C and Department of Police and Emergency Management (August 2012)
The issue for determination in this review was whether information relating to a family violence order made by the Applicant's wife against the Applicant in 2008 was exempt from production under s 30(l)(c) (the exemption applying to disclosure of methods for preventing, detecting or investigating breaches of the law) and s 36 (the exemption applying to law enforcement) of the Right to Information Act 2009.
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Christopher Ward and Tasmania Police (February 2011)
The information was found to be exempt under s30(1)(b) of the RTI Act, because it would reveal a confidential source of information if it was disclosed. The decisions of Mauger v General Manager, Wingercarribee Shire Council [1999] NSWADT 35 and Re McEneiry and Medical Board of Queensland [1994] QICMR 2; (1994) QAR 349 were applied.