McDonald -v- Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Service [2003] NSWADT 111

CITATION: McDonald -v- Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Service [2003] NSWADT 111 DIVISION: General Division APPLICANT PARTIES: Richard Herbert McDonald RESPONDENT: Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Service FILE NUMBER: 023029 HEARING DATES: 15/11/2003 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 11/15/2002 DATE OF DECISION: 05/19/2003

BEFORE: O'Connor K - DCJ (President) APPLICATION: access to documents - adequacy of search - access to documents - confidential material - access to documents - law enforcement & public safety - access to documents - legal professional privilege - Freedom of Information Act - access to documents - adequacy of search - Freedom of Information Act - access to documents - confidential material - Freedom of Information Act - access to documents - law enforcement & public safety - Freedom of Information Act - access to documents - legal professional privilege MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Vic) LEGISLATION CITED : Freedom of Information Act 1989 Police Service Act 1990 Charteris v General Manager, Leichhardt Municipal Council (No. 2) (GD) [2001] NSWADTAP 39 Waterford v The Commonwealth (1987) 163 CLR 54 Walden & Toni v Leichhardt Municipal Council [2001] NSWADT 81 Esso Australia Resources Ltd v The Commissioner of Taxation of the Commonwealth of Australia (1999) 168 ALR 123 Grant v Downs (1976) 135 CLR 674 Gill v Brisbane City Council (Queensland Information Commissioner, 6 June 2001) Alfred Crompton Amusement Machines Ltd v Customs & Excise Commissioners (No 2) [1972] 2 QB 102 CASES CITED: Waterford v Commonwealth of Australia (1987) 163 CLR 54 BY -v- Director General, Attorney General's Department (No. 2) [2003] NSWADT 37 Re Gold and Australian Federal Police and National Crime Authority (1994) 37 ALD 168 Accident Compensation Commission v Croom [1991] 2 VR 322 Watkins v Chief Executive, Road Traffic Authority [2000] NSWADT 11 D v National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children [1978] AC 171 Neary -v- The Treasurer, New South Wales [2002] NSWADT 261 Beesley v Commissioner for Police [2000] NSWADT 52 APPLICANT REPRESENTATION: M Gibian, barrister RESPONDENT J Tunks, solicitor ORDERS: 1. The determination of the agency in respect of Documents 37A, 37B, 85 and 120 is affirmed.; 2. The determination of the agency in respect of Document 120 is varied. An edited version of the document is to be released with all references to names of persons other than the applicant deleted.; 3. The determination of the agency in respect of item 31 of the original request and items 32 to 34 of the original request is not affirmed, and the request in those respects is remitted to the agency for further consideration and a further response to the applicant within 30 days of the date of this determination.; 4. Liberty to the parties to apply within 14 days in respect of the terms of Order 3.