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SOF and Legal Aid Office (Queensland)
Application number:
1996 S0130
Decision date:
Friday, Dec 06, 1996
SOF and Legal Aid Office (Queensland)
(1996 S0130, 6 December 1996)
Applying the principles set out in McEniery and Medical Board of Queensland (1994) 1 QAR 349, the Information Commissioner found that the matter in issue (matter which would identify a third party who complained to the Attorney-General about the eligibility of the applicant to receive legal aid) was exempt matter under s.42(1)(b), as its disclosure would reveal the identity of a confidential source of information in relation to the administration of the law.