Right to Information

Right to Information (RTI) Act

Under the Right to Information Act 2009, residents have a statutory right to access information held by government unless, on balance, release of the information would be contrary to the public interest.

The Right to Information Act 2009 replaces the Freedom of Information Act 1992.

Information Privacy Act

The Information Privacy Act 2009 provides safeguards for the handling of personal information held in public sector environment and provides a mechanism for people to access and amend their personal information.

The Information Privacy Act Chapter 3 replaces the Freedom of Information Act 1992.

How to make an application for access under RTI or IP

An application for access to documents under the RTI or IP Acts must:

be made on the approved form;
provide sufficient information concerning the document/s requested
be accompanied by the current application fee of $40.50 - unless the document to which the access is sought only contains the personal information of the applicant.
returned to a Council Customer Service Centre or posted to PO Box 1943, Hervey Bay, Qld, 4655

Disclosure log

The Right to Information 2009 commenced on 1 July 2009.

Documents released under the Act to applicants will be progressively published via our disclosure log.

Ref No.	Date of decision	No. of pages	Topic / information requested
0910-017 (PDF, 6.8MB)	12/02/10	800	Report carried out by a Brisbane-based consultant firm on allegations of bullying

Publication Scheme

All agencies are required to publish a Publications Scheme that explains the information that the public can access.

This scheme sets out classes of information and the terms on which Council will make this information available.

Contact us

For further information, please contact Council's Right to Information Officer on 1300 79 49 29.

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