NSW GOVERNMENT AGENCIES OPENLY ABUSE THIS SITE!
Why would any NSW government agency be so interested in abusing the information contained on this public service website?
Thus far it's proven a very effective means of illegitimately obstructing access to government information, and more importantly it's a great way to maintain the long-established narrative to the NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal, NCAT, the judiciary issuing precedent caselaw, that the public need to be controlled and information should be withheld. Yes, agencies print off pages from this Site and present them as some kind of evidence to justify formal restraint orders and the prevention of release of government information...............
Seriously?!
SERIOUSLY!!
It's all about control, and that control includes limiting if not all together preventing legitimate access to NSW government information.
Additionally, agency personnel seem delighted they get more information which supports poor decision-making and enables dodging of accountability.
But much worse, if that were possible, are NSW Government Agencies using the information on this Site to secure gag orders under the NCAT Act 2013 Section 64, orders which ensure government personnel acting inappropriately are protected from broader public scrutiny.
Circumventing the GIPA Act 2009 Section 73, which states information released cannot be conditional of any constraints, is also easy when Agencies successfully claim copyright protection over various records. Prominent Sydney Solicitor, Dr Lindsay Taylor of Lindsay Taylor Lawyers stated in August 2020 QUOTE “The Section (73) has been referred to somewhat carelessly by the New South Wales Civil & Administrative Tribunal on several occasions in support of the proposition that the release of information under the GIPA Act is a release to the world” UNQUOTE. And yet the NCAT continues to refer to and allow the 'release to the world' premise of NSW government agencies, additionally preventing legitimate access to information when it is not included in the Section 14 Table of Public Interest Considerations Against Disclosure.
Hmmm, "Section 73 of the GIPA Act 2009 has been referred to carelessly by NCAT..............." However that carelessness is reliant on NSW government agencies claiming it. Unrepresented parties really do need the Tribunal to do so much better. This section makes clear agencies cannot put any constraints on information rightfully released. This doesn't stop them waving the flag of "disclosed to the world at large" though, which is not within the exhaustive list of Public Interest Considerations Against Disclosure of Information, but which NCAT accepts as somehow being legitimate.
In addition to agencies misrepresenting the legislation and NCAT's misinterpreting it, NSW Government personnel have direct access to publicly funded legal teams who work extremely hard to shield them from being identified in published caselaw decisions.
This is additionally propped up by the endorsement to use pseudonyms. Yes, NSW public servants sign off on legal documents using names that do not exist.
It's an attitude of supreme superiority, where the general public are treated as a sub-species in the judicial review arena, where there is no equality, and most definitely no access to unlimited legal resources paid for by someone else. So much for the Rule of Law.
How deep do these attitudes of superiority go? And where do they emanate from?
The attitude of supreme superiority is extremely deeply entrenched and emanates from the top solicitors in the state of NSW, that is the Office of the NSW Crown Solicitor and the Dept of Communities and Justice, every one of which is paid for by tax payer money.
The Table below lists NSW government agency GIPA and PPIP Determinations, and the cases and solicitors thus far who do not hesitate to breach our clear copyright notification on every page of this Site for the specific purpose of validating their Determinations at first instance, supporting secondary administrative decisions, and thereafter securing evidence to ensure Applications to NCAT for gag orders / non-publication orders are successful!
What's always interesting is just exactly what media release or webpage creates the highest interest, and who's over-sensitive feelings claim to be irreparably inflamed..............
Thus far the Office of the NSW Information & Privacy Commissioner (IPC) and NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) do not appear to express any concern about this breach of copyright by the State's top solicitors, behaviours evidenced as a cultural norm.
The current rules of evidence in NCAT proceedings, being there are no rules of evidence, actually allows for this kind of behaviour.
As more instances of abuse of the information on this Site occur, the public will continue to be informed.
Recently Port Stephens Council overtook the tally logged by Dept of Communities & Justice - Open Government Information & Privacy Unit (gotta love that title), holding the lead position for abusing this Site, and the Site Administrator thanks you all for continually raising our statistics and ranking. And yes we've all noticed the abuse is occasioned mostly by government solicitors! Shame! Shame! Shame!
Recently Port Stephens Council overtook the tally logged by Dept of Communities & Justice - Open Government Information & Privacy Unit (gotta love that title), holding the lead position for abusing this Site, and the Site Administrator thanks you all for continually raising our statistics and ranking. And yes we've all noticed the abuse is occasioned mostly by government solicitors! Shame! Shame! Shame!
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It is evident by the constant surveillance and trolling of this Site, NSW government agencies see NSW Freedom of Information as a valuable resource to be used against the public. They also see this Site as a real threat to the kingdoms they've built for personal and financial gain, to the detriment of the public they are placed to serve. NB: Agencies also trawl social media platforms...........
"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the door of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust, sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who us? Who comes to short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcoming. But who does this actually strive to do the deeds? Who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions? Who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat,"
Theodore Roosevelt, ex-President USA.
Current tally for instances of abuse-of-this-site as at 24th July 2026, showing the most favoured pages at a glance:
In the case of Dept of Communities & Justice, Port Stephens & Goulburn-Mulwaree Councils 2024-00367444, this agency trio printed off a staggering collective (73) seventy-three Site pages to support their case for a joint Section 110 Application. That decision currently incorrectly cited on www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au is still under appeal as at August 2026.
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- Community Award, 01.10.2021
- Rate Your Agency - NCAT, 01.10.2021
- Rate Your Agency - Port Stephens Council, 01.10.2021
- Rate Your Agency - Office of Local Government, 01.10.2021
- NSW Dept of Customer Service Confirms NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal Lacks Jurisdictional Powers to Consider and Award Costs Claims in Context of both GIPA and PPIP Acts, 17.01.2025
- FREE Community Service Website Reveals its 2025 Plans, 01.01.2025
- NCAT Enables Agencies to Run a Case within a Case when Determining Whether or Not to Approve an Access Application under a GIPA Act 2009 Section 110 Order, Increasing the Waste of Judicial Public Resources, Causing Distress and Anxiety to the Public, 24.11.2024
- Toxic State Government Behaviours Exposed! Public’s Ongoing Investigation into NSW Right to Information and Privacy Officer Behaviours and Activities Reveals Cartel Posse Mentality, Denigrating Legislated Rights and Undermining Beneficial Legislation, 23.09.2024
- Request for Urgent Parliamentary Inquiry into the Maladministration, Systemic Abuse, and Failures of the NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal and the NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Confirmed Received by Extensive List of Ministers, Senator, Legislative Council and National Media, 30.08.2024
- NSW Law Society Discloses Investigations into Solicitor Gross Professional Misconduct Fail by not Meeting Briginshaw v Briginshaw Legal Principle, 31.07.2024
- NSW Office of Local Government Discloses it has a 'BS' Department, 14.08.2024
- Port Stephens Council & Sydney's Lindsay Taylor Lawyers Caught Inflating Legal Costs Against Unrepresented Parties by Over 30% to Compound Quantity of Costs Claim, 08.07.2024
- Port Stephens Council Joins the Defamation Queue Threatening Legal Action Against Site Administrator of Free Community Service, 03.06.2024
- Free NSW Public Service Website Reveals Plans for 2024 Expansion of Its Community Services, 18.01.2024
- Member of the Public Pleads with Port Stephens Council for Compassion and Logic as Council Pushes Unrepresented Party to the Brink of Mortal Personal Harm, 29.11.2023
- Prominent Sydney Law Firm Bypasses Legislated Procurement Processes and Continues to Do Business with Port Stephens Council Despite Legal Services Contract Expiring in Mid-2022, 24.07.2023
- Local Council Dodges Breach of Privacy Bullet by Claiming “But the NCAT Published it First!”, 07.07.2023
- NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal Awards Legal Costs to Local Council Despite Evidence of Collusion Involving the Office of the NSW Crown Solicitor 06.06.2023
- NSW Crown Solicitor Evidenced to Collude with a Local Council to Prevent Access to Freedom of Information Training Documents, Adding to Costs Accumulated, 24.05.2023
- Loophole in Current Freedom of Information Process Enables NSW Agencies to Obstruct Access Applicants' Legislated Review Rights, 17.03.2023
- Cash-Strapped Local Council Seeking Special Rate Rise In Excess Of 30% Indignantly Claims Engaging Costly External Legal Service Providers Is Its Right, 09.03.2023
- NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal’s Decision Inconsistencies and Procedural Errors Continue to be Seriously Problematic for The Unrepresented, Exposed and Vulnerable General Public, 21.02.2023
- NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal Reluctant to Discuss Implications of Government Sector Employee Legislation Concerning Staff Obligations to Comply with Mandated Code of Conduct, 18.02.2023
- NSW Local Council Marks 10th Anniversary of False & Misleading Publications on Government Website, 08.02.2023
- NSW Crown Solicitor and Local Council Documented to Collaborate on Submissions, Billing Unsuspecting Public, 21.01.2023
- Local Council Succeeds in Preventing Public Access to Falsified Records, 14.09.2022
- Port Stephens Council Takes Out Top Prize for Most Extortive Cost for a Single Page of Government Information, 17.05.2022
- Local Council Governance Manager Fails in Pleadings for Anonymity in NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal, 09.05.2022
- Local Council Senior Right to Information Officers Had Knowledge of Agency Misrepresentations to NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal, 17.02.2022
- NSW Local Councils Reveal Contradicting Approaches and Interpretation in Administering Freedom of Information Legislation, 25.10.2021
- NSW Local Council Releases Documents Showing A Governance Manager Used Public Monies To Have A Factual Media Release Removed From Numerous Online News Publications, 20.10.2021
- Port Stephens Council Forks Out $99,000.00 in Public Monies to Clear Its False & Misleading Claims an FOI Applicant Posed a Serious Risk to Public Safety, 18.10.2021
- NSW Freedom of Information Site Will Give the Public a Voice, 01.10.2021
- Student of Criminology Defeats Local Council Legal Dream Team, 25.06.2021
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- Site Administrator, 01.10.2021
- Rate Your Agency, 01.10.2021
- NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal Protects Director of Dept of Communities & Justice from Rightful Action of Breach of Personal Privacy and Misusing the Public’s Personal Information for a Collateral Purpose by Decision to Prevent Proper Release of Internal Policy Document, 14.08.2024
- NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal Reluctant to Discuss Implications of Government Sector Employee Legislation Concerning Staff Obligations to Comply with Mandated Code of Conduct, 18.02.2023
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- NSW Freedom of Information Site Will Give the Public a Voice, 01.10.2021
- Accessing NSW Government Information, 01.10.2021
- Home Page, 01.10.2021
- Media Spotlighting How NSW Government Agencies Respond to Valid Requests for Information, 01.10.2021
- NSW Dept of Communities and Justice Claim Non-Existent Certification to Support Access to Information Decisions, 13.06.2023
- NSW Dept of Education Lacks Fundamental Comprehension of Access to Information Legislation, 13.06.2023
- Dept of Communities & Justice Successfully Convinces NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal to Withhold Access to Tribunal Services from Free Community Service Provider, 27.06.2023
- Free Public Service Launches 1300 Smart Number to Provide Improved Services to NSW Community, 27.06.2023
- Objectivity Disclosed As Essential Attribute for Prospective Agents to Represent Parties in the NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal, 03.07.2023
- NCAT Principle Member Chooses to Omit Submissions of Unrepresented Party from Published Case Law, Stating Decision is a True and Accurate Account of Hearing, 03.08.2023
- Dept of Communities & Justice Evidenced Switching between Work Health & Safety Legislation and Freedom of Information Legislation to Obstruct Legitimate Access to Government Records, 29.08.2023
- Agency Professional Standards Dramatically Decline When Appearing Before NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal Hearings, 25.09.2023
- Ex-Top NSW Cop Admits to Using Government Resources to Breach the Public’s Privacy at Non-Governmental Meeting, 09.10.2023
- Director Open Government Information & Privacy Unit, Dept of Communities & Justice, Concedes to Using Non-Legislated Prep-School Protection Policy to Enable Breaching of the Public’s Privacy, 09.10.2023
- Dept of Communities & Justice Blatantly Thumbs its Nose at Valid Breach of Privacy Complaint with Privacy Commissioner, 18.08.2024
- NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal Continues to Withhold Access to Tribunal Services from The Public In Contradiction to Open Justice Principles, 21.08.2024
- Toxic State Government Behaviours Exposed! Public’s Ongoing Investigation into NSW Right to Information and Privacy Officer Behaviours and Activities Reveals Cartel Posse Mentality, Denigrating Legislated Rights and Undermining Beneficial Legislation, 23.09.2024
- Rate Your Agency, 01.10.2021
- Agencies Abuse This Site, 01.10.2021
- Request for Urgent Parliamentary Inquiry into the Maladministration, Systemic Abuse, and Failures of the NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal and the NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Confirmed Received by Extensive List of Ministers, Senator, Legislative Council and National Media, 30.08.2024
- FREE Awareness Ribbon, 01.10.2021
- Dept of Communities & Justice Cowardly Issues Warning Letter Under Pseudonym to Unrepresented Party in Response to Formal Submissions, 29.06.2023
- NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal Continuously Obstructs Public’s Rights to Access Open Justice Principles, 20.12.2021
- NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal Reluctant to Discuss Implications of Government Sector Employee Legislation Concerning Staff Obligations to Comply with Mandated Code of Conduct, 18.02.2023
- Ministerial Enquiries & Parliamentary Submissions, 01.10.2021
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- Site Administrator, 01.10.2021
- Student of Criminology Defeats Local Council Legal Dream Team, 25.06.2021
- NSW Freedom of Information Site Will Give the Public a Voice, 01.10.2021
- NSW Local Council Discloses Extraordinary Costs for Repeated Failed Attempts to Restrain a Member of the Public from Exercising Freedom of Information Rights, 13.10.2021
- Port Stephens Council Forks Out $99,000.00 in Public Monies to Clear Its False & Misleading Claims an FOI Applicant Posed a Serious Risk to Public Safety, 18.10.2021
- NSW Local Council Releases Documents Showing It Used Public Monies to Have a Factual Media Release Removed from Numerous Online News Publications, 20.10.2021
- NSW Local Councils Reveal Contradicting Approaches and Interpretation in Administering Freedom of Information Legislation, 25.10.2021
- Local Council Senior Right to Information Officers Had Knowledge of Agency Misrepresentations to NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal, 17.02.2022
- Local Council Governance Manager Fails in Pleadings for Anonymity in NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal, 09.05.2022
- Port Stephens Council Takes Out Top Prize for Most Extortive Cost for a Single Page of Government Information, 17.05.2022
- Local Council Succeeds in Preventing Public Access to Falsified Records, 14.09.2022
- NSW Crown Solicitor and Local Council Documented to Collaborate on Submissions, Billing Unsuspecting Public, 21.01.2023
- NSW Local Council Marks 10th Anniversary of False & Misleading Publications on Government Website, 08.02.2023
- NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal Reluctant to Discuss Implications of Government Sector Employee Legislation Concerning Staff Obligations to Comply with Mandated Code of Conduct, 18.02.2023
- NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal's Decision Inconsistencies and Procedural Errors Continue to be Seriously Problematic for the Unrepresented, Exposed and Vulnerable General Public, 21.02.2023
- Cash-Strapped Local Council Seeking Special Rate Rise in Excess of 30% Indignantly Claims Engaging Costly External Legal Service Providers Is Its Right, 09.03.2023
- Loophole in Current Freedom of Information Process Enables NSW Agencies to Obstruct Access Applicants' Legislated Review Rights, 17.03.2023
- NSW Crown Solicitor Evidenced to Collude with a Local Council to Prevent Access to Freedom of Information Training Documents, Adding to Costs Accumulated, 24.05.2023
- Toxic Behaviours Exposed! Public's Ongoing Investigation into NSW Right to Information and Privacy Officer Behaviours and Activities Reveals Cartel Posse Mentality, Denigrating Legislated Rights and Undermining Beneficial Legislation, 23.09.2024
- NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal Awards Legal Costs to Local Council Despite Evidence of Collusion Involving the Office of the NSW Crown Solicitor, 06.06.2023
- NSW Local Council Releases Documents Showing a Governance Manager Used Public Monies to Have a Factual Media Release Removed From Numerous Online News Publications, 20.10.2021
- Local Council Dodges Breach of Privacy Bullet by Claiming "But the NCAT Published it First!", 07.07.2023
- Prominent Sydney Law Firm Bypasses Legislated Procurement Processes and Continues to Do Business with Port Stephens Council Despite Legal Services Contract Expiring in Mid-2022, 24.07.2023
- Member of the Public Pleads with Port Stephens Council for Compassion and Logic as Council Pushes Unrepresented Party to the Brink of Mortal Personal Harm, 29.11.2023
- Black Eyed Susan, 01.10.2021
- Free NSW Public Service Website Reveals Plans for 2024 Expansion of its Community Services, 18.01.2024
- Port Stephens Council Joins Defamation Queue Threatening Legal Action Against Site Administrator of Free Community Service, 03.06.2024
- Port Stephens Council & Sydney's Lindsay Taylor Lawyers Caught Inflating Legal Costs Against Unrepresented Parties by Over 30% to Compound Quantity of Costs Claim, 08.07.2024
- NSW Office of Local Government Discloses it has a 'BS' Department, 14.08.2024
- NSW Law Society Discloses Investigations into Solicitor Gross Professional Misconduct Fail by not Meeting Briginshaw v Briginshaw Legal Principle, 31.07.2024
- Request for Urgent Parliamentary Inquiry into NCAT Act 2013, 30.08.2024
- Stand Out Agencies, 01.10.2021
- Rate NSW Office of Local Government, 01.10.2021
- Rate The NCAT, 01.10.2021
- Rate Your Agency, 01.10.2021
- The Executive Narcissist, 01.10.2021
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- Site Administrator, 01.10.2021
- NSW Local Council Wins Community Award for Unreservedly Procrastinating Legislated Freedom of Information Processes, 13.02.2023
- Goulburn-Mulwaree Shire Council First to Receive Multiple Community Awards as a Stand-Out NSW Government Agency, 13.03.2023
- NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal Accepts Local Council's Hand-Written Selective Search Results as Satisfying the Legislative Requirements of the GIPA Act 2009, 25.07.2023
- Local Council Manager Governance Exposed Acting to Simultaneously Breach State Records Act & Privacy Legislation When Colluding with Agencies Against Oblivious Member of the Public, 25.07.2023
- Goulburn-Mulwaree Shire Council Continues to Procrastinate Valid Access Applications by Unethically Imposing Inapplicable Advance Deposits & Enforcing Discretionary Powers, 24.11.2023
- Goulburn-Mulwaree Shire Council Staff Exposed Using Public Monies to Threaten Defamation Action Against Site Administrator of Free Community Service, 11.03.2024
- NSW Office of Local Government Discloses it has a 'BS' Department, 14.08.2024
- Stand Out Agencies, 01.10.2021
- Goulburn-Mulwaree Shire Council First to Receive Multiple Community Awards as a Stand-Out NSW Government Agency, 13.03.2023
- Media Release - 2021 to 2023
- Media Release - 2024 to 2025
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- NSW Right to Information & Privacy Practitioners Network Deactivates Website After Public Scrutiny, 21.12.2021
- Valid Request for Review of Agency Decision Denying Existence of Government Information Receives a Gag Order from NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal, 26.09.2022
- NSW Crown Solicitor Discloses Privacy Statements on Agency Access to Information Forms Mean Nothing, 22.03.2023
- NSW Local Council Releases Documents Showing a Governance Manager Used Public Monies to Have a Factual Media Release Removed From Numerous Online News Publications, 20.10.2021
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- Toxic State Government Behaviours Exposed! 23.09.2024
- Sydney Water Threatens Un-Represented Information Access Applicant with Costs Should Proceedings in NCAT Progress to Hearing, 12.08.2024
- NSW Law Society Discloses Investigations into Solicitor Gross Professional Misconduct Fail by not Meeting Briginshaw v Briginshaw Legal Principle, 31.07.2024
- Ex-Top NSW Cop Discloses Justice NSW's Electronic Record Keeping System Lacks Capabilities to Search Document Content In Order to Properly Respond to Requests for Government Information, 09.07.2024
- NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal Awards Legal Costs to Local Council Despite Evidence of Collusion Involving the Office of the NSW Crown Solicitor, 06.06.2023
- Local Council Manager Governance Exposed Acting to Simultaneously Breach State Records Act & Privacy Legislation When Colluding with Agencies Against Oblivious Member of the Public, 25.07.2023
- NSW Dept of Education Lacks Fundamental Comprehension of Access to Information Legislation, 13.06.2023
- NSW Crown Solicitor and Local Council Documented to Collaborate on Submissions, Billing Unsuspecting Public, 21.01.2023
- Local Council Governance Manager Fails in Pleadings for Anonymity in NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal, 09.05.2022
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- Home Page, 01.10.2021
- NSW Dept of Communities & Justice Claim Non-Existent Certification to Support Access to Information Decisions, 13.06.2023
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- Home Page, 01.10.2021
- Media Release - 2021 to 2023
- Objectivity Disclosed as Essential Attribute for Prospective Agents to Represent Parties in the NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal, 03.07.2023
- Free Public Service Launches 1300 Smart Number to Provide Improved Services to NSW Community, 27.06.2023
- NSW Dept of Communities & Justice Claim Non-Existent Certification to Support Access to Information Decisions, 13.06.2023
- NSW Dept of Communities & Justice Discloses Inaccuracies in NCAT Members Terms & Conditions Handbook, 24.08.2022
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- Home Page, 01.10.2021
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- Site Administrator, 01.10.2021
- Rate Your Agency, 01.10.2021
- NSW Freedom of Information Site Will Give the Public a Voice, 01.10.2021
- Forum, 01.10.2021
- Awareness Ribbon, 01.10.2121
- Black Eyed Susan, 01.10.2021
- Affiliates, 01.10.2021
- NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal Reluctant to Discuss Implications of Government Sector Employee Legislation Concerning Staff Obligations to Comply with Mandated Code of Conduct, 18.02.2023
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- Home Page, 01.10.2021
- Site Administrator, 01.10.2021
- Rate Your Agency, 01.10.2021
- NSW Freedom of Information Site Will Give the Public a Voice, 01.10.2021
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- Port Stephens Council Takes Out Top Prize for Most Extortive Cost for a Single Page of Government Information, 17.05.2022
- Local Council Governance Manager Fails in Pleadings for Anonymity in NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal, 09.05.2022
- Local Council Senior Right to Information Officers Had Knowledge of Agency Misrepresentations to NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal, 17.02.2022
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- Site Administrator, 01.10.2021
- Port Stephens Council Takes Out Top Prize for Most Extortive Cost for a Single Page of Government Information, 17.05.2022
- Local Council Governance Manager Fails in Pleadings for Anonymity inNSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal, 09.05.2022
- Local Council Senior Right to Information Officers Had Knowledge of Agency Misrepresentations to NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal, 17.02.2022
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- NSW Right to Information & Privacy Practitioners Network Deactivates Website After Public Scrutiny, 21.12.2021
- NSW Crown Solicitor Seeks New Method of Protection for Right to Information & Privacy Officers, 18.01.2023
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- Port Stephens Council Takes Out Top Prize for Most Extortive Cost for a Single Page of Government Information, 17.05.2022
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- Port Stephens Council Takes Out Top Prize for Most Extortive Cost for a Single Page of Government Information, 17.05.2022
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NSW Freedom of Information would like the public's perspective of our State's most prestigious solicitors and Agency Right to Information Officers using the public's information against it, and what action it feels should be taken against Officers of the Court and those with trusted delegated authority behaving in such undermining ways against individuals who are thus far not legally represented, not legally trained, and are not legally qualified.
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Details Withheld, 25.01.2025
"Great work and amazing courage Telina Webb! It's easy to be intimidated by these thugs, and they are mostly bullies and thugs; the same individuals have policies setting out deemed unacceptable behaviours from the public, but they are doing it themselves. We need more people speaking out and shining a light on how our public servants behave. Your articles and information are extremely well-written and unnecessarily polite. Some would have been much harsher. Very professional."
Webb, T, 29.08.2023
"It's getting much worse, now Justice NSW is asserting that media publications and public commentary constitute a risk of serious harm, harassment, or serious intimidation to the subject of the article by being identified. However, without identification how does the public hold agency personnel to account or stamp out corrupt conduct? The irony is my publications are public, I don't hide behind anything or anyone. But Agency personnel DO hide, and at great expense to the public; requesting the public's personal information from department to department, compiling damaging dossiers behind closed doors, breaching the public's privacy, unlawfully sharing the public's personal information, labeling and singling out people as unknowing targets. Thus far the message remains clearly consistent, "agencies want to maintian their ability to continue to practice abhorently, but protest loudly when the public speaks about such conduct out in plain sight!" I seriously doubt this is what Nathan Rees envisaged when he introduced the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009, a piece of legislation intended to hail in a new kind of attitude to the greater release of government information. It's not new legislation the public needs, it's a new generation of forward-thinking consultative open transparent government employees."
Webb, T, 10.05.2023
"Nothing more than ongoing endeavours to control and extinguish the public's democratic right to express opinions and share information in accordance with the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Unlike NSW Government Agencies who operate in deceiptful covert fashion, breaching the public's privacy and abusing legislated rights to access basic government information, I continue to speak openly and transparently and at every opportunity. The government continues to give the clear message "don't do as I do, but do as I say", where the examples of what's considered appropriate and normal by NSW Government employees does not align in any way with the efforts to control the public's behaviours and efforts to access the laws. Regrettably, I have personal experience of NSW Government employees exemplifying extraordinary instances of positive professional and ethical conduct which can be counted on one hand. This Site continues to shine a light on hundreds of instances of the exact opposite."
Details withheld, 01.05.2023
"It is absolutely shameful to see evidence of the State's taxpayer funded employees acting in this way, and against the public they are supposed to serve, simply because the public asks for government information??? We should not be surprised though. Such people are self-serving, protecting their own jobs, and willingly mis-placing loyalties in order to give blind support to governmental associates. I agree this kind of conduct breaches the Model Litigant Policy on every level. Trying to bring accountability however is extremely difficult for those outside the tight 'circle of trust'. Looking forward to this Site continuing to expose misconduct. I believe exposing what's happening and who's doing it is very powerful."
ncat-complaints-ncat-abuse.com, 23.03.2023"All NSW citizens / taxpayers should be gravely concerned about the fact that the NCAT President is Lea Armstrong, former NSW Crown Solicitor. The Crown Solicitor is required to provide exclusive & specialist legal representation to protect the government against litigation (one could argue to protect the government "at all costs") (BTW the federal version of NCAT, the Administrative Decisions Tribunal is to be abolished due to "stacking" of the tribunal with"associates / mates" of the government of the day (Liberals. As reported on 4 corners)). The Crown Solicitors Office (CSO) provides that exclusive & specialist legal services to NSW government agencies who unreasonably & unfairly fight to restrict the publics access to government information (allegedly breaching their statutory obligations to promote the object of the GIPA Act). This wastes considerable public funds & would appear to breach the governments Model Litigant Policy when facing self-represented parties who have no legal qualifications and nowhere near the resources of the CSO & government agency. The NCAT annual report provides details on tribunal members and it should be noted that some tribunal members are former Assistant Crown Solicitors / CSO solicitors who make decisions in proceedings where their former "colleagues" represent the government agency. NSW citizens / taxpayers should be gravely concerned that the tribunal permits the CSO a louder "voice" & undue influence to actively obstruct & deny the public their legislated rights under the beneficial legislation of the GIPA Act 2009."
Forcin - Friends of Royal Commission Into NCAT, 23.12.2022
"Unfortunately, the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) in conjunction with the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) are being misused to limit the freedom of speech in NSW. This is a silent crisis unfolding before everyone's eyes."