I35 and Queensland Treasury [2026] QICmr 118 (2 July 2026)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - OUTSIDE OF SCOPE DOCUMENTS - whether document is outside the terms of the access application - document located by agency on external review – document outside the narrowed scope agreed to in the external review

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - DOCUMENTS NONEXISTENT OR UNLOCATABLE - request for documents relating to a fire and damage to a boundary fence - whether agency has conducted reasonable searches - whether access to further documents may be refused on the basis that they are nonexistent or unlocatable - sections 47(3)(e) and 52(1)(a) of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION -DOCUMENT OF AN AGENCY - whether the documents are in the possession or under the control of the Agency - section 12 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - NEITHER CONFIRM NOR DENY - request for documents between named individuals and Crown Law regarding the applicant’s property - whether the existence of responsive information can be neither confirmed nor denied - section 55 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld) (RTI Act)