Cianfrano v Director General, Department of Commerce and anor [2005] NSWADT 282

CITATION: Cianfrano v Director General, Department of Commerce and anor [2005] NSWADT 282 DIVISION: General Division APPLICANT Robert Cianfrano PARTIES: FIRST RESPONDENT Director-General, Department of Commerce SECOND RESPONDENT Sydney Markets Limited FILE NUMBER: 043384 HEARING DATES: 6/06/2005-7/06/2005 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 06/07/2005 DATE OF DECISION: 12/05/2005

BEFORE: O'Connor K - DCJ (President) APPLICATION: access to documents - business affairs - access to documents - cabinet documents - access to documents - legal professional privilege - Freedom of Information Act - access to documents - business affairs - Freedom of Information Act - access to documents - cabinet documents - Freedom of Information Act - access to documents - legal professional privilege MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) LEGISLATION CITED : Freedom of Information Act 1989 Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 Cianfrano v NSW Department of Commerce [2004] NSWADT 134 Saggers v Director General, Attorney General's Department [2005] NSWADT 193 Cianfrano v Director-General, Premier's Department NSW & anor [2004] NSWADT 255 Hynes v General Manager, Hawkesbury City Council [2004] NSWADT 135 Law Society of New South Wales v General Manager, Workcover Authority of New South Wales (GD) [2004] NSWADTAP 40 Trade Practices Commission v Sterling (1979) 36 FLR 244, 245-6 Balabel v Air-India [1988] 1 Ch 317 Dalleagles Pty Ltd v Australian Securities Commission (1991) 4 WAR 325 DSE (Holdings) Pty Ltd v Intertan Inc (2003) ALR 348 Cianfrano v Director General, NSW Treasury [2005] NSWADT 7 Waterford v Commonwealth (1987) 163 CLR 54 Vincent Neary v State Rail Authority [1999] NSWADT 107 News Corporation v National Companies and Securities Commission (1984) 5 FCR 88 CASES CITED: Attorney-General's Dept v Cockcroft (1986) 64 ALR 97 Colakovski v Australian Telecommunications Corporation (1991) 100 ALR 111 Searle Australia v PIAC (1992) 108 ALR 163, 178 Neary v The Treasurer, New South Wales [2002] NSWADT 261 Carltona Ltd v Commissioners of Works [1943] 2 All ER 560 O'Reilly v Commissioner of the State Bank of Victoria (1982) 153 CLR 1, 11, 20 State of New South Wales v Austeel Pty Ltd (SCNSW, Brownie AJA, unreported, 9 March 2004) Dighton v South Australia (2000) 78 SASR 1 Re McKinnon and Secretary, Department of Health and Ageing (2004) 85 ALD 699 Re Toomer and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (2003) 78 ALD 645; [2003] AATA 1301 Re Sutherland Shire Council and Department of Industry, Science and Resources (2001) 33 AAR 508) Ipex Information Technology Group Pty Ltd v Department of Information Technology Services [1997] SADC 3618; 192 LSJS 54 Simos v Wilkins (DC, Cooper J, 15 May 1996) Re Hudson and Department of the Premier, Economic and Trade Development (1993) 1 QAR 123 APPLICANT In person REPRESENTATION: FIRST RESPONDENT M Allars of counsel instructed by G Mahony, solicitor, Crown Solicitor's Office SECOND RESPONDENT R Davis, solicitor, Piper Alderman ORDERS: 1. The application for review is allowed in part; 2. The first respondent's determination is set aside in relation to the documents referred to in para [93] of these reasons; 3. The first respondent's determination is otherwise affirmed subject to the variations made in para [90] (Cabinet documents) and para [42] (Business Affairs) of these reasons; 4. The Tribunal's orders are to take effect 28 clear days after the publication of its decision; 5. The application is to be listed for a planning meeting in relation to the sufficiency of search issue