Articles

The OIC's website has been updated and refined to make it easier to use. Learn about some of the changes to government and community articles, and browse the alphabetical list of definitions and explanations.

Queensland Ministers have obligations under the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld) (RTI Act) and the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) (IP Act). These obligations will generally be met by Ministerial staff or by appropriately authorised departmental officers.

The Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld) (RTI Act) gives people the right to apply for access to documents of a Minister. The obligations of a Minister under the RTI Act continue even if there is a change of Minister.

Section 227A of the Criminal Code makes it an offence to video record people without their consent in places where they would expect to be private, such as a bedroom, bathroom, or changeroom. This article explains other rules that can impact the privacy of Queenslanders.

The RTI Act protects government-held information—including highly sensitive information about individual community members—where it would be contrary to the public interest to disclose it. This article helps clear up some of the more common RTI myths.

Having access to government information allows members of the community to scrutinise, discuss and contribute to government decision making. All public sector employees play a role in meeting their agency’s information management and access obligations.

Many Acts and contracts have confidentiality obligations and it is a ground of refusal under the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld) (RTI Act). This article discusses what confidentiality is and is not and what it takes to establish that information is confidential under the RTI Act.

Queensland government agencies are required to comply with the Queensland Privacy Principles (QPPs) in the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) (IP Act) when dealing with personal information.