Application number:
314462 and 314616
Applicant:
V12
Respondent:
Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service
Decision date:
Monday, Dec 09, 2019
Catchwords:
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - UNLOCATABLE AND NONEXISTENT DOCUMENTS - applicant contends additional documents exist - whether agency has taken all reasonable steps to locate documents but the documents cannot be found or do not exist - sections 47(3)(e) and 52 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - EXEMPT INFORMATION - legal professional privilege - communications between agency staff and legal advisers - whether the information would be privileged from production in a legal proceeding on the ground of legal professional privilege - whether the improper purpose exception to legal professional privilege is enlivened - 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 PUBLIC INTEREST - documents relating to the applicant and their interactions with the agency - personal information and privacy - agency’s management functions - whether disclosure would, on balance, be contrary to the public interest - sections 47(3)(b) and 49 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)
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