Dekker and Criminal Justice Commission

Application number:
1997 S0105
Decision date:
Wednesday, Jan 19, 2000

Dekker and Criminal Justice Commission
(1997 S0105, 19 January 2000) 

The documents in issue in this review concerned the applicant's complaint to the Parliamentary Criminal Justice Committee about the way in which the respondent had handled her complaint regarding various issues involving the University of Queensland and the Workers' Compensation Board. 

The Information Commissioner applied the principles established in Ainsworth & Ainsworth Nominees Pty Ltd and Criminal Justice Commission (1999) 5 QAR 284 and found that the documents in issue were exempt under s.50(c)(i) of the FOI Act on the basis that public disclosure of those documents without the authority of the Parliamentary Criminal Justice Committee or of Parliament itself, would constitute a breach of parliamentary privilege.