McCrystal and Queensland Building and Construction Commission (No. 2) [2018] QICmr 10 (7 March 2018)

Application Number
313091
Applicant
McCrystal
Respondent
Queensland Building and Construction Commission
Decision Date
Wednesday, Mar 07, 2018
Catchwords

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL TO DEAL - PREVIOUS APPLICATION FOR SAME DOCUMENTS - application for information concerning a regulatory decision - documents sought in previous access applications - whether Information Commissioner should decide not to further deal with those aspects of this review - section 43(3)(d) of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - IRRELEVANT INFORMATION - application for information concerning a regulatory decision - whether information was irrelevant to the terms of the access application - section 73 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - CONTRARY TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION - application for information concerning a regulatory decision - accountability, transparency, administration of justice and procedural fairness considerations - personal information of other individuals - business and commercial information of entities - flow of information to agency - whether disclosure 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 - NONEXISTENT OR UNLOCATABLE DOCUMENTS - application for information concerning a regulatory decision - whether agency has taken all reasonable steps to locate documents - whether the documents cannot be found or do not exist - sections 47(3)(e) and 52 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

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