Cunningham v NSW Ministry of Health [2015] NSWCATAD 124

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Cunningham v NSW Ministry of Health [2015] NSWCATAD 124 Hearing dates: On the papers Decision date: 19 June 2015 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: J Lucy, Senior Member Decision: The respondent's decision is affirmed. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW – Access to information – Remittal of decision – Decision that agency does not hold information – Whether agency conducted reasonable searches for the information Legislation Cited: Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 (NSW )the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) Cases Cited: Shepherd and Department of Housing, Local Government and Planning (1994) 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: Paul Cunningham (Applicant) NSW Ministry of Health (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: P Cunningham (Applicant in person) NSW Ministry of Health (Respondent) File Number(s): 1410661

REASONS FOR DECISION 1. These proceedings concern the question of whether the respondent has conducted reasonable searches for information sought by the applicant under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) ("GIPA Act"). The information sought concerns the proposed location of the Northern Beaches Hospital.