S85 and Brisbane City Council [2026] QICmr 151 (20 August 2026)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - EXEMPT INFORMATION - LEGAL PROFESSIONAL PRIVILEGE - whether information would be privileged from production in a legal proceeding - whether access may be refused on the basis it is exempt information - section 67(1) of the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) and sections 47(3)(a) and 48 and schedule 3, section 7 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - CONTRARY TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION - business, commercial, financial information - whether disclosure of information 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 - DOCUMENTS OF AN AGENCY - DOCUMENTS TO WHICH ACT DOES NOT APPLY - information relating to legal costs incurred in defending the applicant’s complaint - external legal practice and barrister - whether requested documents are ‘documents of an agency’ - whether documents are in the possession or the control of the agency - sections 13 and 40(1)(a) of the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) and section 12 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION – SCOPE OF APPLICATION - whether certain documents fall within the scope of the application - whether terms of the application can be unilaterally expanded on external review - section 43 of the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld)