Price and Department of Mines and Energy

Price and Department of Mines and Energy
(1997 S0033, 27 October 1997) 

The Information Commissioner dealt with 'sufficiency of search' issues raised by the applicant in accordance with the principles stated in Shepherd and Department of Housing, Local Government and Planning (1994) 1 QAR 464. 

The Information Commissioner also applied the principles stated in McEniery and Medical Board of Queensland (1994) 1 QAR 349 in finding that matter in issue which would identify the sources who provided information that prompted action to suspend the applicant's shotfirer's licence, was exempt matter under s.42(1)(b) of the FOI Act.