Hayward-Brown -v- Chief Executive Officer, Wentworth Area Health Service [2000] NSWADT 46

CITATION: Hayward-Brown -v- Chief Executive Officer, Wentworth Area Health Service [2000] NSWADT 46 DIVISION: General Division APPLICANT Helen Hayward-Brown PARTIES: RESPONDENT Chief Executive Officer, Wentworth Area Health Service FILE NUMBER: 993173 HEARING DATES: 24/11/99 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 11/24/1999 DATE OF DECISION: 04/19/2000

BEFORE: Hennessy N (Deputy President) APPLICATION: amendment to documents - Freedom of Information Act - amendment to documents MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter LEGISLATION CITED : Freedom of Information Act 1989 Bradford, Joeanne Marree and Director of Family Services [1998] ACTAAT 265 (16 July 1998) Morgan -v- Director-General, Department of Education and Training & Minister for Education and Training [1999] NSWADT 91 (28 September 1999) Doelle -v- Legal Aid Office, Decision No 93005 (24 November 1993) CASES CITED: Re Leverett (1985) 8 ALN N135 RE Resch and Department of Veterans' Affairs 9 ALD 380 Re Cox and Department of Defence 20 ALD 499 Re Jacob -v- Department of Defence 15 ALD 645 Re Francis and Department of Defence (unreported, AAT, Cth, 22 December 1995) APPLICANT REPRESENTATION: D Lowe, solicitor RESPONDENT P Newell, barrister ORDERS: 1. The agency's decision to amend its records in accordance with the application through the addition of a notation but refusing to amend its records by removing or otherwise deleting or striking through any of the text of its records is affirmed.