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CityLink Melbourne Limited v Department of Transport (Review and Regulation) [2020] VCAT 1078 (2 October 2020)
This case considered when release of commercial information “is likely” to expose an undertaking or an agency “unreasonably to disadvantage”. The Facts A member of Parliament requested information in 15 year old documents about the CityLink project held by the…
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Kerig v Victoria University [2020] VCAT 469 (28 April 2020)
The Complainant alleged that the Respondent breached Information Privacy Principles (IPP) 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1 and 10 of Schedule 1 of the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic) when the Respondent collected and used his personal…
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EBT v Monash University (Review and Regulation) [2020] VCAT 440
The Tribunal found that when releasing emails to an applicant, an agency cannot charge for search time[1] or charge for providing emails ‘as written document’[2] because those documents are electronically ‘available in discrete form in documents of the agency’.[3] The…
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Tucker v Commissioner of State Revenue (Review and Regulation) [2019] VCAT 2018 (19 December 2019)
In this matter, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (the Tribunal) simultaneously decided five review applications. President Justice Quigley considered the exemptions contained in sections 25, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 and 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 1982…
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Tucker v State Revenue Office (Human Rights) [2020] VCAT 53 (17 January 2020)
Overview On 17 January 2019, the Victorian Administrative Tribunal (the Tribunal) held that the State Revenue Office (the Respondent) had not interfered with the Complainant’s privacy. The Complainant alleged that that the Respondent had disclosed his mobile phone number to…
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Kaliszewski v Department of Justice and Community Safety (Human Rights) [2020] VCAT 27
In this case, Mr Steven Kaliszewski (the Complainant) alleged the Department of Justice and Community Safety (the Respondent) interfered with his privacy by failing to comply with Information Privacy Principle (IPP) 1.3 and 2.1 when capturing his image on CCTV…
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