V25 and Department of Trade, Employment and Training [2025] QICmr 79 (11 November 2025)

Application number:
317874
Applicant:
V25
Respondent:
Department of Trade, Employment and Training
Decision date:
Tuesday, Nov 11, 2025
Catchwords:

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - CONTRARY TO PUBLIC INTEREST - name and mobile telephone number of a third party - notes taken by Departmental officers regarding telephone conversations with a third party - whether access to information may be refused on ground that its disclosure would, on balance, be contrary to the public interest - sections 47(3)(b) and 49 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - NONEXISTENT OR UNLOCATABLE DOCUMENTS - where agency has conducted searches - whether agency has taken all reasonable steps - where agency has described its processes to explain why documents do not exist - whether explanation is reasonable - whether access to documents may be refused on ground they are nonexistent or unlocatable - section 67(1) of the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) and sections 47(3)(e) and 52(1) of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)