Stalvies v Snowy Monaro Regional Council [2020] NSWCATAD 292

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Stalvies v Snowy Monaro Regional Council [2020] NSWCATAD 292 Hearing dates: 28 September 2020 Date of orders: 3 December 2020 Decision date: 03 December 2020 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: J Lonsdale, Senior Member Decision: (1) The decision of the respondent is varied in respect of the letters of the respondent dated 7 April 2017 and 11 August 2017 in that the information redacted from those documents is to be disclosed to the applicant within 14 days of the publication of these reasons. (2) The decision of the respondent is otherwise affirmed. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – government information – access application – whether disclosure could reasonably be expected to reveal personal information – whether disclosure could contravene an information protection principle – whether public interest considerations against disclosure outweigh public interest considerations in favour of disclosure Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) Local Government Act 1993 (NSW) Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 Cases Cited: Commissioner of Police v Camilleri [2012] NSWADTAP 19 Hurst v Wagga Wagga City Council [2011] NSWADT 307 JD v New South Wales Medical Board [2008] NSWADT 67 Nakhl Nasr v State of New South Wales; George Nasr v State Of New South Wales [2007] NSWCA 101 Searle v Transport for NSW [2018] NSWCATAP 93 Category: Principal judgment Parties: J Stalvies (Applicant) Snowy Monaro Regional Council (Respondent) Representation: Applicant: (Self Represented) Snowy Monaro Regional Council (Self Represented) File Number(s): 2020/00206722 Publication restriction: Nil