Hanna v NSW Ministry of Health [2019] NSWCATAD 21

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Hanna v NSW Ministry of Health [2019] NSWCATAD 21 Hearing dates: 1 August 2018; 5 September 2018 Date of orders: 24 January 2019 Decision date: 24 January 2019 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: S Montgomery, Senior Member Decision: The NSW Ministry of Health's decision to refuse to deal with the Applicant's revised access application on the grounds that dealing with it would require an unreasonable and substantial diversion of its resources is affirmed. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – government information public access - refusal to deal with access application - substantial and unreasonable diversion of resources Legislation Cited: Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 Cases Cited: Cianfrano v Premier's Department [2006] NSWADT 137 Colefax v Department of Education and Communities (NSW) No 2 [2013] NSWADT 130 Commissioner of Police v Danis [2017] NSWCATAP 7 Public Service Association v Premier's Department [2002] NSWADT 277 Taylor v Destination NSW [2017] NSWCATAD 272 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Principal judgment Parties: Inas Hanna (Applicant) NSW Ministry of Health (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: I Hanna (Self Represented)(Applicant) Crown Solicitor's Office(Respondent) File Number(s): 2018/00098043 Publication restriction: Nil