Developments in administrative law
On 1 January 2015, the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal
(NCAT) marked 12 months as the State's first
'super tribunal' and, in March 2015, released its first
strategic plan: NCAT Strategic Plan 2014-2018. The
strategic plan identifies priority areas which are intended to
provide the framework for NCAT's development over the next five
years.
On 15 January 2015, the Information and Privacy Commission NSW
(IPC) released a report on the operation of the
Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW)
(GIPA Act) for 2013 – 2014. The Report
provided a general examination of all four information release
pathways (i.e. mandatory release, authorised release, informal
release and access applications), and collected data across five
government sectors (i.e. NSW Government agencies, State-owned
corporations and Ministers, Universities and local Councils). The
Report provided a statistical analysis on how the GIPA Act is
