Keriakes v Chief Executive Officer, State Rail Authority [2003] NSWADT 191

CITATION: Keriakes v Chief Executive Officer, State Rail Authority [2003] NSWADT 191 DIVISION: General Division APPLICANT PARTIES: Joyce Keriakes RESPONDENT Chief Executive Officer, State Rail Authority FILE NUMBER: 023110 HEARING DATES: 10/12/2002 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 12/19/2002 DATE OF DECISION: 08/15/2003

BEFORE: Hennessy N - Magistrate (Deputy President) APPLICATION: access to documents - confidential material - access to documents - operation of agencies - access to documents - personal affairs - Freedom of Information Act - access to documents - confidential material - Freedom of Information Act - access to documents - operation of agencies - Freedom of Information Act - access to documents - personal affairs MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal LEGISLATION CITED : Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 Freedom of Information Act 1989 Livingstone & anor -v- State Rail Authority of New South Wales [2002] NSWADT 25 Maher and Attorney General's Department (1985) 7 ALD 731 B and Brisbane North Regional Health Authority (1994) 1 QAR 279 Wiseman v Commonwealth, unreported, Federal Court, 24 October 1989 Ryder v Booth [1985] VR 870 Attorney General's Dept v Cockcroft (1986) 64 ALR 97 Searle Australia Pty Limited v PIAC (1992) 36 FCR 111 Neary v Chief Executive, State Rail Authority [1999] NSWADT 107 Bennett v Vice Chancellor of New England University [2000] NSWADT 8 Commissioner of Police v District Court of NSW (1993) 31 NSWLR 606 Chambers and Department of Families, Youth and Community Care, 1999 5 QAR 16 CASES CITED: Kioa v West (1985) 159 CLR 550 Livingstone v Anor v State Rail Authority of New South Wales [2002] NSW ADT 25 Hocknell and Australian Telecommunications Corporation (1991) 23 ALD 446 Bayliss and Department of Health and Family Services (1997) 48 ALD 443 Gilling v General Manager, Hawkesbury City Council [1999] NSWADT 43 A v Director General, Department of Health [2002] NSWADT 59 Colakovski v Australian Telecommunications Commission (1991) 29 FCR 429 Dale and Australian Federal Police (1997) 47 ALD 417 Chief Executive Officer, State Rail Authority v Woods [GD) [2003] NSWADTAP 25 Woods -v- Chief Executive Officer, State Rail Authority [2002] NSWADT 253 Humane Society International Inc v National Parks and Wildlife Service & Ors [2000] NSWADT 133 Targridge Pty Ltd and Road Traffic Authority (1988) 2 VAR 604 APPLICANT REPRESENTATION: In Person RESPONDENT S Goodman, counsel ORDERS: The agency's decision not to release the names and other identifying details of the signatories to "the petition" is affirmed.