C64 and Queensland Police Service [2021] QICmr 43

Application Number
314874
Applicant
C64
Respondent
Queensland Police Service
Decision Date
Tuesday, Aug 17, 2021
Catchwords

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL TO DEAL - application for access to information relating to a child safety notification – whether application expressed to relate to all information of stated kind - whether all of the documents to which the application relates would comprise exempt information - section 59 of the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld)

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 sections 47(3)(a) and 48 of the Right to Information Act (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - DOCUMENTS NONEXISTENT OR UNLOCATABLE - applicant submits agency did not locate all relevant documents - whether agency has conducted all reasonable searches - whether access to further documents may be refused on the basis they are nonexistent or unlocatable – section 67(1) of the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) and sections 47(3)(e) and 52(1) of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

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