Z98 and Queensland Building and Construction Commission [2025] QICmr 68 (10 October 2025)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - SCOPE OF APPLICATION - IRRELEVANT INFORMATION - whether information falls outside the scope of the application - whether information may be deleted on the basis it is irrelevant - section 73 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - EXEMPT INFORMATION - PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGE - Parliamentary briefing documents and associated correspondence - whether disclosure would infringe the privileges of Parliament - whether exempt information - sections 47(3)(a) and 48 and schedule 3, section 6(c)(i) of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - EXEMPT INFORMATION - LEGAL PROFESSIONAL PRIVILEGE - communications with agency’s internal legal advisers - whether information would be privileged from production in a legal proceeding on the ground of legal professional privilege - waiver and improper purpose - whether access to information may be refused on the basis that it is exempt - sections 47(3)(a) and 48 and schedule 3, section 7 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION - REFUSAL OF ACCESS - CONTRARY TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST - accountability, transparency, fair treatment and administration of justice - personal information, privacy, flow of information and business affairs - whether disclosure of information 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 - applicant considers particular documents have not been located by agency - whether access to those further documents can be refused on the ground they are nonexistent or unlocatable - sections 47(3)(e) and 52(1) of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - RIGHT TO INFORMATION -REFUSAL TO FURTHER DEAL WITH ACCESS APPLICATION - EFFECT ON AGENCY’S FUNCTIONS - whether work involved in further dealing with application would, if carried out, substantially and unreasonably divert resources of agency from their use by agency in performing the agency’s functions - section 41 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld)