E91 and Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service [2023] QICmr 58 (6 November 2023)

Application Number
316697
Applicant
E91
Respondent
Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service
Decision Date
Monday, Nov 06, 2023
Catchwords

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - CONTRARY TO PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION - request to access certain patient travel records of the applicant - accountability, transparency, fair treatment and administration of justice - personal information and privacy - whether disclosure 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 - NONEXISTENT OR UNLOCATABLE DOCUMENTS - whether agency has taken all reasonable steps to locate requested documents - whether access to further documents can be refused on the ground they are nonexistent or unlocatable - section 67(1) of the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) and sections 47(3)(e) and 52 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

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