Annual Report 2006/07 (3841 kb) - City of Playford - SA.Gov.au

Freedom of Information continued …Requests during 2006/07During 2006/07, 13 requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act were received. Thiscompares with three requests for the 2005/06 financial year. Of these 13 requests, nine were processed andgranted in full. Of the remaining four: one involved documents that the City of Playford did not hold, oneinvolved documents that the applicant already had and two are yet to be completed (carried over to 2007/08).Three requests involved an extension of time limit under section 14a as the requests required consultation witha third party. The other remaining six requests were processed within the required timeframe.Ombudsman ReportThe State Ombudsman provides free, impartial, informal and timely resolution of complaints to promote fairness,openness and good public administration in South Australia.The South Australian Ombudsman assists with complaints about the administrative actions of a localgovernment council and reviews decisions about Freedom of Information.The following information details the number of complaints received for each financial year and the number ofcomplaints which have been finalised. A number of the complaints are carried forward to the next financial yearfor completion.2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07No. of Complaints Received 37 26 20 24No. of Complaints Completed 29 33 22 20Summary of Complaints Completed – Outcome 1/7/06 – 30/6/07OutcomeNo.Advice Given 7Advice Given - Referred to Agency 5Advice Given - Other/General 1Preliminary Investigation - Reasonable Resolution 4Preliminary Investigation - Not Sustained 1Preliminary Investigation - Partly Resolved in Favour ofComplainant1Preliminary Investigation - Not Sustained - Explanation Given 1Total 2036