Australia, March 12 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Feb. 13:
1. Mr Higgins (the Appellant) was travelling along the Hume Highway on 9 April 2023 when a police officer pulled over his car. His interactions with the police officer were recorded in a Body-Worn-Video (BWV). The Appellant applied to the Commissioner of Police (the Respondent) under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) (GIPA Act) for the information in the BWV. The Respondent gave the Appellant what we will call "view access" to the BWV. The Appellant could look at the video himself. The Appellant wanted "copy access" so he could distribute the video to the public.
2. The Appellant applied to the Tribu...