X57 and Queensland Police Service [2025] QICmr 81 (12 November 2025)

Application Number

317932

Applicant

X57

Respondent

Queensland Police Service

Decision Date

Wednesday, Nov 12, 2025

Catchwords

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - CONTRARY TO PUBLIC INTEREST - name of third party, referral information and summary of information provided by a witness - personal information - whether disclosure would, on balance, be contrary to the public interest - section 67(1) of the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) and sections 47(3)(b), 49 and schedule 4 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - DOCUMENTS NONEXISTENT - applicant contends further documents exist - where agency has described its processes to explain why documents do not exist - whether explanation is reasonable - where agency has conducted searches - whether all reasonable steps have been taken to locate documents but the documents do not exist - 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)

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