H40 and Queensland Police Service [2023] QICmr 30 (28 June 2023)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - applicant contended scope of access application should be interpreted to include additional documents - construction of scope of access application made under section 24 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - NONEXISTENT OR UNLOCATABLE - 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 under sections 47(3)(e) and 52(1) of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - EXEMPT INFORMATION - DISCLOSURE PROHIBITED BY AN ACT - documents about domestic violence where children are mentioned - whether disclosure prohibited by sections 186-188 of the Child Protection Act 1999 (Qld) - whether information is exempt information - whether access may be refused under sections 47(3)(a) and 48 and schedule 3, section 12(1) of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - CONTRARY TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION - personal information of other individuals - personal information and right to 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)