Wojciechowska v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2024] NSWCATAD 46

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Wojciechowska v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2024] NSWCATAD 46 Hearing dates: On the papers. Date of orders: 26 February 2024 Decision date: 26 February 2024 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: M Riordan, Senior Member Decision: The decision under review is affirmed. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – Government Information - refusal to deal with an access application – unreasonable and substantial diversion of agency resources – agency already decided a previous application that substantially overlapped with the information sought Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Freedom of Information Act 1989 (NSW) Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) Government Information (Public Access) Amendment Act 2018 (NSW) Cases Cited: Cianfrano v Director General, Premier's Department [2006] NSWADT 137 Colefax v Department of Education and Communities (NSW) No 2 [2013] NSWADT 130 Commissioner of Police v Danis [2017] NSWCATAP 7 Loussikian v University of Sydney [2018] NSWCATAD 140 Morgan v Department of Family and Community Services [2016] NSWCATAD 125 Ruyters v Commissioner of Police [2020] NSWCATAD 223 Singh v Legal Aid Commission (No 2) [2015] NSWCATAD 5 Wojciechowska v Commissioner of Police [2021] NSWCATAD 210 Wojciechowska v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2023] NSWCATAP 34 Texts Cited: The Oxford English Dictionary Category: Principal judgment Parties: Paulina Wojciechowska (Applicant) Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Applicant (Self Represented) Crown Solicitor (Respondent) File Number(s): 2023/00309534 Publication restriction: Not applicable