Southey v The Australian Press Council [2020] NSWCATAD 177

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Southey v The Australian Press Council [2020] NSWCATAD 177 Hearing dates: 14 February 2020, submissions closed 20 March 2020 Date of orders: 08 July 2020 Decision date: 08 July 2020 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: C A Mulvey, Senior Member A Limbury, General Member Decision: (1) The Respondent provided 'services' to the applicant for the purposes of ss 4 and 38M of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 in relation to her complaint made to the applicant on 17 January 2017. (2) The application for an order under s 64 of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 prohibiting the disclosure of the applicant's name, is refused. Catchwords: HUMAN RIGHTS – Anti-Discrimination – transgender grounds – preliminary question – definition of 'services' – anonymisation order Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 (NSW) Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Race Relations Act 1976 (UK) Retirement Benefits Act 1970 (Tasmania) Retirement Benefits Act 1993 (Tasmania) Superannuation Act 1938 (Tasmania) Cases Cited: Australian Education Union v Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission and State of Tasmania (1997) 80 FCR 46 Carroll v Tokdogan [2015] NSWCATAD 200 Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service v Estate Edward John Russell & Ors [2001] NSWSC 745 Director-General, Department of Community Services v MM and Another [2003] NSWSC 1241 DLH v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2018] NSWCATAD 92 Falun Dafa Association of Victoria Inc. v Melbourne CC [2003] VCAT 1955 Farah v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [1998] QB 65 Fernley v Boxing Authority of New South Wales [2001] FCA 1740; (2001) 191 ALR 739 Frost v TAFE NSW (No 2) [2019] NSWCATAD 129 In Attorney General (Canada) v Cummings [1982] FC 122 IR v Entry Clearance Officer; ex parte Amin [1983] 2 AC 818 IW v City of Perth [1997] HCA 30; (1997) 191 CLR 1 John Fairfax Group Pty Ltd v Local Court of New South Wales (1991) 26 NSWLR 131 O'Shane v Burwood Local Court (NSW) & Ors [2007] NSWSC 1300 Phillips v Andrews (Human Rights) [2018] VCAT 1714 Rainsford v Victoria [2007] FCA 1059 Savjani v Inland Revenue Commissioners [1981] QB 458 State of New South Wales (Justice Health) v Dezfouli [2008] NSWADTAP 69 State of New South Wales v Whiteoak [2014] NSWCATAP 99 Tassone v Hickey [2001] VCAT 47 Tejani v Superintendent Registrar for the District of Peterborough [1986] IRLR 502 (CA) Waters v Public Transport Corporation [1991] HCA 49; (1991) 173 CLR 349 Winn v Hills Shire Council [2020] NSWCATAD 14 Winters v Fogarty [2017] FCA 51 Texts Cited: Macquarie Dictionary (Online Ed) Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Claire Southey (Applicant) The Australian Press Council (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: C Ronalds AO SC (Respondent)