K75 and Department of Housing and Public Works [2024] QICmr 66 (25 November 2024)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - EXEMPT INFORMATION - CONTEMPT OF PARLIAMENT - Parliamentary briefing documents - whether disclosure would infringe privileges of Parliament - whether exempt information - sections 47(3)(a) and 48 and schedule 3, section 6(c)(i) of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - CONTRARY TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION - 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 - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - NEITHER CONFIRM NOR DENY - request for evidence of conduct referrals about other individuals - whether the existence of responsive information can be neither confirmed nor denied - section 55 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)