Moran v Shellharbour City Council [2022] NSWCATAD 112

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Moran v Shellharbour City Council [2022] NSWCATAD 112 Hearing dates: 13 August 2021 Date of orders: 05 April 2022 Decision date: 05 April 2022 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: C Mulvey, Senior Member Decision: The decision made by the Respondent on 16 March 2021 is affirmed. Catchwords: GOVERNMENT INFORMATION - Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 – public interest against disclosure – frivolous – vexatious - misconceived - lacking in substance Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act (NSW) Government and Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) Government Information (Information Commissioner) Act 2009 (NSW) Local Government Act 1993 Local Government (General) Regulation 2005, the New South Wales Government Code of Practice for Procurement (2005) Cases Cited: Ansoul v City of Sydney [2017] NSWCATAD 65 Attorney-General v Wentworth (1998) 14 NSWLR 481 BDK v Department of Education and Communities [2015] NSWCATAP 129 Burnett (on behalf of Burnett) v Secretary, Department of Communities and Justice [2021] NSWCATAD 114 Choi v University of Technology Sydney [2009] NSWCATAD 176 Clarke v Blacktown City Council [2013] NSWADT 36 Fernley v Health Care Complaints Commission [2020] NSWCATAD 30 Hurst v Wagga Wagga City Council [2011] NSWADT 307 JY v Commissioner for Police, New South Wales (2008) NSWADT 306 Lock the Gate Alliance v Department of Planning and Environment and Department of Premier and Cabinet [2019] NSWCATAD 6 McKean v Attorney-General and Justice [2015] NSWCATAD 176 McKinnon v Blacktown City Council [2012] NSWADT 44 Meriton Property Services Pty Limited & Ors v UrbanGrowth NSW [2017] NSWCATAD 71 Miriani v Transport for New South Wales [2021] NSWCATAD 16 O'Grady v Sutherland Shire Council (2020) NSWCATAD 50 Public Service Association and Professional Officers Association, Amalgamated Union of NSW v Premier's Department [2002] NSWADT 277 Raven v The University of Sydney [2015] NSWCATAD 104 Shenhua Watermark Co Pty Limited v Department of Planning and Environment [2019] NSWCATAD 119 Taylor v Destination NSW [2020] NSWCATAD 137 Walker v Pittwater Council [2016] NSWCATAD 78 Zonnevylle v NSW Department of Justice [2021] NSWCAT 175 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Peter Moran (Applicant) Shellharbour City Council (Respondent) Information Commissioner (Intervenor) Representation: Counsel: Mr J Farrell – Respondent