XX5WZ9 and Queensland Police Service [2019] QICmr 3 (14 February 2019)

Application number:
313758
Applicant:
XX5WZ9
Respondent:
Queensland Police Service
Decision date:
Thursday, Feb 14, 2019
Catchwords:

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - EXEMPT INFORMATION - DISCLOSURE PROHIBITED BY AN ACT - documents relating to a notification of suspicion of harm or suspected harm to a child - whether disclosure is prohibited by sections 186 to 188 of the Child Protection Act 1999 (Qld) - whether information is exempt under section 67(1) of the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) and section 47(3)(a) and 48 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - CONTRARY TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION - witness statements provided to police in criminal investigation - accountability, transparency and procedural fairness - personal information of the applicant - personal information and privacy of the witnesses - prejudice flow of information to the police - whether disclosure would, on balance, be contrary to the public interest under section 67(1) of the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) and section 47(3)(b) and 49 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - NONEXISTENT DOCUMENTS - applicant submits an injury report should have been created - agency provided searches and explanation regarding nonexistence of further documents - whether there are reasonable grounds to be satisfied that further documents do not exist - whether access may be refused to non-existent documents under section 67(1) of the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) and section 47(3)(e) and 52(1)(a) of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)