Searle v Transport for NSW [2017] NSWCATAD 256

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Searle v Transport for NSW [2017] NSWCATAD 256 Hearing dates: 2 June 2017 Date of orders: 14 September 2017 Decision date: 14 September 2017 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: Dr J Lucy, Senior Member Decision: (1) The decision of Transport for NSW to refuse access to the information the subject of the applicant's access application is set aside and, in substitution for that decision, Transport for NSW is to provide the applicant with access, within 28 days, to the information the subject of his access application, with the exception of:

(a) information in the table in Appendix B of each of the documents entitled "Gateway Review report, Gate Health Check 3 – [In Delivery], Draft for Discussion, v 0.3, 24 October 2016," "Gateway Review report, Gate Health Check 3 – [In Delivery], Draft for Discussion, v 0.2, 24 October 2016" and "Gateway Review report, Gate Health Check 3 – [In Delivery], Draft for Discussion, v 0.4, 27 October 2016," but access is to be provided to the information in the heading to each of those tables and to the information in the column headed "Agency";

(b) information in the table in Appendix B of "Gateway Health Check Report, CBD and South East Light Rail Project, preliminary draft" (undated), under the headings "Person" and "Project Role."

(2) Access to the information identified in Orders 1(a) and (b) is refused, pending further determination and order of the Tribunal.

(3) The applicant is to inform the Tribunal and the respondent in writing, by 21 September 2017, whether he presses his application for access to the information identified in Orders 1(a) and (b) above.