W39 and Queensland Building and Construction Commission [2025] QICmr 100 (17 December 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 - 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 PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION - 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)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - NONEXISTENT OR UNLOCATABLE DOCUMENTS - whether access to an additional audio recording of a site inspection may be refused on the ground it is nonexistent - sections 47(3)(e) and 52(1) of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)