Saggers v Director General, Attorney General's Department (GD) [2006] NSWADTAP 11

Appeal Panel - Internal

CITATION: Saggers v Director General, Attorney General's Department (GD) [2006] NSWADTAP 11

APPELLANT PARTIES: Colin Saggers RESPONDENT Director General, Attorney General's Department

FILE NUMBER: 059064

HEARING DATES: 13/12/05

SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 12/13/2005

DATE OF DECISION: 03/28/2006

BEFORE: Hennessy N - Magistrate (Deputy President); Montgomery S - Judicial Member; Blake C - Non Judicial Member

CATCHWORDS: fail to apply principle correctly to the facts - finding contrary to evidence - opportunity to be heard

MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter

FILE NUMBER UNDER APPEAL: 053060

DATE OF DECISION UNDER APPEAL: 08/16/2005

Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 LEGISLATION CITED : Freedom of Information Act 1989 Sydney Market Authority (Dissolution) Act 1997

Attorney General of the Northern Territory v Kearney (1985) 158 CLR 500 Azzopardi v Tasman UEB Industries Ltd (1985) 4 NSWLR 149 Cianfrano v New South Wales State Rail Authority [2004] NSWADT 223 CASES CITED: Cianfrano v New South Wales Treasury Appeal Panel (Hennessy DP, Prof C Blake, Mr S Montgomery) No 059006, 26 April 2005 Esso Australia Resources Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation (1992) 201 CLR 49 Kioa v West (1985) 159 CLR 550 Miriani v Commissioner for Fair Trading, Office of Fair Trading [2005] NSWADT 99 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355