Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Roe (Administrator) v State of Western Australia [2025] FCA 105 File number: WAD 5 of 2022
Judgment of: COLVIN J
Date of judgment: 21 February 2025
Catchwords: PUBLIC INTEREST IMMUNITY - interlocutory application for public interest immunity claim to be upheld - whether disclosure would adversely affect public interests - whether disclosure would adversely impact government discussions and decision-making processes - whether relevance of documents demonstrated - application upheld
Legislation: Constitution s 109 Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth) Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) s 79 Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) Fines, Penalties and Infringement Notices Enforcement Act 1994 (WA)
Cases cited: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v NSW Ports Operations Hold Co Pty Ltd (No 3) [2020] FCA 1766 Chief Commissioner of Police v Crupi [2024] HCA 34 Commonwealth of Australia v Northern Land Council (1993) 176 CLR 604 Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd v Public Transport Authority of Western Australia [2007] WASC 143 Rankine v State of South Australia [2022] SASCA 18 Ryan v State of Victoria [2015] VSCA 353 Sankey v Whitlam (1978) 142 CLR 1
Division: General Division
Registry: Western Australia
National Practice Area: Administrative and Constitutional Law and Human Rights
Number of paragraphs: 39
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