Exemplar Health and Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service [2021] QICmr 27 (8 June 2021)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - DOCUMENT NONEXISTENT OR UNLOCATABLE - where applicant contends further documents ought to exist - whether agency has taken all reasonable steps to locate responsive documents - whether access may be refused under sections 47(3)(e) and 52(1) of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - IRRELEVANT INFORMATION - whether information may be deleted on the basis it is irrelevant to the terms of the access application - section 73 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - CONTRARY TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST - personal information of other individuals - safeguarding personal information and the right to privacy of other individuals - product and pricing information - business or financial affairs of entities - whether disclosure would, on balance, be contrary to the public interest - whether access may be refused under section 47(3)(b) of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)