Sedlar and Logan City Council [2017] QICmr 52 (7 November 2017)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - SCOPE OF APPLICATION - whether documents contain the applicant’s personal information - whether information about applicant’s land is information about applicant - documents outside the scope of access application - information irrelevant to the scope of access application - sections 12, 40 and 88 of the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - CONTRARY TO PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION - information regarding complaints about applicant’s land - whether disclosure would, on balance, be contrary to 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 DOCUMENTS - information regarding complaints about applicant’s land - applicant contends additional documents exist - whether agency required to locate post-application documents - form of access - whether agency has taken all reasonable steps to locate documents but the documents cannot be found or do not exist - section 67(1) of the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) and sections 47(3)(e) and 52 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)