Transport for NSW has been told to rethink a decision not to release a study on the Maldon-Dombarton rail line.
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In 2013 the state government put together a business case for the freight line as part of a process to gauge private sector interest in building it.
Four years later it was this business case that the federal government cited when rejecting the line for funding.
Wollongong MP Paul Scully had lodged a freedom of information request for the business case, and its release was refused by Transport for NSW.
The MP appealed the department’s decision to the NSW Information and Privacy Commissioner.
He said the release of the business case was “important for the ongoing debate and scrutiny of this project”.
The commissioner found that Transport for NSW’s decision was “not justified”.
“The review recommends the agency make a new decision,” the commissioner’s finding stated.
Mr Scully was pleased with the decision.
“Taxpayers have paid for this business case and they should be allowed to see it warts and all,” Mr Scully said.
Glen Humphries
I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.
I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.
