Durie v Wollongong City Council [2016] NSWCATAD 288

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Durie v Wollongong City Council [2016] NSWCATAD 288 Hearing dates: 20 June 2016 Date of orders: 08 December 2016 Decision date: 08 December 2016 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: R Perrignon, Senior Member Decision: The decision under review is affirmed. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – access to government information - application for access to completed Animal Seizure, Surrender and Release form – whether overriding public interest against disclosure of personal information of person who signed form – whether information protection principle would be breached Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 Privacy and Personal Information Act 1998 Cases Cited: Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force v Barrett (No 2) [2016] NSWCATAP 86 Salmon v Corrective Services NSW [2016] NSWCATAD 257 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Janeen Marise Durie (Applicant) Wollongong City Council (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Z Hager (Respondent)

Solicitors: J Durie (Applicant in person) File Number(s): 1510809 Publication restriction: 1) The disclosure, publication or broadcast of paragraphs 51, 52, 53, 54 of the reasons for decision is prohibited, except to the Respondent.2) The disclosure, publication or broadcast of any oral or written evidence or submissions lodged with, or given to, the Tribunal in confidence is prohibited, except to the Respondent.