Andrew Wilkie MP -- Office Fit Out Costs
Dear Department of Finance and Deregulation,
I request the following documents under the Freedom of Information Act:
1. Invoices presented for payment under the 'office facilities' entitlement of Mr Andrew Wilkie MP from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012
2. Invoices presented for payment under the 'office fit-out' entitlement of Mr Andrew Wilkie MP from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012.
Yours faithfully,
Jeremy Cooper-Stout
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Good afternoon Mr Cooper-Stout,
Thank you for your email of 2 July 2013 requesting, in general terms,
invoices relating to Mr Andrew Wilkie’s office facilities and office
fit-out entitlements from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012.
The purpose of this email is to clarify the scope of your request.
You have requested invoices presented for payment, however undertaking the
work involved in identifying and assessing invoices would involve a
significant amount of work. This would result in an increased processing
charge for you, or could result in your request being refused on the
grounds of an unreasonable diversion of resources under the FOI Act.
As such, we propose to refine the scope of your request, with your
agreement, so that your request may reasonably be processed. We propose to
narrow the scope of your request to an electronic summary report which
lists transactions paid by the Department relating to Mr Wilkie’s office
facilities and office fit-out for the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December
2012.
Could you please advise how you wish to proceed with your request?
Kind regards,
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FOI Officer
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Department of Finance and Deregulation
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Dear FOI Requests,
I agree to your proposed revised scope.
Yours sincerely,
Jeremy Cooper-Stout
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Dear Mr Cooper-Stout,
Freedom of Information Request – FOI 13/58
I refer to your request to Finance for access to documents under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) via email dated 2 July 2013,
namely:
1. Invoices presented for payment under the 'office facilities'
entitlement of Mr Andrew Wilkie MP from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012
2. Invoices presented for payment under the 'office fit-out' entitlement
of Mr Andrew Wilkie MP from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012
The statutory period for processing your request commences from the day
after Finance received your request. Your request was received by Finance
on 2 July 2013. The processing period may be extended if we need to
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under section 22 of the FOI Act, on the basis that these details are
irrelevant to the request.
Please contact the FOI Team on the below contact details if you wish to
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Kind regards,
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FOI Officer
Legal and Strategic Support Branch
Department of Finance and Deregulation
T: 02 6215 1783 | E: [3][Finance request email]
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Good afternoon Mr Cooper-Stout,
Please find attached correspondence relating to your FOI request (our
reference FOI 13/58).
Kind regards,
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FOI Officer
Legal and Strategic Support Branch
Department of Finance and Deregulation
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Good morning Mr Cooper-Stout
Please find attached correspondence relating to your FOI request (our
reference FOI 13/58).
Regards, Sue.
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FOI Officer
Legal and Strategic Support Branch
Department of Finance and Deregulation
T: 02 6215 1783 | E: [Finance request email]
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