Van Veenendaal and Queensland Police Service [2018] QICmr 28 (12 June 2018)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - EXEMPT INFORMATION - request for police complaint documents - prejudice to investigation method or procedure - whether information is exempt - schedule 3, section 10(1)(f) of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld) - whether access may be refused under section 47(3)(a) of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - CONTRARY TO PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION - request for police complaint documents - information identifying informants, witnesses and other individuals - prejudice flow of information to law enforcement agency - personal information and privacy - whether disclosure would, on balance, be contrary to the public interest - whether access may be refused under section 47(3)(b) 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 complaint documents about a named individual - whether section 55 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld) applies to neither confirm nor deny the existence of the requested documents

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - NONEXISTENT AND UNLOCATABLE DOCUMENTS - applicant submits that further documents should exist - whether agency has conducted all reasonable searches - whether access to further documents may be refused on the basis they do not exist - sections 47(3)(e) and 52(1)(a) 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)