Harris and Department of Police

Application number:
1994 S0098
Decision date:
Monday, Aug 31, 1998

Harris and Queensland Police Service
 (1994 S0098, 31 August 1998)

The applicant sought access to documents relating to a number of incidents in which the applicant was involved in his former employment as a police officer. 

During the course of my review, the QPS progressively withdrew its claims for exemption in respect of the bulk of the documents in issue, until only a small portion of information remained in issue. 

The Information Commissioner found that that information was exempt from disclosure under s.44(1) of the FOI Act.  The matter concerned the personal affairs of persons other than the applicant, and I was unable to identify any public interest considerations favouring disclosure which were of sufficient weight to overcome the public interest considerations telling against disclosure that were inherent in the satisfaction of the test for prima facie exemption under s.44(1).