Pittwater Council is the FIRST Government Agency to instigate proceedings and obtain orders under Section 110 of the GIPA Legislation for a Restraining Order against a person making any access application to the Council for an indefinite period.
The GIPA Act establishes a proactive, more open approach to gaining access to government information in New South Wales (NSW). The objects of the GIPA Act are to maintain and advance a system of responsible and representative democratic Government that is open, accountable, fair and effective.
For more information see:-
http://www.ipc.nsw.gov.au/gipa-act
The GIPA Act establishes a proactive, more open approach to gaining access to government information in New South Wales (NSW). The objects of the GIPA Act are to maintain and advance a system of responsible and representative democratic Government that is open, accountable, fair and effective.
For more information see:-
http://www.ipc.nsw.gov.au/gipa-act
Those Links are:-
http://www.holdingredlich.com/government/government-bulletin-25-march-2015
http://hwlebsworth.com.au/latest-news-a-publications/publications/planning-and-environment/item/1638-gipa-act-restraint-of-access-applicants-in-the-public-interest.html
http://www.lindsaytaylorlawyers.com.au/in_focus/index.php/2015/03/applicants-restrained-from-lodging-access-applications-under-gipa-act/#.VXlEq1IgfiE
http://www.lglegal.com.au/Sites/2267/Images%20Files/Newsletter%20April%202015.pdf
The full Judgment of Pittwater Council v Phil Walker is at -
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWCATAD/2015/34.html
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http://www.holdingredlich.com/government/government-bulletin-25-march-2015
http://hwlebsworth.com.au/latest-news-a-publications/publications/planning-and-environment/item/1638-gipa-act-restraint-of-access-applicants-in-the-public-interest.html
http://www.lindsaytaylorlawyers.com.au/in_focus/index.php/2015/03/applicants-restrained-from-lodging-access-applications-under-gipa-act/#.VXlEq1IgfiE
http://www.lglegal.com.au/Sites/2267/Images%20Files/Newsletter%20April%202015.pdf
The full Judgment of Pittwater Council v Phil Walker is at -
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWCATAD/2015/34.html
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3._lindsay_taylor_lawyers.pdf |
4._local_government_legal.pdf |