C84 and Legal Aid Queensland [2025] QICmr 90 (3 December 2025)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL TO DEAL - SUBSTANTIAL AND UNREASONABLE DIVERSION OF RESOURCES - request for information about denial of grant funding and associated complaints over a six year period - estimated 33 hours required to process application involving over 2000 documents - small agency with one part time decision maker - public interest in disclosure - whether dealing with the application would substantially and unreasonably divert the agency’s resources - section 60 of the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld)