Kastanias v Georges River Council [2020] NSWCATAD 213

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Kastanias v Georges River Council [2020] NSWCATAD 213 Hearing dates: 3 June 2020 Date of orders: 02 September 2020 Decision date: 02 September 2020 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: S Montgomery, Senior Member Decision: The decision under review is affirmed. Catchwords: Administrative Law – access to government information - confidential information – whether prejudice to the effective exercise of that agency's functions – whether prejudice to a deliberative process – whether prejudice to exercise of the agency's functions – breach of confidence – whether prejudice to conduct, effectiveness or integrity of any audit, test, investigation or review conducted – whether disclosure reveals personal information – whether disclosure contravenes an information protection principle – whether disclosure reveals false or unsubstantiated allegations – whether disclosure prejudices legitimate business, commercial, professional or financial interests- whether public interest considerations against disclosure outweigh the public interest considerations favouring disclosure Legislation Cited: Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 Local Government Act 1993 Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 Freedom of Information Act 1989 Cases Cited: AFW v WorkCover Authority of NSW [2013] NSWADT 51 Cameron v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2014] NSWCATAD 13 Camilleri v Commissioner of Police (NSW) [2013] NSWADT 80 Collins v Department of Finance, Service and Innovation (2018) NSWCATAD 60 Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force v Camilleri (GD) [2012] NSWADTAP 19 DDL v Mid-Western Regional Council [2018] NSWCATAD 2 Fire Brigade Employees' Union v Fire and Rescue NSW [2014] NSWCATAD 113 Flack v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police [2011] NSWADT 286 Hurst v Wagga Wagga City Council [2011] NSWADT 307 McDonald v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police [2019] NSWCATAD 66 McKinnon v Blacktown City Council [2012] NSWADT 44 Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing v Fahey [2012] NSWADTAP 55 Pemberton v Macquarie University [2014] NSWCATAD 76 Polden v University of Sydney [2016] NSWCATAD 201 Public Service Association and Professional Officers Association, Amalgamated Union of NSW v Director General, Premier's Department [2002] NSWADT 277 Re B and Brisbane North Regional Health Authority [1994] QICmr 1; (1993) 1 QAR 279 Re Waterford and Department of the Treasury (No 2) (1984) 5 ALD 588 at paragraph [58] Sheehy v Commissioner of Police [2018] NSWCATAD 73 Singh v Legal Aid Commission (No.2) [2015] NSWCATAD 5 Webb v Port Stephens Council [2019] NSWCATAD 47 Zonnevylle v NSW Department of Finance and Services [2015] NSWCATAD 175 Texts Cited: None cited. Category: Principal judgment Parties: Rita Kastanias (Applicant) Georges River Council (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: D Robertson (Applicant)