V25 and Department of Trade, Employment and Training [2025] QICmr 79 (11 November 2025)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - CONTRARY TO PUBLIC INTEREST - name and mobile telephone number of a third party - notes taken by Departmental officers regarding telephone conversations with a third party - whether access to information may be refused on ground that its disclosure 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 - NONEXISTENT OR UNLOCATABLE DOCUMENTS - where agency has conducted searches - whether agency has taken all reasonable steps - where agency has described its processes to explain why documents do not exist - whether explanation is reasonable - whether access to documents may be refused on ground they are nonexistent or unlocatable - section 67(1) of the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) and sections 47(3)(e) and 52(1) of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

Please note this decision is on appeal to QCAT.