Bannister v Department of Finance, Services and Innovation [2018] NSWCATAD 33

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Bannister v Department of Finance, Services and Innovation [2018] NSWCATAD 33 Hearing dates: 30 November 2017 Date of orders: 08 February 2018 Decision date: 08 February 2018 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: S Montgomery, Senior Member Decision: (1) The Respondent is to release to the Applicant the additional information that it has identified as appropriate to be released. (2) The decision under review is otherwise affirmed. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW - Administrative Law – Government Information – overriding public interest against disclosure - personal information - information provided to the agency during an investigation - prejudice supply of information - prejudice exercise of agency's functions Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 Public Interest Disclosures Act 1994 Cases Cited: Camilleri v Commissioner of Police (NSW) [2013] NSWADT 80 Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force v Camilleri [2012] NSWADTAP 19 Kanak v NSW Department of Education and Communities [2017] NSWCATAD 206 McKinnon v Blacktown City Council [2012] NSWADT 44 Singh v Legal Aid Commission (No 2) [2015] NSWCATAD 5 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Alexandra Bannister (Applicant) Department of Finance, Services and Innovation (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: N Case (Respondent)