Gale v Commissioner of Police [2021] NSWCATAD 337

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Gale v Commissioner of Police [2021] NSWCATAD 337 Hearing dates: 5 August 2021 Date of orders: 12 November 2021 Decision date: 12 November 2021 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: S Goodman SC, Senior Member Decision: The decision under review is affirmed Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – access to government information – access application – public interests in favour of disclosure – public interests against disclosure – whether overriding public interest against disclosure Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) Police Act 1990 (NSW) Cases Cited: Applicants v Commissioner of Police [2015] NSWCATAD 22 Commissioner of Police v Danis [2017] NSWCATAP 7 Commissioner of Police v Danis [2017] NSWCATAP 7 Flack v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police [2011] NSWADT 286 Forbidden Foods Pty Ltd v Rice Marketing Board of New South Wales [2020] NSWCATAD 18 Frugtniet v Administrative Decisions Tribunal (Appeal Panel) [2005] NSWCA 257 Hurst v Wagga Wagga City Council [2011] NSWADT 307 McMillan v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force; Brady v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2013] NSWADT 53 Meacham v Commissioner of Police [2020] NSWCATAP 107 Newcastle City Council v Newcastle East Residents Action Group [2018] NSWCATAP 254 Taylor v Office of Destination NSW [2018] NSWCATAD 195 Transport for NSW v Searle [2018] NSWCATAP 93 YG v Minister for Community Services [2002] NSWCA 247 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Principal judgment Parties: Paul Edward Gale (Applicant) Commissioner of Police (Respondent) Representation: Applicant (self-represented) Respondent (self-represented) File Number(s): 2021/00088404 Publication restriction: Pursuant to s 64(1)(c) of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013, the publication or disclosure of the parts of these Reasons marked "NOT FOR PUBLICATION", other than to the respondent and his legal representatives is prohibited.