GA v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police [2005] NSWADT 121

CITATION: GA v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police [2005] NSWADT 121 DIVISION: General Division APPLICANT PARTIES: GA RESPONDENT Commissioner of Police, NSW Police FILE NUMBER: 043396 HEARING DATES: 25/01/2005, 31/05/2005 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 05/31/2005 DATE OF DECISION: 06/07/2005

BEFORE: Hennessy N - Magistrate (Deputy President) APPLICATION: Privacy - information protection principle - accuracy - Privacy - information protection principle - collection - from third party - Privacy - information protection principle - collection - unlawful MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter Freedom of Information Act 1989 LEGISLATION CITED : Police Act 1990 Privacy & Personal Information Protection Act 1998 Commissioner of Police New South Wales v N [2003] 58 NSWLR 458 Cooper Brookes (Wollongong) Pty Ltd v FCT (1981) 35 ALR 151 GA and Ors v Department of Education and Training and NSW Police [2004] NSWADT 2 HW v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service and Anor [2003] NSWADT 214 CASES CITED: I W and the City of Perth (1997) 191 CLR 1 Lennon v Gibson and Howes Ltd [1919] AC 709 Mills v Meeking (1990) 91 ALR 16 N (No. 3) -v- Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2002] NSWADT 34 United Society v Eagle Bank (1829) 7 Conn 475 APPLICANT In person REPRESENTATION: RESPONDENT P Mclaughlin, solicitor (25/1/2005) C Ludlow, solicitor (31/5/05) ORDERS: Decision affirmed