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MEDIA RELEASE - 2021 to 2023:
  • NCAT Usurps Power to Dictate Non-Represented Party's Ability to Seek Counsel and Consider Evidence in Proceedings, Protects Government Employee From Due Public Scrutiny and Accountability, and Ignores Fundamental Rights and Legislative Statutes Supporting Open Justice, 12.12.2023
  • 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
  • Goulburn-Mulwaree Shire Council Continues to Procrastinate Valid Access Applications by Unethically Imposing Inapplicable Advance Deposits, 24.11.2023
  • NSW Dept of Communities & Justice, Open Government Information & Privacy Unit Reveals Delays in Processing Requests for Information up to Six Months, 12.10.2023
  • 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, NSW Department of Communities & Justice, Concedes to Using Non-Legislated Prep-School Protection Policy to Enable Breaching of the Public’s Privacy, 09.10.2023
  • Agency Professional Standards Dramatically Decline When Appearing Before NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal Hearings, 25.09.2023
  • Justice NSW Debunks Any Legitimacy of Chatham House Rules, Making Clear it Provides No Protection and Does Not Extinguish NSW Agency Personnel's Statutory Obligations, 29.08.2023
  • NSW 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
  • NCAT Principal 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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • NSW Privacy Commissioner Breaks Legislated Protocols, Filing Preferential Submissions in Support of Government Agency iCARE, 14.07.2023
  • Local Council Dodges Breach of Privacy Bullet by Claiming “But the NCAT Published it First!”, 07.07.2023
  • Objectivity Disclosed As Essential Attribute for Prospective Agents to Represent Parties in the NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal, 03.07.2023
  • NSW Dept of Communities & Justice Cowardly Issues Warning Letter Under Pseudonym to Unrepresented Party in Response to Formal Submissions, 29.06.2023
  • Justice NSW 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
  • Ex-Top NSW Cop Creates Departmental Policy Document Recommending State’s Employees Apply for Restraining Orders, Collude with Third Party Agencies, Engage NSW Police, and Seek Legal Costs Against Labelled Problematic Members of the Public Exercising Their Legal Rights to Request Access to Government Information and Secure Protection of Their Personal Information, 13.06.2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • NSW Crown Solicitor Discloses Privacy Statements on Agency Access to Information Forms Mean Nothing, 22.03.2023
  • Loophole in Current Freedom of Information Process Enables NSW Agencies to Obstruct Access Applicants' Legislated Review Rights, 17.03.2023
  • Goulburn-Mulwaree Shire Council First to Receive Multiple Community Awards as a Stand-Out NSW Government Agency, 13.03.2023
  • 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 Civil & Administrative Tribunal Fails to Adequately Respond to the Needs of its Users and Ensure Equity Between the Parties, 15.02.2023
  • NSW Local Council Wins Community Award for Unreservedly Procrastinating Legislated Freedom of Information Processes, 13.02.2023
  • NSW Local Council Marks 10th Anniversary of False & Misleading Publications on Government Website, 08.02.2023
  • Office of the NSW Information & Privacy Commissioner Wins Public Award as a "Stand-Out Agency" for Obstructing Legitimate Public Debate & Comment on a Social Media Platform, 01.02.2023
  • NSW Crown Solicitor and Local Council Documented to Collaborate on Submissions, Billing Unsuspecting Public, 21.01.2023
  • NSW Crown Solicitor Seeks New Method of Protection for Right to Information & Privacy Officers, 18.01.2023
  • NSW Dept of Education Responds to Report of Historical Child Sexual Abuse by Labelling Informer as a Higher Risk than the Alleged Offender, 16.12.2022
  • 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
  • Local Council Succeeds in Preventing Public Access to Falsified Records, 14.09.2022
  • NSW Dept of Communities & Justice Discloses Inaccuracies in NCAT Members Terms & Conditions Handbook, 24.08.2022
  • 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
  • NSW Ombudsman Fails to Deliver Strategic Policies and Guidelines to State and Local Government Agencies, 10.03.2022
  • Review of NSW Government Agency Attitude to Privacy and Personal Information Protection Legislation Reveals Significant Negligence and Attitudes of Complacency, 24.02.2022
  • Local Council Senior Right to Information Officers Had Knowledge of Agency Misrepresentations to NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal, 17.02.2022
  • NSW Information & Privacy Commissioner’s Information Access Case-Note Omits Tribunal Precedents Recording Exercise of Discretion for Section 110 Orders, 11.01.2022
  • NSW Right to Information & Privacy Practitioners Network Deactivates Website After Public Scrutiny, 21.12.2021
  • NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal Continuously Obstructs Public’s Rights to Access Open Justice Principles, 20.12.2021
  • NSW Local Councils Reveal Contradicting Approaches and Interpretation in Administering Freedom of Information Legislation, 25.10.2021
  • Local Council Governance Manager uses Public Monies to have Factual Media Release Removed from Internet, 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 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
  • NSW Freedom of Information Site To Give Public a Voice, 01.10.2021
  • Student of Criminology Defeats Local Council Legal Dream Team, 25.06.2021
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