Published on Office of the Information Commissioner Queensland
(https://www.oic.qld.gov.au)
Application number:
314542
Applicant:
T93
Respondent:
The University of Southern Queensland
Decision date:
Monday, Dec 02, 2019
Catchwords:
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - EXEMPT INFORMATION - LEGAL PROFESSIONAL PRIVILEGE - communications between university staff and legal advisers - whether information would be privileged from production in a legal proceeding on the ground of legal professional privilege - improper purpose exception - whether access to information may be refused on the basis that it is exempt - section 67 of the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) and 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 - NONEXISTENT OR UNLOCATABLE DOCUMENTS - whether agency has taken all reasonable steps to locate documents requested by the applicant - whether access to further documents may be refused on the basis that they do not exist or cannot be located - section 67 of the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) and sections 47(3)(e) and 52(1) of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)
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