McNeill v Clarence Valley Council [2024] NSWCATAD 382

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: McNeill v Clarence Valley Council [2024] NSWCATAD 382 Hearing dates: 15 October 2024 Date of orders: 16 December 2024 Decision date: 16 December 2024 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: J Sullivan, Senior Member Decision: The decision under review is affirmed. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW — administrative review — government information — scope of review —personal information — copyright — reasonable searches Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) Local Government Act 1993 (NSW) Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (NSW) State Records Act 1998 (NSW) Cases Cited: Amos v Central Coast Council [2018] NSWCATAD 101 Crewdson v Central Sydney AHS [2002] NSWCA 345 Kirk v Industrial Relations Commission [2010] HCA 1 OD v Department of Education and Training (GD) [2005] NSWADTAP 74 Raven v University of Sydney [2015] NSWCATAD 104 Redfern Legal Centre v Commissioner of Police [2021] NSWCATAD 288 Wojciechowska v Commissioner of Police [2020] NSWCATAP 173 Texts Cited: None cited Category: Principal judgment Parties: Craigh McNeill (Applicant) Clarence Valley Council (Respondent) Representation: Applicant (Self-Represented) Local Government Legal (Respondent) File Number(s): 2024/00268200 Publication restriction: Nil