Camilleri v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2024] NSWCATAD 62

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Camilleri v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2024] NSWCATAD 62 Hearing dates: 10 July 2023 Date of orders: 8 March 2024 Decision date: 08 March 2024 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: K Ransome, Principal Member Decision: The decision under review is affirmed. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW – criminal and other history – mental health concerns – attitude towards police - whether in the public interest for the applicant to hold a firearms licence Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Firearms Act 1996 Cases Cited: Comalco Aluminium (Bell Bay) Ltd v O'Connor and Others (1995) 131 ALR 657 Commissioner of Police v EMB [2021] NSWCATAP 63 Commissioner of Police v Toleafoa [1999] NSWADTAP 9 Constantin v Commissioner of Police [2013] NSWADTAP 16 Cusumano v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Service [2011] NSWADT 50 Dale v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2019] NSWCATAD 134 Esterman v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2014] NSWCATOD 70 Ford v Commissioner of Police [2022] NSWCATAD 87 Hill v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2002] NSWADT 218 Joseph v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2017] NSWCA 31 Kavalieratos v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2014] NSWCATAD 117 Kopco v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2018] NSWCATAD 124 Laing v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2017] NSWCATAD 315 Lee v Commissioner of Police [2020] NSWCATAD 144 LY v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police [2004] NSWADT 115 Martin v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2017] NSWCATAD 97 Martin v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2010] NSWADT 276 Masterson v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales [2017] NSWCATAP 206 Meacham v Commissioner of Police [2020] NSWCATAP 107 Rial v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2023] NSWCATAP 162 Tannous v Commissioner of Police [2011] NSWADT 116 Ward v Commissioner of Police [2000] NSWADT 28 Watkin v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2022] NSWCATAD 393 Wilkinson v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2002] NSWADT 59 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Michael Joseph Camilleri (Applicant) Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force (Respondent) Representation: Applicant (self-represented) Norton Rose Fulbright (Respondent) File Number(s): 2023/00071676 Publication restriction: Section 64 of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 applies to the material filed by the respondent on a confidential basis, to those paragraphs of these reasons identified as [Not for publication], to the evidence given in private before the Tribunal and to the record of that part of the proceedings conducted in private pursuant to s 49. That material is not to be released to either the applicant or to the public.