Zonnevylle v NSW Department of Finance & Services [2015] NSWCATAD 175

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Zonnevylle v NSW Department of Finance & Services [2015] NSWCATAD 175 Hearing dates: 5 March 2015 Decision date: 24 August 2015 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: S Montgomery, Senior Member Decision: 1. The information that has been identified as 'Not Relied Upon' is to be released to the Applicant. 2. The Respondent's decision is otherwise affirmed. 3. The matter is listed for a further hearing on Tuesday 25 August 2015 at 10 am Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW - government information - sufficiency of search - public access – enhance government accountability - information provided in confidence – legal privilege – independence of legal advisors - excluded information. Legislation Cited: Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 Freedom of Information Act 1987 Cases Cited: APD v Commissioner of Police NSW Police Force [2012] NSWADT 42 Camilleri v Commissioner of Police NSW Police Force [2012] NSWADT 5 Cianfrano v Director General Department of Commerce and anor (No 2) [2006] NSWADT 195 Cianfrano v Director General, Department of Commerce and anor [2005] NSWADT 282 Gilling v General Manager, Hawkesbury City Council [1999] NSWADT 43 Hemeon v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2002] NSWADT 201 Hurst v Wagga Wagga City Council [2011] NSWADT 307 Industrial Equity Ltd v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation [1990] HCA 46; (1990) 170 CLR 649 Office of Finance and Services v "APV" and "APW" [2014] NSWCATAP 88 Shepherd and Department of Housing, Local Government and Planning [1994] QICmr 7; (1994) 1 QAR 464 Watson v NSW Trustee and Guardian [2015] NSWCATAD 139 Zonnevylle v Department of Education and Communities [2015] NSWCATAD 10 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Peter Zonnevylle (Applicant) NSW Department of Finance & Services (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: P Zonnevylle (Applicant in person) Crown Solicitor's Office (Respondent) File Number(s): 1410273