Dibb v Transport for NSW (No 2) [2022] NSWCATAP 89

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Dibb v Transport for NSW (No 2) [2022] NSWCATAP 89 Hearing dates: 4 March 2022 Date of orders: 29 March 2022 Decision date: 29 March 2022 Jurisdiction: Appeal Panel Before: Dr R Dubler SC, Senior Member G Furness SC, Senior Member Decision: (1) Appeal dismissed. (2) Each party to pay its own costs Catchwords: APPEAL- moot appeal - whether futile – advisory opinions – s 8 Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 – whether s.8 release reviewable – whether s 8 release unauthorised - whether s.111 Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 decision appellable Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Act 1997 Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Government Information (Information Commissioner) Act 2009 Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 Cases Cited: Bass v Permanent Trustee Co Ltd (1999) 198 CLR 334 Belmont & Flores [2020] FamC.AFC 290 BVT v Office of Children's Guardian [2017] NSWSC 1763 Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force v Barrett [2015] NSWCATAP 68 Construction Occupations Registrar v Minotaur Constructions (ACT) Pty Ltd (2015) ACTSC 275 Destination NSW v Taylor [2019] NSWCATAP 123 Dibb v Transport for NSW [2021] NSWCATAD 340 Director of Public Prosecutions (SA) v B (1998) 194 CLR 566 Eyes v Wyong Shire Council [2015] NSWCATAD 214 Fearnley v Health Care Complaints Commission [2020] NSWCATAD 30 FlyBlue Management Pty Ltd v NSW Crowns Land Department [2021] NSWCATAD 226 Little v Department of Natural Resources (1996) 3 QAR 170 Marden v Pharmacy Council of NSW [2016] NSWCATAD 86 MJ v Department of Education and Training [2013] NSWADT 25 Naparus & Frankham [2020] FamC.AFC 238 Pascale v City of Parramatta [2017] NSWCATAD 332 Pearson v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2019] NSWCATAD 113 Petropoulos v CPD Holdings Pty Ltd [2019] NSWCATAP 53 Prendergast v Western Murray Irrigation Ltd [2014] NSWCATAP 69 Project Blue Sky v Australian Broadcasting Authority [1998] HCA 28 Re Judiciary and Navigation Acts (1922) 29 CLR 257 Secretary, Department of Communities and Justice v Feeney [2021] NSWCATAP 139 Shoebridge v Commissioner of Police NSW Police Force [2013] NSWADT 302 Taylor v Destination NSW [2020] NSWCATAD 137 Wojciechowska v Commissioner of Police [2020] NSWCATAP 173 Zonnevylle v Department of Justice [2019] NSWCATAP 44 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Raymond Dibb (Appellant) Transport for NSW (Respondent) Representation: Self-represented (Appellant) Transport for NSW - Legal (Respondent) File Number(s): 2021/00334105 Publication restriction: Nil Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: New South Wales Civil & Administrative Tribunal Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Citation: [2021] NSWCATAD 340 Date of Decision: 15 November 2021 Before: L Pearson, Principal Member File Number(s): 2021/186397