‘pensioner benefits’ –  I’m likely to be able to deem/declare my own impecuniosity.

Thank you again for your advice.

Regards,

Ray

Ray Norman
<zingHOUSEunlimited>
The lifestyle design enterprise and research network

PH: 03-6334 2176
EMAIL 1: raynorman7250@bigpond.com
40 Delamere Crescent Trevallyn TAS. 7250
WEBsite: http://www.raynorman7250.blogspot.com

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On 3/11/2015 9:28 am, "Ombudsman (OHCC)" <Ombudsman@ombudsman.tas.gov.au> wrote:

Dear Ray,
 
I refer to our telephone conversation on 26 October 2015 and your query on the meaning of “impecunious.”
 
The Right to Information Act 2009 requires that all applications must be accompanied by a fee (see section 16). Each application stands on its own and each application requires its own separate fee to be paid.
 
The fee can be waived if the applicant can satisfy the Department or Public Authority that they are “impecunious”. This must be done on each and every application submitted.
 
Because the applicant is the person seeking the waiver, the onus is on the applicant to satisfy the agency to whom they are applying that they are impecunious. I note that your concern is that the word impecunious is vague and subject to interpretation. It is however, the wording the legislation requires be applied. Concerns as to the wording of the legislation itself is not something that can be dealt with by this office as it is a matter for Parliament.
 
The legislation does not set out the criteria for what constitutes being impecunious. There is no list I can point you to.  I note, however, that you stated that you are on a pension. I can confirm that previous decisions of this Ombudsman as well as interstate decisions have found that being the recipient of a pension satisfies the requirement of impecuniosity. I also refer you to page 17 of the Manual and the decision in Stott and Forestry Tasmania, where the Ombudsman accepted that the applicant was impecunious on that basis.
 
Unfortunately, I cannot comment on the specifics of your case. In the event that the Council make a decision that you are unhappy with, you have the power to seek review to this office. Commenting on the facts of your case prior to any such application would be premature particularly given the need for the Ombudsman to remain neutral in circumstances where such a review is requested.
 
Regards
 
 
 
Jemma Dibley
 
Senior Investigation and Review Officer
Right to Information

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