Abbot and Marohasy and Central Queensland University [2017] QICmr 54 (21 November 2017)

Application Number

313081

Applicant

Abbot and Marohasy

Respondent

Central Queensland University

Decision Date

Tuesday, Nov 21, 2017

Catchwords

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - CONTRARY TO PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION - documents in relation to PhD candidature - attribution of authorship in published journal article - contribute to innovation and the facilitation of research - prejudice research of an agency or person – whether disclosure would, on balance, be contrary to the public interest- section 47(3)(b) of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS- NONEXISTENT OR UNLOCATABLE DOCUMENTS - applicants contend additional documents exist in relation to PhD supervision and application for grants - whether agency has taken all reasonable steps to locate documents - whether access to documents can be refused on the ground that they are nonexistent or unlocatable - section 47(3)(e) of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

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