Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – medical records – producing a document by use of a computer
Sections in the FOI Act:
33(1)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – prison records – CCTV footage – security and management of prisons –personal or confidential information – secrecy provision
Sections in the FOI Act:
38
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – Child Protection Documents – refusal to process an FOI request– prejudice proper administration of the law – prohibited disclosure of confidential information – secrecy provision
Sections in the FOI Act:
25A(5), 31(1)(a), 38
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – council documents – development plans – prepared by an architect– communication between agency and business undertaking – disputed approval of plans for apartments
Sections in the FOI Act:
34(1)(b)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – council documents – disputes and complaints – complaints made about an agency officer – refusal to process an FOI request – personal affairs information
Sections in the FOI Act:
25A(5), 33(1)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – Child Protection Documents – refusal to process an FOI request – prejudice proper administration of the law – prohibited disclosure of confidential information – secrecy provision
Sections in the FOI Act:
25A(5), 31(1)(a), 38
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – council documents – masterplan – lease proposal – public park – public land – draft document – communicated in confidence – legal professional privilege
Sections in the FOI Act:
30, 32
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – local government – council – complaint – dog attack – investigation – Domestic Animals Act 1994 (Vic) – personal affairs information
Sections in the FOI Act:
33(1)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – medical records – health service – information provided to agency in confidence – disclosure contrary to the public interest – impair agency’s ability to obtain similar information in the future
Sections in the FOI Act:
33(1), 35(1)(b)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – refusal to process on grounds all documents would be exempt – CCTV footage – secrecy provision – prison records – security management and management of prisons
Sections in the FOI Act:
25A(5), 38
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – privacy complaint – legal professional privilege – confidential communications – FOI decision of an agency – contrary to public interest – personal affairs information
Sections in the FOI Act:
30, 32, 33(1)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – maternal child and health records – health information – personal affairs – information provided in confidence – contrary to the public interest
Sections in the FOI Act:
33(1), 35(1)(b)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – Electronic Patrol Duty Return (ePDR) – attendance records – preliminary brief – breath testing – personal affairs information – unreasonable disclosure
Sections in the FOI Act:
25, 33(1)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – number of police informants registered in [specific circumstances] – State Intelligence Division – Intelligence and Covert Support Command
Sections in the FOI Act:
25A(5), 31(3)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – complaint to local council – unreasonable disclosure – information communicated in confidence – contrary to the public interest – disclosure reasonably likely to impair the ability of the agency to obtain similar information in the future
Sections in the FOI Act:
35(1)(b), 25
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – Road Safety Camera documents – substantial and unreasonable diversion of Agency resources from its other operations
Sections in the FOI Act:
25A(1)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – law enforcement documents – member statements – expert statements – charge sheets – undermine the enforcement of law – prejudice the fair trial of a person or impartial adjudication of a case
Sections in the FOI Act:
31(1)(b)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – Action to Control Wildlife – wildlife management – application forms – permits to control kangaroos and wallabies – public land – refusal to grant access – substantial and unreasonable diversion of agency’s resources
Sections in the FOI Act:
25A(1)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – brief of evidence – interview transcripts of interview – prejudice the fair trial of a person or impartial adjudication of a case
Sections in the FOI Act:
31(1)(b)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – pathology report – prisoner urine sample – urinalysis test report – secrecy provision – law enforcement documents
Sections in the FOI Act:
31(1)(a), 38
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – report into critical incident – ‘RiskMan’ report – health service –
risk management – internal working document – public interest consideration – personal affairs information – unreasonable to disclose
Sections in the FOI Act:
30, 33(1)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – medical record – mental health services – emergency progress note – telephone contact – patient care record – referral notes – triage notes
Sections in the FOI Act:
33(1), 35(1)(b)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – disputes and complaints – refusal to process an FOI request – substantial and unreasonable diversion of Agency resources from its other operations – correspondence from agency
Sections in the FOI Act:
25A(1)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – prison incident – CCTV footage – incident statements – refusal to process request on grounds documents would be exempt – secrecy provision
Sections in the FOI Act:
25A(5), 38
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – Law Enforcement Assistance Program (LEAP) – LEAP involvements – LEAP database – interest – law enforcement documents – police methods and procedures
Sections in the FOI Act:
31(1)(d), 33(1)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – workplace investigation report – workplace investigation consultant – internal working documents – documents affecting personal privacy – third party personal affairs information – witness statements – information communicated in confidence
Sections in the FOI Act:
30, 33(1), 35(1)(b)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – council documents regarding management of parcel of land adjoined to sports stadium – in the opinion of the principal officer – documents prepared for closed council meetings that did not occur
Sections in the FOI Act:
32, 38A(1)(b)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – medical records – documents affecting personal privacy of third parties – material obtained in confidence from third parties
Sections in the FOI Act:
33(1), 35(1)(b)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – Child Protection documents – refusal to process request on grounds all documents would be exempt – prejudice proper administration of the law – prohibited disclosure of confidential information – secrecy provision
Sections in the FOI Act:
25A(5), 31(1)(a)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – criminal investigation – photographs – personal affairs information
Sections in the FOI Act:
33(1)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – parent request for child’s school file – student records
Sections in the FOI Act:
30, 33(1), 35(1)(b)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – council documents – disclosure of a decision or deliberations – council meeting – closed meeting – Local Government Act 1989 (Vic)
Sections in the FOI Act:
38A(1)(d)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – statements of events – emails – internal correspondence – local community setting – personal affairs information – information communicated in confidence
Sections in the FOI Act:
25, 33(1), 35(1)(b)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – complaints about applicant – complaints about staff conduct – not practicable to remove exempt information
Sections in the FOI Act:
33(1), 35(1)(b)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – CCTV footage – personal affairs information – unreasonable disclosure
Sections in the FOI Act:
33(1)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – Traffic Incident System notes – internal working document – correspondence between agency officers – public interest considerations
Sections in the FOI Act:
30
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – internal memoranda – Magistrates’ Court – judicial and quasi-judicial – Court staff – internal emails – personal affairs information – unreasonable disclosure
Sections in the FOI Act:
29B, 33(1)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – Ethical Standards Command investigation – police investigation methodology – personal affairs information
Sections in the FOI Act:
30, 31(1)(d), 33(1)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – 000 call – triple zero call – confidential information – secrecy provision
Sections in the FOI Act:
38
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – secrecy provision – Corrections Act - personal or confidential information identifying third parties
Sections in the FOI Act:
38
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – whether deleted information is irrelevant to freedom of information request
Sections in the FOI Act:
25
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – risk register – education plan – living document
Sections in the FOI Act:
30
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – Cabinet documents – document prepared for the purpose of submission for consideration by the Cabinet – report – document prepared for the purpose of briefing a Minister in relation to issues to be considered by the Cabinet
Sections in the FOI Act:
28(1)(b), 28(1)(ba)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – 000 call – triple zero call – confidential information – secrecy provision
Sections in the FOI Act:
38
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – recruitment documents – selection report – key selection criteria – referee report
Sections in the FOI Act:
30, 33(1), 34(4)(c), 35(1)(b)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – investigation report – allegation of misconduct by agency staff member – complainant seeks copy of investigation report – allegations not substantiated – report requested by agency’s legal advisers
Sections in the FOI Act:
32
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – medical records – information provided in confidence to hospital by third party – disclosure contrary to the public interest
Sections in the FOI Act:
35(1)(b)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – patient medical records – senior available next of kin – secrecy provision – prohibition on release of third party medical records
Sections in the FOI Act:
38