CHU and Brisbane South Regional Health Authority

Application number:
1994 S0090
Decision date:
Monday, May 13, 1996

CHU and Brisbane South Regional Health Authority
(1994 S0090, 13 May 1996)

The matter in issue was information contained in the applicant's hospital record.  The Information Commissioner determined that some of the matter in issue was exempt under s.44(1), as it related to the medical treatment and personal details of other persons and there was no public interest factor of sufficient strength to outweigh the public interest in protecting the privacy of the other persons. 

The balance of the matter in issue was information supplied by third parties to the hospital.  Applying the principles set out in B and Brisbane South Regional Health Authority (1994) 1 QAR 279 and further discussed in P and Brisbane South Regional Health Authority (1994) 2 QAR 159 and M and Brisbane South Regional Health Authority (1994) 2 QAR 256, the Information Commissioner determined that it was exempt under s.46(1)(a) and s.46(1)(b).