James and Queensland Police Service [2018] QICmr 8 (22 February 2018)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - CONTRARY TO PUBLIC INTEREST - personal information of another individual recorded in a police officer’s notebook - information provided by the applicant to the police officer - personal information and privacy - whether disclosure would, on balance, be contrary to the public interest - section 67(1) of the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) and sections 47(3)(b) and 49 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - NONEXISTENT DOCUMENTS - applicant believes further documents should exist in relation to her interactions with a police officer - whether agency has taken all reasonable steps to locate additional documents - whether access may be refused on the basis the documents do not exist - section 67(1) of the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) and sections 47(3)(e) and 52(1)(a) of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - IRRELEVANT INFORMATION - entries in a police officer’s notebook unrelated to the applicant or her interactions with police - whether information has any bearing on, or is pertinent to, the terms of the access application - whether section 88 of the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) applies