Today, I, Soulore Solaris am making a stand on the public record. For months, I have navigated the toxic labyrinth of the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT), only to find that the very institution designed to provide "justice" is operating as little more than a rubber stamp for the Health Care Complaints Commission (HCCC).
What we are witnessing is the collapse of procedural fairness in NSW. We are seeing a "closed loop" of injustice where the HCCC is allowed to act as a rogue agency—violating Model Litigant policies and misleading the Tribunal—while NCAT members and registrars act as their protective shield.
When a citizen identifies misconduct by a Tribunal member, NCAT provides a "Complaints" process. But as the letters below prove, this process is a sham. When I raised documented evidence of Principal Member Balla and Principal Member Ransome allowing public documents (an autopsy report) to be suppressed under the false premise of "private privilege," NCAT’s response was to obfuscate and deflect, when I raised it they went so far as to call me a "conspiracy theorist."
They told me to "raise it at appeal." Yet, when I did exactly that, the Appeal Panel dismissed the case on a technicality and completely ignored the conduct complaints. This is administrative gaslighting. One department tells you to go to the other; the other department pretends the issue doesn't exist.
Why is Principal Member Balla being protected? During the hearings in 2025, her conduct was visibly questionable, In the Appeal hearings the deputy president labelled her conduct as "clearly misleading," then went ahead to publish dismissal findings without mentioning the conduct complaints. Yet the institution has closed ranks around her. By refusing to investigate their own, NCAT has signalled that its members are above the law.
This creates a dangerous environment where the HCCC can:
I was told point-blank in my December 2025 hearing that NCAT would not even look at the HCCC conduct under appeal. If the Tribunal refuses to consider or hold to account the conduct of a rogue agency like the HCCC then who does? HCCC claims that you can appeal their decisions, yet after 2 years of "interim" prohibitions and a litany of lies and false claims published and repeated in the media, the dismissal by the Appeal Panel shows that it is effectively impossible to appeal HCCC actions. Then to be told by HCCC under permanent ban appeal that they will not look at their lies, misconduct, prejudice and breaches of fairness, they again allow their conduct to go unchecked. It is a disgrace.
Below, I have published my formal response sent today, which demands to know why the Appeal Panel ignored these issues. Following that is the "apology" letter from NCAT—a weak attempt to regret "offence caused" while failing to address the illegal concealment of documents.
This is no longer just about my case. This is about an institutional culture of corruption that allows the HCCC and NCAT to operate as judge, jury, and executioner without oversight.
PUBLIC NOTICE TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL: Under the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013, the Attorney General has a duty to ensure the Tribunal operates with transparency and integrity. I am formally calling on The Hon. Michael Daley to investigate the "complaint-loophole" identified in the correspondence below, which allows NCAT members to evade accountability for documented misconduct.
To:Michelle Brazel, NCAT
Date:11 February, 2026
Ref:
Subject: FORMAL COMPLAINT REGARDING PROCEDURAL IRREGULARITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE OF CONDUCTISSUES IN APPEAL REASONS
Dear Ms. Brazel,
I refer to your correspondence dated 11th February, 2026.
I do not accept that "all available information has now been provided." Your response fails to address the core of my complaint regarding the conduct of Principal Member Ransome and Principal Member Balla. I wish to lodge a further formal complaint regarding the failure of the Appeal Panel to address specific conduct issues, and I require a response to the following points of procedural failure:
1. Mischaracterisation of PublicDocuments as Privileged My complaint is not merely a disagreement with a "suppression order." My complaint is that theTribunal members allowed the HCCC to mislead the Tribunal by asserting that an autopsy report was a "private privileged document" when it was, in fact, a public document.
2. Failure of the Appeal Panel toAddress Conduct Complaints You state that concerns about reasoning or evidence can "only be dealt with through an appeal" andt hat my appeal was heard and dismissed. However, my appeal specifically raised the conduct of Member Balla.
3. New Formal Complaint:Administrative Obfuscation I am now lodging a formal complaint against the Appeal Panel for failure to provide reasons. Under the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013, the Tribunal is required to provide reasons for its decisions.By ignoring the conduct complaints raised in my appeal, the Panel has failed in its statutoryduty and has effectively obfuscated the accountability of its members.
4. Insufficiency of the "Apology Regarding paragraph 72 and the"regret" expressed for the comment suggesting I was a conspiracy theorist: while I acknowledge the regret, this does not address the prejudice that such a mindset creates, not to mention the public defamation. If a Member views a self-represented litigant as a"conspiracy theorist" for raising valid questions about document privilege, their impartiality is compromised.
Conclusion The Tribunal cannot "pass thebuck" between the Complaint Department and the Appeal Panel to avoid addressing a specific allegation of misleading the court.
I request that this matter be escalated to the President of the Tribunal. I specifically require an answer as to why the Appeal Panel’s reasons did not address the conduct of Member Balla as raised in my submissions. If the Tribunal continues to refuse to investigate these specific procedural failures, I will be forced to refer the conduct of these members to the NSW Judicial Commission and the NSW Ombudsman fora review of administrative bad faith.
I await your urgent response.
Yours sincerely,
Soulore Solaris
Dear Mr Solaris
I refer to your further correspondence dated 9 December 2025 in reply to my response to
your complaint arising from your dispute with the Health Care Complaints Commission
(HCCC).
Suppression orders are decisions made by Tribunal Members under the Civil and
Administrative Tribunal Act 2013, and they cannot be changed or removed through the
complaint process. Principal Member Ransome’s interlocutory orders of 11 July 2024, and
Principal Member Balla’s decision of 8 December 2024, were each issued with written
reasons explaining the findings, evidence relied upon, the law applied, and how the
conclusions were reached. As those reasons have already been provided, no further
comment or clarification can be offered.
You have also raised concerns about Principal Member Balla’s conduct, including comments
you found objectionable and your view that some submissions or evidence were not properly
considered. These are also not matters that can be addressed through complaints or
correspondence. Concerns about the Tribunal’s reasoning or consideration of evidence can
only be dealt with through an appeal. Your appeal was heard and dismissed.
If you wish to explore any remaining review options, you may consider obtaining
independent legal advice. Depending on the circumstances, options may include an appeal
to the NSW Supreme Court or an application for judicial review.
Regarding the comment you raised, paragraph 72 of the written reasons notes that you did
not accept that you were accusing various entities of conspiring against you. That statement
was made in the context of responding to your submissions. No offence was intended by the
comment, and I regret any concern that it has caused.
As all available information has now been provided, no further correspondence on these
matters can be responded to.
Yours sincerely
Michelle Brazel
Principal Registrar & Executive Director
NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal
11 February 2026
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