Larsen & Larsen v Department of Planning & Environment [2023] NSWCATAD 222

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Larsen & Larsen v Department of Planning & Environment [2023] NSWCATAD 222 Hearing dates: 31 May 2023 Date of orders: 21 August 2023 Decision date: 21 August 2023 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: M Riordan, Senior Member Decision: 1. The name of the respondent is amended to "Department of Planning & Environment". 2. The decision under review is affirmed. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – access to government information – decision of the agency that it did not hold the information sought – whether the search efforts of the agency were reasonable in the circumstances Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 (NSW) Crown Land Management Act 2016 (NSW) Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) State Records Act 1998 (NSW) Cases Cited: CLT v Secretary, Department of Education [2022] NSWCATAD 34 Camilleri v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2012] NSWADT 5 Fisher v Upper Lachlan Shire Council [2022] NSWCATAD 65 Hemeon v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2002] NSWADT 201 Klaric v Commissioner of Police [2020] NSWCATAP 153 Mino v Legal Aid NSW [2015] NSWCATAD 245 Miriani v Commissioner of New South Wales Police [2005] NSWADT 187 Mizzi v Commissioner of Police (NSW) [2013] NSWADT 150 Pedestrian Council of Australia Limited v North Sydney Council [2014] NSWCATAD 80 Seremetis v Commissioner of Police; Seremetis v Department of Communities and Justice [2020] NSWCATAD 317 Tisdale v Cumberland City Council [2021] NSWCATAD 132 Wojciechowska v Commissioner of Police [2020] NSWCATAP 173 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Floyd Larsen & Derek Larsen (Applicants) Department of Planning & Environment (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Self-represented (Applicants) Crown Solicitor (Respondent) File Number(s): 2023/00053311 Publication restriction: Not applicable