Dear Ms Smith,
Council received by post your formal GIPA information access application form, see attached, and formal GIPA fee payment. Unfortunately it is invalid without a correct contact address to conduct communications regarding the application; '[email address] via Right to Know website' is an invalid email address for the purpose of a formal GIPA application. Council can use foi+[email address] which is associated with your informal information access application REQ2019-063456 if you prefer. Please confirm that you wish communication regarding your formal GIPA application to be conducted through the email address used for the informal information access application or supply another contact address.
It is also noted on the formal GIPA application form that you used the reference number REQ2019-063456, which is the reference to the 15th August 2019 informal information access application. Without a valid formal GIPA application to lodge the formal GIPA application fee is currently accounted for against the informal information access application REQ2019-063456. When a valid formal GIPA application request is submitted arrangements will be made to transfer the payment, for accounting purposes, to the formal GIPA application reference number, yet to be generated.
Council was unable to issue a receipt for the cash payment received as the application did not contain a valid email address or street address.
The formal GIPA application form also did not contain a valid request for information as it was left blank. You have since sending the formal GIPA application form by post submitted via email on 29th August 2019, see attached, a revised list of information that you seek access to; a request consisting of 14 points and is assumed to be the formal GIPA application request. Points 4 to 14 are in need of further clarification and require refining to be considered for response and also enable the disparate parts of your submission for a formal GIPA information access considered valid.
Kindly refine and / or clarify points 4 to 14 as “information about…” is too broad and ill-defined to enable an appropriate information access response.
Kind regards,
Craig.
Craig Hollands | Information Access Officer
Inner West Council
P: +61 2 9392 5860 | E: [email address]
Ashfield Service Centre: 260 Liverpool Road, Ashfield NSW 2131
Leichhardt Service Centre: 7-15 Wetherill Street, Leichhardt NSW 2040
Petersham Service Centre:
2-14 Fisher Street, Petersham NSW 2049
PO Box 14, Petersham NSW 2049
Council acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of these lands, the Gadigal-Wangal people of the Eora Nation.