Forbidden Foods Pty Ltd v Rice Marketing Board for the State of New South Wales (No 3) [2020] NSWCATAD 257

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Forbidden Foods Pty Ltd v Rice Marketing Board for the State of New South Wales (No 3) [2020] NSWCATAD 257 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 21 October 2020 Decision date: 21 October 2020 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: L Pearson, Principal Member Decision: (1) The decision under review dated 11 March 2019 is varied as follows: (a) Within 28 days of these orders, Documents 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 are to be provided to the applicant; (b) Within 28 days of these orders, Documents 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 are to be provided to the applicant, with the following redactions: (i) Document 2: the information under the heading "5.Financial Reporting, including" at pp19-22 and the seven Appendices; (ii) Document 4: the information under the heading "5.Financial Reporting, including" (two pages, not numbered), and the seven Appendices; (iii) Document 6: the information under the heading "5.Financial Reporting" (pp 15-18), and the three Tables at pp 22-24; (iv) Document 8: the information under the heading "5.Financial Reporting" (pp 15-18), and the three Tables at pp 21-23; and (v) Document 10: the information under the heading "5.Financial Reporting" (pp 14-17). Catchwords: GOVERNMENT INFORMATION – access application – public interest considerations in favour of disclosure – public interest considerations against disclosure – personal factors of the application – whether overriding public interest against disclosure Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 Cases Cited: Commissioner of Police NSW Police Force v Camilleri (GD) [2012] NSWADTAP 19 Forbidden Foods Pty Ltd v Rice Marketing Board for the State of NSW (No 2) [2020] NSWCATAD 73 Forbidden Foods Pty Ltd v Rice Marketing Board of New South Wales [2020] NSWCATAD 18 McKinnon v Blacktown City Council [2012] NSWADT 44 Neary v State Rail Authority [1999] NSWADT 107 Raven v University of Sydney [2015] NSWCATAD 104 Rice Marketing Board for the State of New South Wales v Forbidden Foods Pty Ltd; Forbidden Foods Pty Ltd v Rice Marketing Board for the State of New South Wales [2020] NSWCATAP 182 Transport for NSW v Searle [2018] NSWCATAP 93 Texts Cited: None cited Category: Principal judgment Parties: Forbidden Foods Pty Ltd (Applicant) Rice Marketing Board for the State of New South Wales (Respondent)