Turner v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2016] NSWCATAD 303

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Turner v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2016] NSWCATAD 303 Hearing dates: 16 September 2015; 12 October 2015; 15 February 2016; 7 June 2016 Date of orders: 21 December 2016 Decision date: 21 December 2016 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: S Montgomery, Senior Member Decision: 1. The matter is remitted for redetermination by the Respondent in relation to Annexure K to Ms Trost's statement of 12 June 2015 and paragraphs 2 and 5 of the access application. 2. The redetermination is to be completed by 27 January 2017 and filed by that day. All open material is to be served by 27 January 2017. 3. The matter is listed for further case conference at 2 pm on 21 March 2017. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – access to government information – access application – decision to refuse to deal with application – reasonableness of search – whether redacted information should be released –considerations in relation to section 112 of the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Freedom of Information Act 1989 Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 Cases Cited: Attorney General's Department v Cockcroft (1986) 10 FCR 18 Cianfrano v Premier's Department [2006] NSWADT 137 Colefax v Department of Education and Communities No 2 [2013] NSWADT 130 Mino v Legal Aid NSW [2015] NSWCATAD 245 Raven v The University of Sydney [2015] NSWCATAD 104 Saggers v Environment Protection Authority [2013] NSWADT 204 Shepherd and Department of Housing, Local Government and Planning (1994) 1 QAR 464 Shoebridge v The Office of the Minister for Police and Emergency Services [2014] NSWCATAD 189 Turner v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2016] NSWCATAD 31 Zonnevylle v NSW Department of Finance & Services [2016] NSWCATAD 47 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Donovan Turner (Applicant) Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force (Respondent) Representation: D Turner (Applicant in person)