I45 and Queensland Police Service [2021] QICmr 65 (7 December 2021)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - SCOPE OF APPLICATION - request for documents and communications about the applicant - whether certain information falls outside the scope of the application - section 40 of the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - EXEMPT INFORMATION - LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY INFORMATION - request for documents and communications about the applicant - whether disclosure could reasonably be expected to prejudice the effectiveness of a lawful method or procedure for preventing, detecting, investigating or dealing with a contravention or possible contravention of the law - whether access may be refused under section 67(1) of the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) and sections 47(3)(a) and 48 and schedule 3, section 10(1)(f) of the Right to Information Act 2009

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - DOCUMENTS 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 - section 67(1) of the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) and sections 47(3)(e) and 52(1) of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

Mokbel v Queensland Police Service [2023] QCATA 158