Our ref:
FOI-17-031
TRIM ref:
17/124745
31 August 2017
Elizabeth Bearup
Only by email xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Elizabeth
Freedom of Information Request
I refer to your application received by the City of Stonnington on 3 August 2017 seeking access to
documents under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Act). Specifically you seek access to the
following:
‘…the raw data set of parking tickets issued in the name of Stonnington City Council within the previous 12-month
period (prior to June 15 2017) broken down by:
a) Ticket #
b) offence date
c) offence time
d) offence location (Area/Street/Suburb)
e) offence ID (Code / Section / Description)
f) Penalty $
g) officer ID
h) vehicle registration #
i) State of registration
j) Make of car
Preferred format to receive this information is by e-mail in a flatfile CSV format.’ (
Request)
17/126562
link to page 2
Decision on access
Under s 19 of the Act Council has produced 2 written documents responding to the Request. Council
has produced these documents by extracting data fields from an electronic database for the date range
1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.
I have made a decision to provide partial access to the documents.
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I have decided that disclosing information contained in the data fields
Offencetime;
OfficerID; and
VehicleRegistration would involve the unreasonable disclosure of information related to the personal
affairs of individuals (‘
personal affairs information’) under s 33 of the Act.
I have formed this view taking into consideration the following:
• the nature of the information
• the reason for collecting the information
• whether individuals would expect the information to be released
• whether individuals would object to release
• whether it would be practicable to notify individuals of release
For administrative efficiency, Council has produced the written documents by omitting to extract data
fields containing personal affairs information, rather than creating edited copies of the written
documents.
Access charges
Access charges have been waived in this instance.
Your review rights
If you are dissatisfied with this decision you may, within 28 days of receiving this letter, seek review by
writing to the Freedom of Information Commissioner.
The Freedom of Information Commissioner may be contacted via the following:
Address: PO Box 24274, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001
Telephone: 1300 842 364
Email: xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xxx.xx
Website: www.foicommissionervic.gov.au
Please give me a call on 8290 1289 if you would like to discuss this letter.
Yours sincerely
Veronica Wood
Freedom of Information Officer
City of Stonnington
T: 8290 1289 | F: 8290 1105 | xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xxx.xx
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Based on your request, it appeared you were willing to accept an edited copy of the documents sought.
