S39 and Queensland Police Service [2023] QICmr 44 (5 September 2023)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - APPLICATION OUTSIDE SCOPE OF ACT - where access application requests processing documents - documents of an entity that is not subject to the Act - whether the access application is outside the scope of the RTI Act - sections 17 and 32(1)(b)(ii) and schedule 2, part 2, item 7 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL TO DEAL - EXEMPT INFORMATION - LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY INFORMATION - where access application requests access to categories of exempt information - whether an agency may refuse to deal with application - sections 40 and 48 and schedule 3, section 10(1)(f) of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - CONTRARY TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION - where information include personal information of other individuals - 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 - DOCUMENTS NONEXISTENT OR UNLOCATABLE - SUFFICIENCY OF SEARCH - whether agency has taken all reasonable steps to locate requested documents - whether access to further documents may be refused on the basis that they are nonexistent or unlocatable - sections 47(3)(e) and 52(1) of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)