D26 and Brisbane City Council [2026] QICmr 68 (1 May 2026)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - EXEMPT INFORMATION - LEGAL PROFESSIONAL PRIVILEGE - whether information would be privileged from production in a legal proceeding - whether access may be refused under section 67(1) of the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) and sections 47(3)(a) and 48 and schedule 3, section 7 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - CONTRARY TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION - business, commercial, financial information - whether disclosure of information would, on balance, be contrary to the public interest - section 67(1) of the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) and sections 47(3)(b) and 49 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - DOCUMENTS OF AN AGENCY - DOCUMENTS TO WHICH ACT DOES NOT APPLY - information relating to external legal costs incurred in defending the applicant’s complaint - whether requested documents are ‘documents of an agency’ - section 13 of the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) and section 12 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld) - whether documents subject to Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld)