Walker v Northern Beaches Council [2021] NSWCATAD 251

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Walker v Northern Beaches Council [2021] NSWCATAD 251 Hearing dates: 13 August 2020 Date of orders: 24 August 2021 Decision date: 24 August 2021 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: G Sarginson Senior Member Decision: The decision under review is affirmed. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW---Access to government information---Adequacy of searches ADMININSTRATIVE LAW---Access to government information---Production of redacted documents---Whether public interest considerations against disclosure outweigh public interest considerations in favour of disclosure Legislation Cited: Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 (NSW) Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (NSW) Cases Cited: Betzis v Commissioner of Police [2020] NSWCATAD 71 Danis v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2020] NSWCATAD 138 Director General, Department of Education & Training v Mullett & Anor (GD) [2002] NSWADTAP 13 Drake v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs [1979] AATA 179 DTB v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2019] NSWCATAD 114, Fisher v Commissioner of Police [2021] NSWCATAD 44 Marist Brothers St Joseph's College v Transport for NSW [2020] NSWCATAD 288 Medlyn v Commissioner for Police [2020] NSWCATAD 125 Pittwater Council v Walker [2015] NSWCATAD 34 Public Service Association and Professional Officers Association, Amalgamated Union of NSW v Director General, Premier's Department [2002] NSWADT 277 Seremetis v Commissioner of Police; Seremetis v Department of Communities and Justice [2020] NSWCATAD 317 Shi v Migration Agents Registration Authority [2008] HCA 31 Thomson v Commissioner of Police [2021] NSWCATAD 53 Transport for NSW v Searle [2018] NSWCATAP 93 at Walker v Northern Beaches Council [2016] NSWCATAD 161 Walker v Pittwater Council [2016] NSWCATAD 78 Wojciechowska v Commissioner for Police [2020] NSWCATAP 173 YG and GG v Minister for Community Services [2002] NSWCA 247 Zonnevylle v Department of Educations and Communities [2018] NSWCATAD 139 Texts Cited: Not Applicable Category: Principal judgment Parties: Philip Charles Walker (Applicant) Northern Beaches Council (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: C Bolger (Respondent)