Pennisi and Queensland Building and Construction Commission [2020] QICmr 58 (9 October 2020)

Application Number

314958

Applicant

Pennisi

Respondent

Queensland Building and Construction Commission

Decision Date

Friday, Oct 09, 2020

Catchwords

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - EXEMPT INFORMATION - LEGAL PROFESSIONAL PRIVILEGE - communications with agency’s internal legal department - whether information would be privileged from production in a legal proceeding on the ground of legal professional privilege - waiver - whether access to information may be refused on the basis that it is exempt - sections 47(3)(a) and 48 and schedule 3, section 7 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - NONEXISTENT OR UNLOCATABLE DOCUMENTS - whether agency has taken all reasonable steps to locate documents requested by the applicant - whether access to further documents may be refused on the basis that they do not exist or cannot be located - sections 47(3)(e) and 52(1) of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

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