Scott Bennison
v
NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet
v
NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet
The application was in reference to the Respondent commissioning KPMG to prepare the following reports:
a. Business Case and accompanying methodology paper outling a cost benefit analysis of mergers.
b. Options analysis documents that informed the business case.
c. Merger proposals and drafts.
d. A macro level report outlining the high level benefits of mergers, titled "Local Government Reform Mergers - "Impact and Analysis".
e. A technical paper outlining the assumptions used to model benefits entitled Outline of Financial Modelling and Assumptions for Local Government Merger.
a. Business Case and accompanying methodology paper outling a cost benefit analysis of mergers.
b. Options analysis documents that informed the business case.
c. Merger proposals and drafts.
d. A macro level report outlining the high level benefits of mergers, titled "Local Government Reform Mergers - "Impact and Analysis".
e. A technical paper outlining the assumptions used to model benefits entitled Outline of Financial Modelling and Assumptions for Local Government Merger.
This case was tested in the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal hearing before S Montgomery, Senior Member for Bennison v NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet. [2016] NSWCATAD 101.
The hearing was to gain access under the GIPA Act to the KPMG Report commissioned by the NSW State Government which the Government said it relied upon to justify forced Council amalgamations in NSW.
The hearing was to gain access under the GIPA Act to the KPMG Report commissioned by the NSW State Government which the Government said it relied upon to justify forced Council amalgamations in NSW.
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