P88 and Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service [2024] QICmr 57 (30 October 2024)

Application Number
317300
Applicant
P88
Respondent
Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service
Decision Date
Wednesday, Oct 30, 2024
Catchwords

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - CONTRARY TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION - where the applicant seeks access to documents about her healthcare - personal information and privacy of third parties - 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 OR UNLOCATABLE DOCUMENTS - applicant submits agency has failed to locate all records - whether agency has taken all reasonable steps to locate documents relevant to access application - whether access to further documents may be refused - 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)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - DELETION OF IRRELEVANT INFORMATION - whether document will disclose to the applicant information which is not relevant - whether information may be deleted -section 88(2) of the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld)

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