Turner v Secretary, Department of Education [2024] NSWCATAD 236

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Turner v Secretary, Department of Education [2024] NSWCATAD 236 Hearing dates: 15 August 2023 Date of orders: 14 August 2024 Decision date: 14 August 2024 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: K Mobbs, Senior Member Decision: (1) The decision under review is affirmed. (2) Pursuant to s 64(1)(c) of the NCAT Act, the publication of the confidential material (CR1, CR2 and CR3) or matters contained in this material is prohibited. (3) Pursuant to s 64(1)(d) of the NCAT Act, the disclosure of the confidential material (CR1, CR2 and CR3) or matters contained in this material is restricted to the Respondent and the Tribunal. Catchwords: Administrative Law – GIPA Act – Government Information –scope of request - information not held – reasonableness of searches Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (NSW) State Records Act 1998 (NSW) Cases Cited: CLT v Secretary, Department of Education [2022] NSWCATAD 34 Crewdson v Central Sydney Area Health Service [2002] NSWCA 345 Klaric v Commissioner for Police [2020] NSWCATAP 153 MJ v Department of Education and Communities [2014] NSWCATAD 12 Raven v The University of Sydney [2015] NSWCATAD 104 Ugur v Commissioner of Police (NSW) [2022] NSWCATAD 396 Wojciechowski v Commissioner of Police [2020] NSWCATAP 173 Texts Cited: Macquarie Dictionary Online 2024 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Bruce Ronald Turner AM (Applicant) Secretary, Department of Education (Respondent) Representation: Applicant (self-represented) J Pendergast – agent (Respondent) File Number(s): 2023/00165288 Publication restriction: (1) Pursuant to s 64(1)(c) of the NCAT Act, the publication of the confidential material (CR1, CR2 and CR3) or matters contained in this material is prohibited. (2) Pursuant to s 64(1)(d) of the NCAT Act, the disclosure of the confidential material (CR1, CR2 and CR3) or matters contained in this material is restricted to the Respondent and the Tribunal.