Hansen v Commissioner of Police [2020] NSWCATAD 89

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Hansen v Commissioner of Police [2020] NSWCATAD 89 Hearing dates: 17 February 2020 Date of orders: 24 March 2020 Decision date: 24 March 2020 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: D Connolly, Senior Member Decision: The decision under review is affirmed Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – public access to government information– personal information – whether prejudice to the effective exercise of an agency's functions – whether prejudice to a deliberative process – balancing public interest considerations Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 Police Act 1900 Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 Cases Cited: Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force v Camilleri [2012] NSWADTAP 19 Department of Education and Training v Mullett (No 2) [2002] NSWADTAP 29 Flack v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police [2011] NSWADT 286 Luxford v Department of Education and Communities [2016] NSWCATAD 118 Raven v University of Sydney [2015] NSWCATAD 104 Transport for NSW v Searle [2018] NSWCATAP 93 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Cathy Hansen (Applicant) Commissioner of Police (Respondent) Representation: Applicant in person Crown Solicitor (Respondent) File Number(s): 2019/00322304 Publication restriction: Pursuant to s 64 Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013, disclosure of:(a) the material filed by the respondent on a confidential basis (exhibit Confidential R2);(b) the evidence and submissions given in private and the record of that part of the proceedings conducted in private on 17 February 2020; and(c )those paragraphs of these reasons identified as [Not for publication]is prohibited.That material is not to be released to either the applicant or the public.