Styles v Wollondilly Shire Council [2023] NSWCATAD 193

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Styles v Wollondilly Shire Council [2023] NSWCATAD 193 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 25 July 2023 Decision date: 25 July 2023 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: P French, Senior Member Decision: (1) The agency's decision that it does not hold any further information that falls within the scope of Item 1 of the applicant's access request is affirmed as the correct and preferable decision. (2) With respect to Item 4 of the applicant's access request the decision under review is varied: information within the scope of the request is not held by the agency. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW – Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) -whether information is held by the agency Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 (NSW), ss 55, 58, 63 Government Information (Public Access) 2009 (NSW), ss 3, 5, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 53, 54, 55, 58, 75, 80, 100, 105 Cases Cited: Camilleri v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2012] NSWADT 5 Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force v Camilleri (GD) [2012] NSWADTAP 19 Klaric v Commissioner of Police [2020] NSWCATAP 153 Shepherd v Department of Housing, Local Government and Planning [1994] QICmr 7; (1994) 1 QAR 464 Shi v Migration Agents Regulatory Authority (2008) 235 CLR 286 Styles v Wollondilly Shire Council [2023] NSWCATAD 8 Wojciechowska v Commissioner of Police [2020] NSWCATAP 173 Texts Cited: Information and Privacy Commission, Guideline 5: Consultation on public interest considerations under section 54 and 54A of the GIPA Act. Category: Principal judgment Parties: Lynette Styles (Applicant) Wollondilly Shire Council (Respondent) Representation: Lynette Styles (Self-represented) Lindsay Taylor Lawyers (Respondent) File Number(s): 2023/00062917 Publication restriction: Nil