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Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date	Full Text		Citation Index †
Waterford v Commonwealth	[1987] HCA 25; (1987) 163 CLR 54; (1987) 71 ALR 673; 61 ALJR 350; 12 ALD 741	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	24 Jun 1987	AustLII		1388
Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation	[1997] HCA 25; (1997) 189 CLR 520; (1997) 8 FLR 216; (1997) 145 ALR 96; (1997) 71 ALJR 818; [1997] Aust Torts Reports 81-434; 2 BHRC 513; (1997) 2 CHRLD 231; (1997) 10 Leg Rep 2	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	8 Jul 1997	AustLII		1228
Secretary to the Department of Premier and Cabinet v Hulls	[1999] VSCA 117; [1999] 3 VR 331; 15 VAR 360	Supreme Court of Victoria - Court of Appeal	Australia - Victoria	11 Aug 1999	AustLII		559
Shergold v Tanner	[2002] HCA 19; (2002) 209 CLR 126; (2002) 188 ALR 302; (2002) 68 ALD 1; (2002) 23 Leg Rep 2; 76 ALJR 808	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	23 May 2002	AustLII		116
Secretary, Dept of Treasury and Finance v Kelly	[2001] VSCA 246; (2001) 4 VR 595; (2001) 18 VAR 427	Supreme Court of Victoria - Court of Appeal	Australia - Victoria	21 Dec 2001	AustLII		93
Firth v Centrelink	[2002] NSWSC 564; (2002) 55 NSWLR 451	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	10 Jul 2002	AustLII		90
Victorian Public Service Board v Wright	[1986] HCA 16; (1986) 160 CLR 145; (1986) 64 ALR 206; 60 ALJR 304	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	11 Apr 1986	AustLII		68
Mangoplah Pastoral Co Pty Ltd v Great Southern Energy	[1999] NSWADT 93	Administrative Decisions Tribunal	Australia - New South Wales	30 Sep 1999	AustLII		59
BY v Director General, Attorney General's Department	[2002] NSWADT 79	Administrative Decisions Tribunal	Australia - New South Wales	15 May 2002	AustLII		49
Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business v Staff Development and Training Co	[2001] FCA 1375; (2001) 114 FCR 301; (2001) 114 FLR 301; (2001) 34 AAR 10	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	28 Sep 2001	AustLII		48
Re Chapman and Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs	[1996] AATA 210; (1996) 43 ALD 139; (1996) 23 AAR 142	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	26 Jun 1996	AustLII		45
Egan v Chadwick	[1999] NSWCA 176; (1999) 46 NSWLR 563	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	10 Jun 1999	AustLII		43
Commonwealth v Dutton	[2000] FCA 1466; (2000) 102 FCR 168; 62 ALD 421	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	20 Oct 2000	AustLII		29
Watkins v Chief Executive, Roads and Traffic Authority	[2000] NSWADT 11	Administrative Decisions Tribunal	Australia - New South Wales	1 Feb 2000	AustLII		27
Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria v Sifredi	[2000] VSC 33; (2000) 16 VAR 347	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	15 Feb 2000	AustLII		23
Re Zacek and Australian Postal Corporation	[2002] AATA 473	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	18 Jun 2002	AustLII		18
Beesley v Australian Federal Police	[2001] FCA 836; 111 FCR 1; 33 AAR 225; 66 ALD 520	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	15 Jun 2001	AustLII		17
Shergold v Tanner	[2000] FCA 1420; 102 FCR 215; 179 ALR 150; 62 ALD 584	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	10 Oct 2000	AustLII		17
Johnson Tiles Pty Ltd v Esso Australia Ltd (No 3)	[2000] FCA 495; 98 FCR 311; 174 ALR 701	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	17 Apr 2000	AustLII		17
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Telstra Corporation Ltd	[2000] FCA 28; (2000) 96 FCR 317; [2000] ATPR 41-748	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	14 Jan 2000	AustLII		16
Swiss Aluminium Australia Ltd v FCT	[1987] HCA 43; (1987) 163 CLR 421; 73 ALR 584; 19 ATR 190; 61 ALJR 506	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	17 Sep 1987	AustLII		15
Tunchon v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service	[2000] NSWADT 73	Administrative Decisions Tribunal	Australia - New South Wales	7 Jun 2000	AustLII		14
Minister for Transport v Edwards	[2000] WASCA 349	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	17 Nov 2000	AustLII		13
Information Commissioner for Western Australia v Ministry of Justice	[2001] WASC 3	Supreme Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	17 Jan 2001	AustLII		12
Daykin v SAS Trustee Corporation	[2001] NSWSC 58; (2001) 51 NSWLR 328	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	16 Feb 2001	AustLII		11
Chief Executive, SAS Trustee Corporation v Daykin	[2000] NSWADTAP 20	Administrative Decisions Tribunal	Australia - New South Wales	8 Nov 2000	AustLII		11
Gersten v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs	[2000] FCA 1221; (2000) 61 ALD 445	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	22 Aug 2000	AustLII		11
Re Herald & Weekly Times and Secretary, Department of Finance & Administration	[2000] AATA 506; (2000) 31 AAR 251	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	22 Jun 2000	AustLII		11
Electronic Frontiers Australia Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority	[2002] AATA 449	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	12 Jun 2002	AustLII		10
Re Meschino and Centrelink	[2002] AATA 627	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	25 Jul 2002	AustLII		9
Kwok v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs	[2001] FCA 1444; 112 FCR 94	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	16 Oct 2001	AustLII		9
Tanner v Shergold	[2000] FCA 422; 171 ALR 672; (2001) 60 ALD 771	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	6 Apr 2000	AustLII		8
Morgan v Mallard	[2001] SASC 364	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	31 Oct 2001	AustLII		7
McKinnon and Commissioner of Taxation	[2001] AATA 871; 48 ATR 1114; 34 AAR 194	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	19 Oct 2001	AustLII		6
X v Director-General, Department of Community Services	[1999] NSWADT 141	Administrative Decisions Tribunal	Australia - New South Wales	circa 1999	AustLII		6
Re Robinson and Department of Employment & Workplace Relations	[2002] AATA 715; 35 AAR 414	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	22 Aug 2002	AustLII		5
Secretary, Department of Employment, Workplace Relations & Small Business v Staff Development & Training Centre Pty Ltd	[2001] FCA 382; (2001) 32 AAR 531	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	4 Apr 2001	AustLII		5
Re Staff Development & Training Centre and Secretary, Department of Employment, Workplace Relations & Small Business	[2000] AATA 78; 30 AAR 330	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	8 Feb 2000	AustLII		5
Daykin v SAS Trustee Corporation	[2000] NSWADT 51	Administrative Decisions Tribunal	Australia - New South Wales	1 May 2000	AustLII		4
Ainsworth v Burden	[2002] NSWSC 620	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	12 Jul 2002	AustLII		3
NAAO v Secretary, Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs	(2002) 34 AAR 508		Australia	circa 2002	Legal Online / Westlaw		3
Re Sutherland Shire Council and Department of Industry, Science & Resources	[2001] AATA 718; 33 AAR 508	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	17 Aug 2001	AustLII		3
Re Mijares v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs	[2000] AATA 214	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	21 Mar 2000	AustLII		3
N (No 4) v NSW Police Service	[2002] NSWADTAP 10	Administrative Decisions Tribunal	Australia - New South Wales	4 Apr 2002	AustLII		2
Neary v The Treasurer of New South Wales	[2002] NSWADTAP 4	Administrative Decisions Tribunal	Australia - New South Wales	15 Feb 2002	AustLII		2
Re Wegner and National Registration Authority for Agricultural & Veterinary Chemicals	[2002] AATA 36; 66 ALD 762; 34 AAR 344	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	22 Jan 2002	AustLII		2
Brisbane City Council v Albietz	[2001] QSC 160; [2002] 2 Qd R 1; (2001) 114 LGERA 73; 6 QAR 10	Supreme Court of Queensland	Australia - Queensland	17 May 2001	AustLII		2
Gersten v Australian Federal Police	[2001] FCA 159	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	15 Feb 2001	AustLII		2
"Freedom of information: Testing the limits of FOI access – some recent Commonwealth decisions"	(2002) 9 Australian Journal of Administrative Law 207	Australian Journal of Administrative Law	Australia	circa 2002	Legal Online		1
Smith v Gardner	[2001] WASCA 401	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	19 Dec 2001	AustLII		1
Whittaker v Information Commissioner	[2001] QSC 325; [2002] 2 Qd R 557	Supreme Court of Queensland	Australia - Queensland	7 Sep 2001	AustLII		1
Local Government Association of Queensland Inc v Information Commissioner	[2001] St RQd 052		Australia - Queensland	circa 2001			1
Re Dutton and Attorney-General's Department	[2000] AATA 360; 31 AAR 223	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	4 May 2000	AustLII		1