In 2001-02, the Office of the Tasmanian Ombudsman closed 42 complaints about the administrative actions of local government authorities in the Mersey-Lyell Region.
The majority of complaints in the Mersey-Lyell Region were closed due to no defective administration (15 complaints representing 35.7% of total complaints closed), followed by discontinuation, withdrawal or lapse (13 complaints representing 31.0% of total complaints closed). Some 5 complaints were substantiated or partly substantiated, representing 11.9% of total complaints closed.
In 2001-02, the Central Coast local government area recorded the greatest number of complaints closed (10 complaints representing 23.8% of total complaints closed), followed by the West Coast (9 complaints representing 21.4% of total complaints closed).
COMPLAINTS TO THE OMBUDSMAN, By closure reason(a): Mersey-Lyell Region - 2001-02
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 | No defective administration | | Substantiated
(b) | | Declined to investigate
(c) | | Discontinued
(d) | | Out of jurisdiction | | Total |
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| | | | | | | | | | |
| Local government authority | no. | | no. | | no. | | no. | | no. | | no. |
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| Burnie | 2 | | - | | 1 | | - | | 1 | | 4 |
| Central Coast | 2 | | 1 | | 1 | | 6 | | - | | 10 |
| Circular Head | 2 | | - | | - | | 2 | | 1 | | 5 |
| Devonport | - | | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | | - | | 3 |
| Kentish | 2 | | - | | - | | 2 | | - | | 4 |
| King Island | 1 | | - | | 1 | | - | | - | | 2 |
| Latrobe | - | | 2 | | 3 | | - | | - | | 5 |
| Waratah/Wynyard | - | | - | | - | | - | | - | | - |
| West Coast | 6 | | 1 | | - | | 2 | | - | | 9 |
| Total | 15 | | 5 | | 7 | | 13 | | 2 | | 42 |
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- nil or rounded to zero
(a) Only includes cases which have been closed, and where the reason for closure has been ascertained/recorded.
(b) Includes cases where the complaint was partly substantiated.
(c) Includes cases where the ombudsman was incapable of making a determination.
(d) Includes cases that lapsed or were withdrawn.
Source: Office of the Tasmanian Ombudsman, Annual Report 2001-2002. |
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