Cooper v NSW Ministry of Health [2018] NSWCATAD 37

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Cooper v NSW Ministry of Health [2018] NSWCATAD 37 Hearing dates: 9 November 2016, 2 February 2017 Date of orders: 14 February 2018 Decision date: 14 February 2018 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: D Dinnen, Senior Member Decision: (1) The Respondent's decision with respect to the following documents as "Cabinet Information" is affirmed:

(a) HSBI documents: 12, 13, 13A, 16A, 16B, 18, 19, 19(1), 19(1)(A), 19(1)(B), 19(1)(C), 19(2), 20(1), 20(2), 20(3), 20(4), 21(1), 21(2), 21(3), 21(4), 21(5), 21(6), 21(7), 21(8), 21(9), 22, 22(1), 22(1)(A), 22(1)(B), 22(1)(C), 23, 23(1), 23(1)(A), 25, 26(1), 26(2), 29(1), 29(3), 29(5), 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 46, 49, 51, 52(2), 53, 54, 55, 57, 57A, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 70, 70(1)(A), 70(1)(B); (b) BAS Documents: A, B(1), B(2), C, D(2), G; (c) HI Documents: A, B, C.

(2) The Respondent is to provide documents 19(1)(D), 41, 50(2), 56, 70(1)(c), and a copy of the February 2016 Cabinet Submission and the November 2015 Cabinet Submission, to the Tribunal in accordance with s106(2) of the GIPA Act, within 7 days. (3) Matter is listed for directions and resumed hearing on 26 February 2018 at 2pm. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - Government information - access – Cabinet Information – general principles - reasonable grounds – temporal scope – subject matter scope - revealing "the position" of a particular Minister Legislation Cited: Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 Cases Cited: Bennison v Department of Premier and Cabinet [2016] NSWCATAD 101 D'Adam v New South Wales Treasury [2014] NSWCATAD 68 D'Adam v New South Wales Treasury [2015] NSWCATAP 61 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Bruce Andrew Cooper (Applicant) NSW Ministry of Health (1st Respondent) Premier of NSW (2nd Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Crown Solicitors Office (Respondents) File Number(s): 2016 / 00378211