Camilleri v Penrith City Council [2012] NSWADT 196

Administrative Decisions Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Camilleri v Penrith City Council [2012] NSWADT 196 Hearing dates: 27 August 2012 Decision date: 21 September 2012 Jurisdiction: General Division Before: Naida Isenberg, Judicial Member Decision: The decision under review is affirmed Catchwords: Neighbourhood dispute-complaints to council- access application-reasonable searches - overriding public interest against disclosure - substance of complaints known to applicant Legislation Cited: Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 Cases Cited: Chapman v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police [2004] NSWADT 35 Curtin v Vice-Chancellor, University of New South Wales (No 2) [2006] NSWADT 56 DQ v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2002] NSWADT 215 Fahey v NSW Office of Liquor, Gaming & Racing [2012] NSW ADT 181 Hemeon v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2002] NSWADT 201 O'Hara v North Sydney Council [2005] NSWADT 100 Patsalis v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2003] NSWADT 213 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Clement Camilleri (Applicant) Penrith City Council (Respondent) Martin Bartolo (Joined party) Representation: C Camilleri (Applicant in person) M Bullivant (Respondent) M Bartolo (Joined party in person) File Number(s): 123049