Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – cabinet documents – briefings to the Minister – matters of a business, commercial or financial nature
Sections in the FOI Act:
28(1)(ba), 28(1)(d), 34(1)(b), 34(4)(a)(ii)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – VicRoads – licensing and registration records – driver licence – motor vehicle registration – personal affairs information of third parties – agency officer names – administrative nature of documents – agency exercise of statutory functions – disclosure of personal affairs information not unreasonable
Sections in the FOI Act:
33(1)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – Corrections Victoria – prison records – neither confirm nor deny the existence of documents – prison intelligence – law enforcement documents
Sections in the FOI Act:
27(2)(b), 31(1)(a), 31(1)(d)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – Corrections Victoria – prison record – audio recording of telephone call made from prison – law enforcement document – document to which secrecy provisions apply – section 104ZZA of the Corrections Act 1986 (Vic)
Sections in the FOI Act:
38
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – police history report – police records – law enforcement documents – Law Enforcement Assistance Program (LEAP)
Sections in the FOI Act:
31(1)(d), 25
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – council documents – information regarding neighbouring property – secrecy provision – ‘personal information’ – disclosure unreasonable – Local Government Act 2020 (Vic) – review of agency fresh decision
Sections in the FOI Act:
38
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – workplace relations – investigation report – external consultant – workplace review – health and wellbeing – rosters – personal affairs information – information provided in confidence – disclosure would not be contrary to the public interest
Sections in the FOI Act:
33(1), 35(1)(b)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – Therapeutic Goods (Declared Goods) Order – internal working documents – legal professional privilege – privilege not waived – information provided in confidence – disclosure not contrary to public interest – disclosure contrary to public interest – Food Safety code – Therapeutic Goods Administration
Sections in the FOI Act:
30, 32, 35(1)(b)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – internal working documents – planning scheme amendment – development proposals – Minister’s authorisation – Ministerial briefings
Sections in the FOI Act:
30
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – school records – internal working documents – disclosure contrary to the public interest – personal affairs information – disclosure unreasonable – COVID-19
Sections in the FOI Act:
30, 33(1), 25
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – regulatory documents – regulatory action – Building Act 1993 (Vic) – complaint – building practitioner – letter of caution
Sections in the FOI Act:
33(1)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – CCTV footage – personal affairs information – disclosure unreasonable
Sections in the FOI Act:
33(1)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – law enforcement documents – investigation documents – intervention orders – family violence – unreasonable to disclose personal affairs information – Family Law Act 1975 (Cth)
Sections in the FOI Act:
33(1)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – litigation – subpoena – refusal to process request on grounds all documents, should any exist, would be exempt – legal professional privilege – satisfied all documents exempt
Sections in the FOI Act:
25A(5), 32
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – amendment request – medical opinion and observations – discharge summary – health records – [amendment granted]
Sections in the FOI Act:
39
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – council documents – audit and risk committee – meeting minutes – [named location in regional Victoria] Project – development of bicycle trail – refusal to process request on the grounds all documents, should any exist, would be exempt – notice to process a sample of documents – not satisfied all documents would be exempt – disclosure of personal affairs information
Sections in the FOI Act:
25A(5), 30, 34(1)(b), 34(4)(a)(ii), 38, 49KA(2)(a)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – spreadsheets – level crossing removals – safety and traffic data – internal working documents – information communicated in confidence
Sections in the FOI Act:
30, 35(1)(b)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – Council documents – invoices – procurement of services – consultancy – account details – purchase order – secrecy provision – transparency – Local Government Act 2020 (Vic)
Sections in the FOI Act:
33(1), 34(1)(b), 38
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – police records – traffic incident report – amendment request – incorrect information
Sections in the FOI Act:
39
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – VicRoads – car registration – notification from third-party – information from which an individual's identity can be reasonably ascertained – medical report – secrecy provision – Road Safety Act 1986 (Vic)
Sections in the FOI Act:
35(1)(b), 38
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – police documents – bank statement – personal affairs information – disclosure unreasonable – information obtained in confidence – allegations of criminal offending
Sections in the FOI Act:
33(1), 35(1)(b)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – law enforcement documents – police documents – witness statements – record of interview – statements – Law Enforcement Assistance Program (LEAP) – preliminary brief – brief head – charge sheet and summons – victim impact statement – Workcover claim
Sections in the FOI Act:
33(1), 35(1)(b), 38
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – complaint handling – public complaints – Agency officer names
Sections in the FOI Act:
30, 33(1)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – internal working documents – Cabinet documents – Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) investigation – V/Line Corporation – terms of reference
Sections in the FOI Act:
28(1)(b), 28(1)(c), 28(1)(d), 30
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – prison records – prisoner telephone records – secrecy provision – personal or confidential information – Corrections Act 1986 (Vic)
Sections in the FOI Act:
38
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – workplace enquiry – employment matters – complaint – statements – email correspondence – information communicated in confidence – internal working documents – release in the public interest – personal affairs information
Sections in the FOI Act:
30, 33(1), 35(1)(b), 25
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – medical file – substantial and unreasonable diversion of agency resources from other operations – mental health records – consultation requirements under section 25A(6) – [Professional Standard 9] – [varied decision]
Sections in the FOI Act:
25A(1)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – child sexual assault – report to police – historic assault – next of kin – all documents, should any exist, would be exempt – personal affairs information
Sections in the FOI Act:
25A(5)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – council documents – memorandum –– personal affairs information – confidential information – alleged conflict of interest – Local Government Act 2020 (Vic)
Sections in the FOI Act:
38
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – medical records – parent seeking access to child’s medical records – personal affairs information of third parties – information communicated in confidence – disclosure contrary to the public interest – legal professional privilege – internal working documents
Sections in the FOI Act:
30, 32, 33(1), 35(1)(b)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – council documents – chief executive officer – calendar entries – fuel statements locations – location of third party – disclosure unreasonable
Sections in the FOI Act:
33(1), 38
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – Child Protection records – information provided in confidence – confidential source of information – personal affairs information of third parties
Sections in the FOI Act:
31(1)(c), 33(1), 38
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – council documents – memorandum – [internal report] – personal affairs information – confidential information – alleged conflict of interest – Local Government Act 2020 (Vic)
Sections in the FOI Act:
38
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – Child Protection records – parent request for information relating to child – Client Report Information System (CRIS) – case note
Sections in the FOI Act:
31(1)(a), 33(1)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – investigation documents – workplace incident – prosecution documents – ongoing investigations – completed investigations – refusal to process a request on grounds any documents, should any exist, would be exempt – not satisfied all documents would be exempt
Sections in the FOI Act:
25A(5), 31(1)(a), 32
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – council documents – memorandum – internal [investigation] report – personal affairs information – confidential information – alleged [misconduct]– Local Government Act 2020 (Vic)
Sections in the FOI Act:
38
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – council documents – building plans and drawings – internal floor plan – external building plans – personal affairs information – unreasonable to disclose – secrecy provision –
Local Government Act 2020 (Vic)
Sections in the FOI Act:
33(1), 38
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – Emergency Management Victoria – Emergency Management Commissioner – log books – handwritten notes – State Control Centre – meeting minutes – internal working documents – Cabinet deliberations or decisions
Sections in the FOI Act:
28(1)(d), 30
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – court documents – prisoner records – pre-sentence report– documents not subject to FOI Act – access subject to fee – document available for purchase
Sections in the FOI Act:
29B
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – legal professional privilege – invoices – commercial in confidence – disclosure would expose a business undertaking unreasonably to disadvantage
Sections in the FOI Act:
32, 33(1), 34(1)(b), 38
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – emergency services document – Triple Zero call – 000 call – secrecy provision – confidential information – Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority Act 2004 (Vic) – ESTA Act
Sections in the FOI Act:
38
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – enquiries from the public – correspondence between agency officers – correspondence from a third party with an agency
Sections in the FOI Act:
33(1), 35(1)(b)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – food safety – Food Act 1984 (Vic) – Local Government Act 2020 (Vic) – secrecy provision – personal affairs information of Agency officers – disclosure unreasonable– information communicated in confidence – disclosure contrary to public interest – information acquired from a business undertaking – business, commercial or financial information – disclosure would not expose a business undertaking unreasonably to disadvantage
Sections in the FOI Act:
30, 33(1), 34(1)(b), 35(1)(a), 38
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – parent request for child’s school file – student record – personal affairs information of third parties – disclosure unreasonable – information provided in confidence – disclosure contrary to public interest – search concerns – section 61B(3)
Sections in the FOI Act:
33(1), 35(1)(b)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – council documents – planning documents – planning application – plans – land use permit – secrecy provision – Local Government Act 2020 (Vic) – personal information
Sections in the FOI Act:
38
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – regulator documents – prosecution – withdrawal of charges – documents subject to legal privilege – decision making documents – publicly available information – disclosure not contrary to the public interest – briefing to a Minister
Sections in the FOI Act:
30, 32
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – medical records – health records – personal affairs information – disclosure unreasonable
Sections in the FOI Act:
33(1)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – workplace relations – workplace conduct – employee – internal email correspondence – SMS – reasonable opportunity to consult under section 25A(6) – substantial and unreasonable diversion of Agency resources
Sections in the FOI Act:
25A(1)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – medical records – mental health records – client note – documents affecting personal privacy of other parties – personal affairs information – unreasonable disclosure of information – section 33(2AB)
Sections in the FOI Act:
33(1)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – repeated requests – legal professional privilege – invoices – commercial in confidence – varied decision
Sections in the FOI Act:
32, 33(1), 34(1)(b)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – regulator documents – workplace injury – investigation – legal privilege – legal proceedings – witness statements – Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic)
Sections in the FOI Act:
32, 33(1)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – COVID-19 pandemic– public health directions – legal advice – Cabinet documents – legal professional privilege - irrelevant information
Sections in the FOI Act:
32, 25
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – business, commercial or financial information – government grants – unreasonable disadvantage to business undertaking
Sections in the FOI Act:
34(1)(b)
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – council documents – communication between lawyer and client – [occupation] – legal advice – legal professional privilege – information provided in confidence – Local Government Act 2020 (Vic) – secrecy provision
Sections in the FOI Act:
38
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – school documents – incident involving a child – parent seeking access to information concerning incident involving their child – third party information – information obtained in confidence – Child Protection information – medical report – secrecy provision – confidentiality provision
– Children Youth and Families Act 2005 (Vic)
Sections in the FOI Act:
30, 32, 33(1), 35(1)(b), 38
Headnote:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – COVID-19 pandemic – public health directions – legal advice – Cabinet documents – legal professional privilege – irrelevant information
Sections in the FOI Act:
32, 25