News Corp Australia Pty Ltd and Gympie Regional Council [2019] QICmr 34 (28 August 2019)

Application Number

314155

Applicant

News Corp Australia Pty Ltd ACN 163 992 774

Respondent

Gympie Regional Council

Decision Date

Wednesday, Aug 28, 2019

Catchwords

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - CONTRARY TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION - information about a review of Council water and sewerage services - accountability and transparency - informed debate on important issues - prejudice to business and commercial affairs of entities - prejudice future supply of information to Council - 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)

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