S11 and Queensland Rail [2025] QICmr 5 (18 February 2025)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - EXEMPT INFORMATION - LEGAL PROFESSIONAL PRIVILEGE - communications with agency’s internal and external legal advisers - whether information would be privileged from production in a legal proceeding on the ground of legal professional privilege - waiver and improper purpose - whether access to information may be refused on the basis that it is exempt - sections 47(3)(a) and 48 and schedule 3, section 7 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - CONTRARY TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION - agency financial information - whether disclosure of information would, on balance, be contrary to the public interest - sections 47(3)(b) and 49 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)