Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
O'Donoghue v Australian Information Commissioner (No 2) [2013] FCA 52 Citation: O'Donoghue v Australian Information Commissioner (No 2) [2013] FCA 52
Parties: VINCENT THOMAS O'DONOGHUE v AUSTRALIAN INFORMATION COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL, THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL and MINISTER FOR JUSTICE
File number: WAD 200 of 2012
Judge: MCKERRACHER J
Date of judgment: 6 February 2013
Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – judicial review – whether the Information Commissioner erred by not, or refusing to, investigate the applicant's complaint against the Attorney-General and the Department under s 69(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) Held: no evidence the Department had ever received the applicant's second freedom of information request which he complained was not acted upon – Information Commissioner entitled to take no further action in relation to investigating the applicant's complaint – application dismissed
Legislation: Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) ss 69, 70, 72, 73
Cases cited: O'Donoghue v Honourable Brendan O'Connor (No 2) (2011) 122 ALD 571
Date of hearing: 20 December 2012
Place: Perth
Division: GENERAL DIVISION
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 36
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