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7003 - Transport and Roads - GIPA APPLICATIONS

Mookhey, Daniel to the Special Minister of State, and Minister for the Public Service and Employee Relations, Aboriginal Affairs, and the Arts representing the Minister for Transport and Roads

(1) For Transport for NSW:

(a) How much did the Treasury spend contesting appeals to the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) that related to Government Information Public Access (GIPA) Act applications in the following financial years:

(i) 2019/20?

(ii) 2020/21?

(b) Of these amounts in (a), how much of this cost was spent on external legal representation?

(c) What was the largest amount of money spent by the agency in responding to an GIPA Act application appeal for a single applicant in the following financial years:

(i) 2019/20?

(ii) 2020/21?

(d) What was the largest amount of money spent by the agency for external legal representation for a NCAT review of a GIPA Act related matter in the following financial years:

(i) 2019/20?

(ii) 2020/21?
Answer -

I am advised:

(1)

(a-b) This is a matter for the Treasurer.

(c) Transport for NSW (TfNSW) does not incur costs in responding to requests for internal reviews of GIPA decisions, or in relation to requests for review of a decision by the Information and Privacy Commission.

TfNSW has also not incurred costs in responding to NCAT hearings of TfNSW GIPA decisions where TfNSW did not use external legal representation.

(d)

(i) Legal expenditure is publicly reported through the NSW Government Legal Services Panel Annual Report.

(ii)  Legal expenditure for the 2020-2021 financial year will be publicly reported through the NSW Government Legal Services Panel Annual Report, which is currently being prepared.

Question asked on 27 July 2021 (session 57-1) and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 549
Answer received on 17 August 2021 and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 564

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