Dibb v Transport for NSW [2021] NSWCATAD 340

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Dibb v Transport for NSW [2021] NSWCATAD 340 Hearing dates: 30 September 2021 Date of orders: 15 November 2021 Decision date: 15 November 2021 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: L Pearson, Principal Member Decision: (1) The decision under review is varied, and access is to be provided to the valuation reports for 14 and 14A Bruxner Park Road Korara NSW, subject to the redaction of personal and financial information at the following pages: (a) 14 Bruxner Park Road, 16 November 2016: p 6; (b) 14A Bruxner Park Road, 20 November 2018: pp 12, 13, 27, 28, 45, 46; (c) 14A Bruxner Park Road, 15 August 2017: header, and pp 1, 3, 8, 9, 10, 27, and Letter of Instruction. (2) Any submissions in support of an application for costs are to be provided to the Tribunal and the other party no later than 14 days after the publication of these reasons. (3) Any submissions in response are to be provided to the Tribunal and the other party no later than 14 days after the date referred to in (2). (4) The parties' submissions are to include any submission as to whether a hearing is required on costs. Subject to considering any such submissions, the Tribunal proposes to dispense with a hearing and determine any application for costs on the basis of the documents provided to the Tribunal. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – access to information – valuation reports – business interests of agencies – personal and financial information – agency decision to provide access to information – whether informal release of government information Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 Cases Cited: BDK v Department of Education and Communities [2015] NSWCATAP 129 Fearnley v Health Care Complaints Commission [2020] NSWCATAD 30 Zonnevylle v Department of Justice [2019] NSWCATAP 44 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Raymond Dibb (Applicant) Transport for NSW (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Applicant in person Corporate Services, Transport for NSW (Respondent) File Number(s): 2021/186397 Publication restriction: Pursuant to s 64(1)(c) of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 publication of the matters contained in the unredacted copies of the valuation reports lodged with the Tribunal is prohibited.