DF -v- Director General, Attorney General's Department [2002] NSWADT 164

CITATION: DF -v- Director General, Attorney General's Department [2002] NSWADT 164 DIVISION: General Division APPLICANT PARTIES: DF RESPONDENT Director General, Attorney General's Department FILE NUMBER: 013089 HEARING DATES: 17/04/02 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 04/17/2002 DATE OF DECISION: 09/10/2002

BEFORE: O'Connor K - DCJ (President) APPLICATION: access to documents - internal working documents - access to documents - judicial function - access to documents - legal professional privilege - access to documents - operation of agencies - access to documents - secrecy provisions - Freedom of Information Act - access to documents - internal working documents - Freedom of Information Act - access to documents - judicial function - Freedom of Information Act - access to documents - legal professional privilege - Freedom of Information Act - access to documents - operation of agencies - Freedom of Information Act - access to documents - secrecy provisions MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter LEGISLATION CITED : Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 Freedom of Information Act 1989 Touchon v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2000] NSWADT 73 Charteris v General Manager, Leichhardt Municipal Council [2001] NSWADTAP 12 CASES CITED: Gilling v General Manager, Hawkesbury City Council [1999] NSWADT 45 Eyes v Wyong Shire Council [1999] NSWADT 139 Mangoplah Pastoral Co Pty Ltd v Great Southern Energy [1999] NSWADT 93 Re Just and Department of Justice (1996) 10 VAR 126 APPLICANT REPRESENTATION: In person RESPONDENT P Singleton, barrister ORDERS: 1. By consent, that the respondent disclose the whole of Document 29; and the whole of Document 17 except for the three paragraphs marked on page 2.; 2. That the respondent disclose the fourth paragraph of Document 2. ; 3. The determination under review is affirmed in respect of the material for which exempt status has otherwise been claimed in respect of Documents 1, 2, 9, 17, 18, 27, 34 and 35.