Director General, NSW Department of Family and Community Services and Whiteley and Anor

This matter concerned an application by the Director General, NSW Department of Family and Community Services, seeking to discharge orders made by the Local Court of New South Wales at Liverpool. The dispute involved the child X, born in 2001, and the child's inclusion on the Airport Watch List, also known as the PACE Alert System, maintained by the Australian Federal Police. The proceedings were heard by Judge Scarlett.

The primary legal issue before the court was whether the existing orders of the Local Court, which presumably led to the child's inclusion on the Airport Watch List, should be discharged. This required the court to consider the circumstances surrounding the child and the appropriateness of the PACE Alert System in this specific case.

Judge Scarlett granted leave for the proceedings to be conducted ex parte, indicating that the other parties were not present or represented. The court's reasoning led to the discharge of the Local Court's orders made on 27 February 2002. Consequently, the court ordered that the name and details of the child X be removed from the Airport Watch List forthwith.