BSTH and Department of Family Services and Aboriginal and Islander Affairs
BSTH and Department of Family Services and Aboriginal and Islander Affairs
(1993 S0023, 31 August 1998)
The Information Commissioner affirmed the Department's decision to refuse access to information relating to a mother and her children leaving a situation of domestic violence, relying principally upon s.42(1)(b), s.42(1)(h) and s.44(1) of the FOI Act.
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