Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Department of Education (Office of Industrial Relations); A Stone Cutting Business (Third Party) [2021] QICmr 14 (23 March 2021)

Application number:
314786
Applicant:
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Respondent:
Department of Education (Office of Industrial Relations)
Other parties:
A Stonecutting Business
Decision date:
Tuesday, Mar 23, 2021
Catchwords:

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - CONTRARY TO PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION - documents relating to audit, regulation and investigation of stonecutting businesses and silica dust exposure - accountability of regulatory agency in investigating health and safety issues - personal information and privacy - prejudice to business affairs, flow of information, ongoing prosecution and investigative processes - whether disclosure of information would, on balance, be contrary to the public interest - sections 47(3)(b) and 49 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - OTHER ACCESS AVAILABLE -organisational search results - whether documents are commercially available - whether access may be refused under sections 47(3)(f) and 53(d) of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)