Shvetsova v Department of Education and Communities [2015] NSWCATAD 26

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Shvetsova v Department of Education and Communities [2015] NSWCATAD 26 Hearing dates: 5 February 2015 Decision date: 05 February 2015 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: J Lucy, Senior Member Decision: The respondent's decision is affirmed. Catchwords: Government information – Whether held by agency – Whether reasonable searches conducted Application for order anonymising applicant's name – Principle of open justice – whether desirable to make such an order Costs – Special circumstances warranting an order for costs Legislation Cited: Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 (NSW) Cases Cited: Beer v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2014] NSWCATAD 23 State of New South Wales (Justice Health) v Dezfouli [2008] NSWADTAP 69 Shepherd and Department of Housing, Local Government and Planning (1994) 1 QAR 464 Hemeon v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2002] NSWADT 201 Camilleri v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2012] NSWADT 5 Stanley v Roads and Maritime Services [2014] NSWCATAD 123 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Elena Shvetsova (Applicant) Department of Education and Communities (Respondent) Representation: E Shvetsova (Applicant in person) P McGhee, Department of Education and Communities (Respondent) File Number(s): 1410485