Cianfrano v Director General, NSW Department of Commerce (No 2) [2007] NSWADT 233

CITATION: Cianfrano v Director General, NSW Department of Commerce (No 2) [2007] NSWADT 233

DIVISION: General Division

APPLICANT PARTIES: Robert Cianfrano RESPONDENT Director General, NSW Department of Commerce

FILE NUMBER: 063211

HEARING DATES: On the papers

SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 26 July 2007

DATE OF DECISION: 3 October 2007

BEFORE: Montgomery S - Judicial Member

CATCHWORDS: access to documents - adequacy of search - access to documents - personal affairs - Freedom of Information Act - access to documents - adequacy of search - Freedom of Information Act - access to documents - personal affairs

MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter

LEGISLATION CITED : Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 Freedom of Information Act 1989

Baker v Campbell (1983) 153 CLR 52 Cianfrano v Director General, Attorney General's Department (No 2) [2007] NSWADT 231 Cianfrano v Director General, NSW Department of Commerce [2007] NSWADT 99 CASES CITED: Cianfrano v Director General, Premier's Department [2007] NSWADT 216 Coco v The Queen (1994) 179 CLR 427 Daniels Corp International Pty Ltd v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (2002) 213 CLR 543 University of New South Wales v Gerard Michael McGuirk [2006] NSWSC 1362

APPLICANT In person REPRESENTATION: RESPONDENT S Morris, Solicitor

ORDERS: In accordance with the reasons provided Cianfrano v Director General, NSW Department of Commerce [2007] NSWADT 99 Documents B, C, E, F, H, I, J, K and M are to be released with the exempt matter deleted. The decision under review is otherwise affirmed.