Van Veenendaal and Queensland Police Service [2018] QICmr 12 (20 March 2018)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL TO DEAL - EXEMPT INFORMATION - request for all investigation documents - prescribed crime body - whether all requested documents comprise exempt information under schedule 3, section 10(4) of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld) - section 40 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - CONTRARY TO PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION - request for documents relating to property raid and seizure by police - personal information and privacy of other individuals - whether 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 - INFORMATION AS TO EXISTENCE OF PARTICULAR DOCUMENTS - request for sensitive personnel documents relating to a police officer - neither confirm nor deny - whether section 55 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld) applies

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - NONEXISTENT AND UNLOCATABLE DOCUMENTS - applicant submits that agency has failed to locate all documents responding to his application - whether agency has conducted all reasonable searches - whether there are reasonable grounds to be satisfied that further documents do not exist or cannot be located - sections 47(3)(e) and 52(1) of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION -IRRELEVANT INFORMATION - information pertaining to matters unrelated to the terms of the access application - whether information may be deleted under section 73 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)