Cerminara -v- Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service Anor [2001] NSWADT 95

CITATION: Cerminara -v- Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service Anor [2001] NSWADT 95 revised - 16/07/2001 DIVISION: General Division FIRST RESPONDENT PARTIES: Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service SECOND RESPONDENT Minister Administering the Freedom of Information Act 1989 FILE NUMBER: 003237 HEARING DATES: 27/2/01 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 02/27/2001 DATE OF DECISION: 06/06/2001

BEFORE: Robinson MA - Judicial Member APPLICATION: access to documents - law enforcement & public safety MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter LEGISLATION CITED : Freedom of Information Act 1989 Kennedy -v- Commissioner of Police [2001] NSWADT 39 Humane Society International Inc. -v- National Parks & Wildlife Service [2000] NSWADT 133 Rittau -v- Commissioner of Police [2000] NSWADT 186 CASES CITED: Maugher v General Manager of Wingecarribee Shire Council [1999] NSWADT 35 Taylor v Chief Inspector RSPCA [1999] NSWADT 23 Mangoplah Pastoral Co Pty Ltd v Great Southern Energy [1999] NSWADT 93 Ekermawi -v- Commissioner of Police [2001] NSWADT 27 APPLICANT In person REPRESENTATION: FIRST RESPONDENT J Tunks, solicitor SECOND RESPONDENT C Ludlow, solicitor ORDERS: 1. The decision under review is affirmed.

1 This is an application for review of a reviewable decision made under the Freedom of Information Act 1989 ("FOI Act") refusing the applicant access to eight documents concerning or relating to the applicant and complied by members of the NSW Police Service at Albury, NSW. The applicant is a long-time resident of Albury. The applicant had made a number of earlier attempts to obtain the subject documents from the agency.