U85 and Queensland Police Service [2025] QICmr 25 (22 May 2025)

Application Number
317694
Applicant
U85
Respondent
Queensland Police Service
Decision Date
Thursday, May 22, 2025
Catchwords

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - EXEMPT INFORMATION - LAW ENFORCEMENT - request for information about complaints and investigations - prescribed crime body exemption - section 47(3)(a) and schedule 3, sections 10(4) and 10(6) of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - CONTRARY TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION - request for information about applicant’s employment history - accountability and transparency - personal information and privacy of other individuals - 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 - whether agency has conducted reasonable searches - whether access to further documents may be refused on the basis they are nonexistent - sections 47(3)(e) and 52(1) of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

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