Fisher v Upper Lachlan Shire Council [2022] NSWCATAD 65

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Fisher v Upper Lachlan Shire Council [2022] NSWCATAD 65 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 2 March 2022 Decision date: 02 March 2022 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: S Higgins, Senior Member Decision: (1) The decision of the Council, made on 3 August 2020, is affirmed. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – merits review – access to government information – decision of the public sector agency that the information for which the applicant sought access was not held by the agency – reasonableness of searches for the information sought Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 (NSW) Freedom of Information Act 1989 (NSW)(repealed) Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) Inclosed Lands Protection Act 1901 (NSW) Cases Cited: Cianfrano v Director General Department of Commerce [2006] NSWADT 195 Commissioner of Police v Danis [2017] NSWCATAP 7 Fisher v Goulburn Mulwaree Council [2019] NSWCATAD 34 Fisher v Roads and Maritime Services NSW [2018] NSWCATAD 52 John Leo Fisher v R [2019] NSWDC 297 Wojciechowska v Commissioner of Police [2020] NSWCATAP 173 Texts Cited: None cited Category: Principal judgment Parties: John Fisher (Applicant) Upper Lachlan Shire Council (Respondent) Representation: Applicant (self-represented) A Croke (Director Finance and Administration of the Upper Lachlan Shire Council) (Respondent) File Number(s): 2020/00024774 Publication restriction: Nil