F53 and Minister for Energy and Clean Energy Jobs [2024] QICmr 56 (24 October 2024)

Application Number
316490
Applicant
F53
Respondent
Minister for Energy and Clean Energy Jobs
Decision Date
Thursday, Oct 24, 2024
Catchwords

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - CONTRARY TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION - request for conduct referrals and documents about the applicant - information about other individuals - accountability and transparency - personal information and privacy - whether disclosure of information would, on balance, be contrary to the public interest - sections 47(3)(b) and 49 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 - section 73 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - DOCUMENTS NONEXISTENT OR UNLOCATABLE - whether agency has conducted reasonable searches - whether access to further documents may be refused on the basis they are nonexistent or unlocatable - sections 47(3)(e) and 52(1) of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

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