Dimes and Queensland Police Service [2018] QICmr 32 (17 July 2018)

Application number:
313487
Applicant:
Dimes
Respondent:
Queensland Police Service
Decision date:
Tuesday, Jul 17, 2018
Catchwords:

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - CONTRARY TO PUBLIC INTEREST - application for complaint information - accountability and transparency - reasons or background for government decision - personal information and privacy of another individual - whether disclosure would, on balance, be contrary to the public interest - section 67(1) of the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) and sections 47(3)(b) and 49 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - INFORMATION AS TO EXISTENCE OF PARTICULAR DOCUMENTS - applicant contends agency did not locate all relevant documents - whether agency has taken all reasonable steps to locate documents - whether access to further documents may be refused on the basis that they are nonexistent or unlocatable - section 67(1) of the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) and sections 47(3)(e) and 52 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)