Disclosure Log 2020-2021

The Department of Health is required to maintain a disclosure log in accordance with the Right to Information Act 2009. Should you have any difficulty with downloading documents on this page or have any queries regarding the disclosure log, please contact us.

Redacted information in the linked documents without a redaction code is information discussed with and agreed by the applicant as being irrelevant.

1 July 2020–30 June 2021

Ref number Valid application date Information Requested  StatusName of applicant Outcome of applicationLinks
DOH-DL 20/21-001 02/07/2020 Documents, specifically ministerial/executive briefing notes and attachments, audits, reviews, AV material (if captured) and correspondence relating to the latest information about border exemptions and border breaches since COVID-19 restrictions have been imposed.

I’d expect my application to capture the following information:
1.The number of applications for border exemptions granted and the reason why - Please include the state of origin of the applicants (ie. which state they were travelling from).
2.The number of applications for border exemptions rejected and the reason why applicants (ie. please include which state they were travelling from).
3.The number of border exemption applications still pending applicants (please include which state they were travelling from).
4.The number of breaches of borders and related details of what happened, where, why and the outcome.

Please limit AV material such as CCTV, body-worn camera footage, mobile phone footage, dashcam etc… searches to just border breaches. If there are more than five incidents caught on camera, please limit to the first five located.In relation to correspondence, please limit to the chief health officer and the head officer who oversees border protection.Date range: 01 March 2020 – 02 July 2020

Revised scope:

1. Ministerial/executive briefing notes and attachments regarding either border exemptions or border breaches

2. Any reports generated from a database that may capture the number of border exemption requests, including whether they have been granted or not approved

Date range: 01 March 2020 – 02 July 2020

Finalised Seven Network 1 page - Full release
(1 page of explanatory notes provided)
DOH-DH 20/21-001
DOH-DL 20/21-002 10/07/2020 A list of currently registered community pharmacies in Queensland with their street address

Date range: Unspecified
Finalised The Pharmacy Guild of Australia 22 pages - Full release
(1 page of explanatory notes provided)
DOH-DH 20/21-002
DOH-DL 20/21-003 13/07/2020 Copies of communication about renovations/ building work or furniture or larger appliance purchases (such as TVs) for staff working within the Office of the Queensland Health Director-General.

Documents to include: emails, text messages, memos, approval forms, expense forms, briefing notes, invoices, about the work to be included, including those deleted, and digital copies of any photographs or video taken before, during, or after of the renovations or appliance installations.

Date range:  01 July 2019 - 14 July 2020
Finalised Seven Network 11 pages - Partial release DOH-DL 20/21-003
DOH-DL 20/21-004 24/07/2020 Status and/or update and/or progress reports on the CovidSafe app: (a) briefing prepared for the minister on the app
(b) daily and/or weekly and/or monthly summary reports on the operations, administration, problems and performance of the app.
(c) information about the take-up or use  of the app by Australians and the costs of its establishment and operation.

Date range: 01 June 2020 - 24 July 2020
FinalisedABC NetworkNo Documents 
DOH-DL 20/21-005 29/07/2020 Copies of documents showing why a board member was selected to her board role.
The documents sought would be expected to include her application for the job including references and considerations over her position including criteria used when first appointed or reappointed.

Date range: Unspecified
Finalised Withdrawn 
DOH-DL 20/21-006 03/08/2020 Any correspondence within Queensland Health and between Queensland Health and other government departments, in particular the Department of Premier and Cabinet, regarding the decision to grant an exemption from mandatory hotel quarantine for singer and TV presenter Dannii Minogue.

Date range:  01 July 2020 - 31 July 2020

Finalised Brisbane Times

13 pages - Full release
88 pages - Partial release 
361 pages - Refused - 47(3)(b)
(The applicant agreed to remove mobile phone numbers, direct lines, legal advice and commercial information as irrelevant)

DOH-DL 20/21-006
DOH-DL 20/21-007 03/08/2020 Documents recording requests made to Queensland's Chief Health Officer of Health Department for exemptions from hotel quarantine for COVID-19, including the dates of those requests and any reasons given for them. I also request documents which indicate whether and on what date those requests were granted or refused, who made the decision, the ground on which any exemptions were granted, and any recorded reasons. I do not require the names of the requesters or other information that would render them identifiable.

Date range: Unspecified

Revised scope:

Relevant information which can be extracted from a Queensland Health database regarding Quarantine Exemption requests.

Date range: 18 June 2020 - 03 August 2020

Finalised Freelance Journalist Refused - 47(3)(e) - no documents  
DOH-DL 20/21-008 06/08/2020 All communications between the Premier of Queensland, the Hon. Annastacia Palaszczuk MP, and the Chief Health Officer, Dr Jeanette Young regarding the content of any public health direction given, or to be given, by the Chief Health Officer under Chapter 8 of the Public Health Act 2005 (Qld).

The type of documents the applicant is seeking:
Letters, memoranda, emails, text messages or any other written communication whatsoever.

Date range: 27 January 2020 - 05 August 2020

FinalisedMember of the publicNo Documents 
DOH-DL 20/21-009 27/07/2020 Document titled "Summary of Allegations, Findings and Recommendations of the Queensland Health Ethical Standards Unit Investigation into Events Surrounding the Alleged Sexual Assault of a Nurse in the Torres Strait" that was published on the QH website 02/03/09

Date range:  02 March 2009

Revised scope:

Ethical Standards Unit Investigation into Events Surrounding the Alleged Sexual Assault of a Nurse in the Torres Strait
Finalised Member of the public 5 pages - Full release DOH-DL 20/21-009
DOH-DL 20/21-010 24/08/2020 Documentation in relation to the Drayton Ambulance Station project.

Date Range: 1 January 2011 - 31 January 2018
In Progress    
DOH-DL 20/21-011 19/08/2020

CCTV, video and still images provided to Queensland Health of Brisbane Broncos players attending and inside the Everton Park hotel on August 1, 2020.

Date range: 01 August 2020 - 19 August 2020

Finalised News Queensland No documents  
DOH-DL 20/21-012 19/08/2020

The 40-page biosecurity plan given to Queensland Health by the NRL for its "bubble" arrangement during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Any other documents relating to the biosecurity and "bubble" agreement/arrangement made by the NRL with Queensland Health.

Date range:  01 March 2020 - 19 August 2020

Revised scope:

The biosecurity plan/agreement between Queensland Health and the NRL for its "bubble" arrangement during the COVID-19 pandemic. I seek the final/agreed plan. It has previously been referred to as 40 pages.

Finalised News Queensland 126 pages - Full release
(irrelevant information removed)
DOH-DL 20/21-012-001
DOH-DL 20/21-012-002
DOH-DL 20/21-012-003
DOH-DL 20/21-013 20/08/2020

Pharmaceutical Rehabilitation Services (PRS) Beenleigh 10/82 City Rd, Beenleigh QLD 4207 Approvals, and compliance documents

Date range:  Unspecified

Revised scope:

Pharmaceutical Rehabilitation Services (PRS) Beenleigh 10/82 City Rd, Beenleigh QLD 4207 Approvals, and compliance documents:

1. all approval applications submitted by PRS to QLD Health.
2. Approval documentation that given from QLD health to PRS.
3. compliance documentation that was given to PRS from QLD health on how to conduct operations.
4. any compliance breaches from PRS.
5. Legislation or regulations on what a facility like PRS is to comply with in regards to existing and surrounding businesses.
6. Documentation of existing businesses being contacted prior to PRS starting operations
7. QLD health compliance checks on PRS (what responsibilities do QLD health have to ensure such businesses were set up in accordance with the law and operate lawfully.
8.  complaints from the public (names withheld) in regards to PRS Beenleigh
9. complaints from QLD health (names withheld) in regards to PRS Beenleigh 10. QLD health's action on all complaints
11. QLD health's action on all breaches of non-compliance from PRS and other like businesses
12. phone number, email address for members of the public to submit issues in regards to businesses like PRS

Finalised Member of the public 1 page - Full release
6 pages - Part release
88 pages - Refused access
DOH-DL 20/21-013
DOH-DL 20/21-014 02/09/2020 1.Submissions received from external organisations in response to consultation regarding the proposed policy “advertising content on Queensland Government advertising spaces”.  Include submissions held by DOH for Version 1 and Version 2.

2.The Final Agenda for the consultation workshop held in relation to policy version 1 and any meeting or outcome notes.
In Progress    
DOH-DL 20/21-015 09/09/2020

The nomination of an individual to the Minister to  serve voluntarily on the Princess Alexandra Hospital research Foundation and the subsequent probity check

Date range:  05 May 2020 - 04 September 2020
Finalised Member of the public 14 pages - Refused access
(all documents exempt under Sch.3(3)(1)(c)
 
DOH-DL 20/21-016 25/09/2020 Emails from QH to QNMU on approximately 22 January 2020 where a copy of a Queensland Health Memo draft may have been sent for review.

Date range: 05 January 2020 - 29 January 2020
Finalised Nurses Profession Association of QLD (NPAQ) 7 pages - Full access DOH-DL 20/21-016
DOH-DL 20/21-017 25/09/2020 Emails between named persons on 16 November 2020, referring to a "government agenda" and possibly mentioning the NPAQ. Finalised Nurses Profession Association of QLD (NPAQ) 3 pages - Full release
71 pages - Refused access 
DOH-DL 20/21-017
DOH-DL 20/21-018 25/09/2020 Correspondence relating to the NPAQ sent to the Office of Industrial Relations including any correspondence relating to the drafting of a Memo. Finalised Nurses Profession Association of QLD (NPAQ) 76 pages - Full release
79 pages - Refused access 
DOH-DL 20/21-018
DOH-DL 20/21-019 01/10/2020 1. The number of people who have been quarantined in QLD in private accommodation;
2. Of those, the origin of those people quarantined (ie. where they come from);
3. The number of people the government has billed for quarantine and the amount.

Date range: 01 August 2020 -  30 September 2020

Revised scope:
 
Documents since 1 August, 2020, specifically reports, ministerial/executive briefings and attachments, executive board meeting minutes, audits, correspondence (please limit searches for correspondence to just the Director-General and the Deputy Directors-General) and records relating to quarantine costs. I am specifically seeking documents containing the following information and if that information is contained in one document, I’m happy to limit to just that:
1.The number of people who have been quarantined in QLD in private accommodation;
2. Of those, the origin of those people quarantined (ie. where they come from);
3. The number of people the government has billed for quarantine and the amount

Date range: 01 August 2020 -  30 September 2020 
Finalised Seven Network 10 pages - Full release
(irrelevant information removed and 2 pages of explanatory notes provided) 
DOH-DL 20/21-019
DOH-DL 20/21-020 06/10/2020 Technical data sheets and instructions that accompany each method/machine/technique that is used or has been used during 2020 to test humans for the virus known as Covid-19. Other written instructions, including reports and operational warnings, provided to persons engaged in testing biological samples for that virus. All advices given by the Chief Health Officer to the Premier in respect of closing Queensland schools, including the medical data on which such advice was based.

Date range: 01 January 2020 - 08 October 2020
FinalisedMember of the public318 pages - Full releaseDOH-DL 20/21-020_001
DOH-DL 20/21-020_002
DOH-DL 20/21-020_003
DOH-DL 20/21-021 06/10/2020 A copy of each technical/medical journal article/paper, whether generally published or created internally, whether or not peer-reviewed, concerned with the use and accuracy of (polymerase chain reaction) PCR based testing for the virus known as Covid-19.

Date range: 01 January 2020 - 08 October 2020
FinalisedMember of the public94 pages - Full releaseDOH-DL 20/21-021
DOH-DL 20/21-022 14/10/2020 Australian Health Protection Principal Committee papers by or circulated to the Chief Health Officer, or their representative, between 1 May and 31 July 2020 concerning the following matters in Victoria;
- Contact tracing;
- Testing approaches;
- Hotel Quarantine;
- Elimination/suppression strategies; and
- Public Health workforce capacity.

Date range: 01 May 2020 - 31 July 2020
FinalisedABC NetworkNo Documents 
DOH-DL 20/21-023 08/10/2020 Documents held by Central Pharmacy regarding specific batches of Gentamicin 80mg/2ml (as sulfate) injection BP ampoule.

Date range: September 2011 - June 2012; and
January 2015 - December 2018
Finalised Kingsley Lawson Lawyers

18 pages - Full release

DOH-DL 20/21-023
DOH-DL 20/21-024 05/11/2020 Documents such as ministerial/executive/hot issues briefings and attachments, meeting minutes, reports, audits, reviews and correspondence, relating to the SNOW database, specifically information that is sourced from it.

Date range: 01 September 2020 – 05 November 2020

Finalised Seven Network 4 pages - Full release
(1 page of explanatory notes provided)
DOH-DL 20/21-024
DOH-DL 20/21-025 18/11/2020

Reports produced from the Digital Coronavirus application (DCoVA) since 1 November, 2020 to the date of this application.

Date range: 01 November 2020 - 18 November 2020

Finalised Seven Network

Access refused - s47(3)(e)

 
DOH-DL 20/21-026 18/11/2020 Documents, specifically reports, statistics, spreadsheets, reviews and AV material such as footage/photos relating to Smoking law fines.
- How many fines were issued and the amount each year for the past two financial year; and
- Breakdown of the types of smoking fines, where they occurred and how many, if any, were successfully rescinded/withdrawn and on what basis

Date range: 01 July 2019 - 19 November 2020
Finalised Seven Network 1 page - Partial release DOH-DL 20/21-026
DOH-DL 20/21-027 19/11/2020 Audio recordings of two 000 calls to Queensland Ambulance Service made on 30 June 2013. Finalised   
DOH-DL 20/21-028 19/11/2020

Documents, specifically correspondence such as emails and text messages, between:

1. The Director-General and the Head of the Corporate Media Team;
2. The Deputy Directors-General and the Health of the Corporate Media Team;
3. The Director-General and the Health Minister;
4. The Director-General and the Health Minister's Chief of Staff.

Date range: 01 October 2020 - 19 November 2020

Finalised Seven Network 23 pages - Full release DOH-DL 20/21-028
DOH-DL 20/21-029 19/11/2020

Emails and text messages, between:

1. The Chief Health Officer and the Premier;
2. The Chief Health Officer and the Health Minister;
3. The Chief Health Officer and the Health Minister's Chief of Staff.

Date range: 01 October 2020 - 19 November 2020

Finalised Seven Network 11 pages- Full release
8 pages - Part access
(The applicant agreed to remove direct contact telephone numbers, teleconference phone number and access code, and staff direct email addresses (leaving the staff name) as irrelevant)
DOH-DL 20/21-029
DOH-DL 20/21-030 01/12/2020

Documents regarding Nurses Professional Association of Qld (NPAQ), including any reference to the inability of NPAQ not being able to advocate on behalf of it's members.

Date range: September 2018 - March 2019 and October 2019 - February 2020

Finalised Nurses Profession Association of QLD (NPAQ) 13 pages - Full release
2 pages - Refused access
DOH-DL 20/21-030
DOH-DL 20/21-031 01/12/2020

Australian Health Protection Principal Committee papers authored by or submitted on behalf of Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Dr Brett Sutton between concerning the following matters in Victoria:
- Contact tracing;
- Testing approaches;
- Hotel Quarantine;
- Elimination/suppression strategies; and
- Public Health workforce capacity.

Date Range: 01 May - 31 May 2020

FinalisedABC NetworkRefused  access 
DOH-DL 20/21-032 03/12/2020

All Medical Advice and Evidence supporting decisions by the Queensland Chief Health Officer and provided to the Premier and Health Minister which were used to make the following decisions relating to Border closures and openings.

Date range: 23 March 2020 - 29 November 2020

Revised scope:

Relevant health advice and medical evidence used by the Qld Chief Health Officer relating to the following :

1. the relevant health advice and medical evidence the Qld CHO used  to make decisions to keep the Qld border closed beyond 30 September 2020 to 1 December 2020.

2. the relevant health advice and medical evidence used by the CHO to put a criteria in place, that to open borders to other states or regions required 28 days without untraceable community transmission.

3. the health and medical criteria used by the CHO and Qld Government to define a COVID-19 hotspot

Finalised Orbit World Travel

111 pages – Full release
41 pages – Refused access
(1 page of contextual information provided)

Document link will be added – applicant yet to pay processing charges
DOH-DL 20/21-033 03/12/2020

1. Has Queensland Health purchased AEONMED VG70 Ventilators
2. How many AEONMED VG70 Ventilators did Queensland Health purchase
3. When were the orders placed
4. When were the goods delivered

Date range: 02 February 2020 - 01 December 2020

FinalisedMedical Device Technologies Pty LtdNo Documents 
DOH-DL 20/21-034 10/12/2020 Work email addresses of every current nurse in Queensland Health, including names and respective hospitals. Finalised Nurses Professional Association Queensland 911 pages - Refused access (personal information)  
DOH-DL 20/21-035 04/01/2021 - Documents related to the decision by QH to commission an investigation by McGrath Nicol, including complaints, meeting minutes etc
 
Date range: 01 January 2017 - 31 October 2017
Finalised Webb & Co Lawyers Deemed access decision

Documents withheld under s.78B(2) of the RTI Act
49 pages - Full release
7 pages – Partial release
1 page – Refused

DOH-DL 20/21-036 11/01/2021

Various documentation relating to:
- risk vs harm for lockdowns
- full sequence RNA for both strains of Covid
- evidence for mask wearing
- health effects of mask wearing outside of health care setting
- covid testing - approval process etc
- evidence for social distancing
- evidence for extending state of emergency

Date range: 2000 - 2021

Revised scope:

1. Queensland Health's finalised report citing detailed medical/scientific evidence to:
a) initiate and enforce state border closures/restrictions in March 2020, April 2020, August 2020, December 2020 & January 2021.
b) initiate and enforce social distancing and quarantine/home isolation (including rationale/evidence for the chosen restrictions to the number of people allowed at private property & public gatherings), business closures (and the rationale/evidence behind decisions on which businesses could stay open/could not, and number of people allowed at different business venues eg. funeral homes, wedding venues), in March/April 2020 & January 2021
c) initiate and enforce mask wearing in January 2021
2. Queensland Health's finalised report citing detailed medical/scientific evidence of:
a) Harm of lockdown measures to health (including mental health)
b)Negative side effects to health (including mental health) due to enforced mask wearing/mask wearing
3. Queensland Health's original finalised document which includes:
a) The efficacy of PCR tests (recommendation to use)
b) PCR testing protocols  
c) PCR sensitivity/cycle thresholds to be used when testing Queensland residents
d) Where data is held and how data is managed in line with the Queensland government's privacy requirements
4. Queensland Health's latest/updated finalised document which includes:
a) PCR Testing protocol
b) PCR sensitivity/cycle thresholds to be used when testing Queensland residents
5. Queensland Health's finalised document which shows the isolated, full genomic sequence of SARS-CoV-2
6. Queensland Health's position paper/policy on how compensation to individuals suffering adverse reactions to Covid-19/SARS-CoV-2 vaccines will be managed by the State.

Date range: 01 January 2020 to 11 January 2021

Finalised Member of the public

81 pages - Full release
(Applicant agreed to remove telephone numbers and email addresses (leaving the name of the recipients/sender) as irrelevant information)

DOH-DL 20/21-036-001
DOH-DL 20/21-036-002
DOH-DL 20/21-036-003
DOH-DL 20/21-037 25/01/2021

Queensland Health (i) policy, (ii) procedural; and (iii) decision making guidelines and requirements and standards that decision makers use to inform, consider, or make determinations to grant exemptions from State run hotel quarantine

Date range: 01 March 2020 to 22 January 2021

Revised scope:

1. Queensland Health (i) policy, (ii) procedural; and (iii) decision making guidelines and requirements and standards that decision makers use to inform, consider, or make determinations to grant exemptions for international arrivals (excluding air or maritime crew) from State run hotel quarantine. This should include:
a) The criteria/standards applied against plans such as medical, transfer, security and safety plans
b) Any requirements around qualifications of service providers (eg general practitioner vs specialist)

2. With regard to international arrivals (excluding air or maritime crew), statistics from March 2020 to the current date on:
a) The number of exemption requests received
b) The number of exemptions from State run hotel quarantine granted.

Date range: 01 March 2020 – 09 April 2020

Finalised Member of the Public 37 pages - Full release DOH-DL 20/21-037
DOH-DL 20/21-038 26/10/2020 Documents detailing the rationale for the Chief Health Officer’s decisions to a. issue Border restrictions Direction (No 15);
b. not revoke or vary Border restrictions Direction (No 15);
c. declare COVID-19 hotspots for all parts of Victoria and New South Wales; and
d. not to revoke or replace the declarations of COVID-19 hotspots for all parts of Victoria and New South Wales;
(the Decisions).
2. The minutes of any meetings at which the Chief Health Officer made the Decisions (but not the documents tabled at those meetings).
Finalised Arnold Bloch Leibler (on behalf of Flight Centre) 237 pages - Full release (irrelevant information, mobile phone numbers, removed)       DOH-DL 20/21-038-001
 DOH-DL 20/21-038-002
1713/21 15/02/2021

Quarantine hotels undergoing assessments for the purpose of reviewing their suitability for the quarantine program, including by hotel engineers providing advice about ventilation.

Date range: February 2020 to February 2021

Finalised ABC Network 27 pages - Full release
(irrelevant information, mobile phone numbers, removed)
1 page - Explanatory notes
1713/21-001
1713/21-002
1713/21-003
1661/21 28/01/2021

All records/minutes/scientific publications/internal memos/documents relevant SARS-CoV2/COVID19 related questions

Date range: 01 January - 28 January 2021

Finalised Member of the public Refused to deal in accordance with section 41 of the RTI Act – Effect on agency’s or Minister’s functions.  
1678/21 03/02/2021

All reports, ministerial/executive briefing notes and attachments, and correspondence (please limit searches for correspondence to the Director-General only) relating to the Opioid Substitution Treatment Trial.

Date range: 1 July 2020 to 3 February 2021

Finalised Seven Network

14 pages - Full release
(The applicant agreed to remove direct phone numbers, including mobile numbers, email addresses, leaving in the identity of the email recipient(s) / sender, as irrelevant)

1678/21
1679/21 03/02/2021 Documents that the Chief Health Officer considered in making her decisions to:
(a) issue Border restrictions Direction (No 5); and
(b) not revoke or vary Border restrictions Direction (No 5).
Finalised Arnold Bloch Leibler 1922 pages - Full release
1 page - Contextual information
(The applicant agreed to remove email addresses, work mobile telephone numbers, direct phone lines and names of Junior Officers from other jurisdictions as irrelevant.)
1679/21-001
1679/21-002-01
1679/21-002-02
1679/21-002-03
1679/21-002-04
1750/21 11/03/2021 000 calls related to a shark attack on 24 October 2020 near Britomart Reef Finalised Hit+Run Creative Full release -  Audio file (6 mins 38 secs) available on request by emailing rti-privacy@health.qld.gov.au 
1777/21 03/03/2021

Communications and consultation submissions from commercial food and beverage organisations to Queensland Health in relation to the National Obesity Strategy

Date range:  September 2019 - April 2020

Finalised Deakin University

659 pages - Full release
(The applicant agreed to remove contact details of organisations that made submissions as irrelevant as well as some emails)

1777/21-001
1777/21-002
1777/21-003
1803/21 10/03/2021 1.) The safe level or recommended level of prisoner to nurse ratios for all public prisons in Queensland.
2.) The prisoner to nurse ratios in all public prisons in Queensland.
3.) The prisoner to patient ratio in all public prisons in Queensland.
4.) The composition of nurses i.e. the skill mix for all public prisons in Queensland. The skill mix means different nurse skill levels, such as clinical nurses, registered nurses, enrolled nurses etc.
5.) The total number of occupied bed days in 30 days at the Lotus Glenn facility and the  vacancy rate of beds in 30 days at the Lotus Glenn facility.

Date range: 01 January 2020 - 10 March 2021
Finalised Nurses Professional Association of Queensland 2 pages - Full release
4 pages - Post application document
2 pages - Contextual information
(The applicant agreed to removal of privileged information such as Cabinet documents)
1803/21-001
1803/21-002
1803/21-003
1823/21 16/03/2021

All documents containing advice given to the office of the Health Minister and/or Minister relating to the expected and/or actual number of abortions in the state since decriminalisation in 2018 ( the passing of the Termination of Pregnancy Act 2018).

Date range: March 2020 - March 2021

Finalised Cherish Life Queensland

13 pages - Full release
(Mobile phone numbers, documents which attract cabinet, parliamentary or legal professional privilege plus the names and contact details of journalists have been removed as irrelevant).

1823/21
1824/21 16/03/2021

All documents and / or reports given to the Health Minister's Office relating to specific numbers of surgical and medical abortions in the state since decriminalisation 2018 (passing of Queensland's Termination of Pregnancy Act) and whether there has been a rise or fall in numbers since then, including but not limited to numbers provided by the state Health Department.

Date range: March 2020 - March 2021

Finalised Cherish Life Queensland 13 pages - Full release
(Mobile phone numbers, documents which attract cabinet, parliamentary or legal professional privilege plus the names and contact details of journalists have been removed as irrelevant)
1824/21
1869/21 31/03/2021

Ministerial briefing notes and attachments, reports, correspondence such as emails and text messages, relating to hospital staff working in the COVID wards being vaccinated.
Please also include documents which discuss which staff will be vaccinated against COVID.

Please limit searches to the Chief Health Officer, Director-General, Deputy Directors-General.

Date range: 01 February 2021 - 31 March 2021

Finalised Seven Network 67 Pages - Full release
(The applicant agreed to remove mobile phone numbers, direct lines, personal information, exact duplicate information or repetitive email changes, draft documents)
1869/21-001
1869/21-002 
1874/21 31/03/2021

Documents from Pathology Queensland regarding staff shortages or insufficient resources in the Coroner's Office, failures or delays in relation to the issuing or finalisation of death certificates or post mortem waiting times, room for body storage, documents discussing which staff will be vaccinated against COVID.

Date range: 01 January 2021 - 31 March 2021

Finalised Seven Network Refused access – documents nonexistent or unlocatable in accordance with sections 47(3)(e) and 52(1(a) of the RTI Act.  
1630/21 20/02/2021

The Business Case for Significant Organisational Change that was published by Queensland Shared Services and circulated around 06 March 2019.

All documents concerning the consultation process following the publication of the above mentioned Business Case

Finalised Member of the public 169  pages - Full release
(The applicant agreed to remove work mobile telephone numbers of Queensland Health staff as irrelevant).
1630/21
1744/21 23/02/2021 Information compiled in a spreadsheet detailing; the number of COVID-19 exemptions granted for someone to quarantine outside hotel quarantine, where the incoming person had travelled from, the reason for granting the exemption, where the incoming person was allowed to quarantine (ie. at home, at a hotel of their choice) and a date. Finalised The Courier Mail No documents  
1758/21 01/03/2021 Total government expenditure  involved both direct and indirect in legal costs  related to Senior Medical Officer Emergency Department (ED25) allowance (Emergency Department Specialty Allowance) industrial disputes since 2017. Provide internal departmental costings and external legal consultancy fees. Include estimated costs of upcoming disputes as well. All emails and correspondence related to ED25 relating to expenditure. all consultancy fees in this matter. Finalised Dr Wayne Shipley

104 pages - Full access
(The applicant agreed to remove the following as irrelevant:  direct contact details and bank details of third parties, personal information, work mobile numbers, documents which attract cabinet, parliamentary or legal professional privilege, Breakdown of costs)

1758/21-001
1758/21-002
1772/21 02/03/2021

Documents, specifically reports, ministerial/executive briefings and attachments, and Executive Meeting minutes, relating to hospital parking revenue, including how much is retained by the Department, and parking discounts including the number and value of discounts awarded.

Please also include documents showing details of fines issued by parking inspectors.

Date range: The past three financial years inclusive (2018/19; 2019/20, and 2020/21 so far or for 2019, 2020, and 2021 (so far) mutually exclusively.

Finalised Seven Network 512 pages - Full release 1772/21-001
1772/21-002
1777/21 03/03/2021

Communications and consultation submissions from commercial food and beverage organisations to Queensland Health in relation to the National Obesity Strategy

Date range:  September 2019 - April 2020

In Progress    
1865/21 29/03/2021

QAS response to the flexible work provisions of the Industrial Relations Act 2016 , in particular, the centralised process which commenced on 7 December 2020, including minutes of meetings, summary of strategy papers and research documents.  Internal emails and  notes of any discussions having a bearing on the current centralised process for implementation of flexible work arrangements.

Date range: 2020 - 2021

Revised Scope:

Documents regarding the QAS centralised working arrangement as follows:
- Formal reports/briefing notes held in MINCOR
- Emails held by the Commissioner to/from the QAS Leadership team and Office of the Commissioner staff using keywords:
flexible work
FWA
centralised process
(excluding any emails relating to personal circumstances of individuals)

Date range – 01 July 2020 to 15 April 2021

Finalised Member of the public 46 pages - Full release
(The applicant agreed to remove details of employees on flexible work arrangements and the mobile telephone number of a QAS employee)
1865/21-001
1865/21-002 
1927/21 15/04/2021 Documents between 1 February 2021 & 15 April 2021 between the Head of the Department of Health Media/Comms unit and the Chief Health Officer regarding the handling of media requests made by the 7 Network.

Date range: 01 February 2021 - 15 April 2021
In Progress    
1767/21 02/03/2021

System generated reports outlining for Metro South, Metro North and Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service:

1.Number of times a patient was administered incorrect type of drug/medication
2.Number of times a patient was administered wrong volume of drug/medication
3.Number of times a patient was given a drug/medication not subscribed/intended for them
4.  Details of the five most serious medication related incidents, by severity code

Date range: 01 January 2020 - 31 December 2020

Finalised Nine Network 4 pages - Full release
3 pages - Explanatory note provided
(The applicant agreed to remove confidential/personal information, unique identifiers, coronial information)
1767/21
1880/21 31/03/2021

Data breakdown of COVID-19 cases indicating the distribution of active cases between each hospital in Queensland during the month of March 2020.

Data breakdown of COVID-19 cases indicating the distribution of active cases between each hospital in Queensland during the month of April 2020.

Data breakdown of COVID-19 cases indicating the distribution of active  cases between each hospital in Queensland during the month of May 2020.

Date range: March 2020 - June 2020

Finalised   Withdrawn by applicant  
1964/21 23/04/2021

Requests to the Queensland Health Minister from QldPol requesting information held in the integrated electronic medical record on any individuals holding, or applying for, firearm licences.

Date range: 2010 - present

Finalised National Shooting Council Deemed access decision  
1965/21 27/04/2021 Medical advice provided to the Minister and Cabinet related to the 29 March 2021 COVID-19 lockdown of Brisbane that justifies the Chief Health Officers actions. Finalised Member of the public No documents located
1 page - Contextual information provided  
1965/21
2005/21 06/05/2021

1. Qualitative and Quantitative risk assessments listing all risk statements, inherent risk assessments, proposed controls including and outlining how each risk control was determined by analysis and evaluation using ISO31000 and containing details of the hierarchy of control and the effectiveness of each control and the residual risk rating along with the accountable / responsible person for each risk.

2. The overarching COVID-19 risk register

3. The COVID Safe plan from June 2020 for QLD Health.

4. The activities that cover;
A. Entry into QLD from all States
B. Entry into QLD from international ports C. How locations were determined and assessed for suitability for hotel quarantine D. Risk based decision making framework used by the CHO to direct a range of controls including the use of PPE as the lowest form of protection to a major health pandemic.

Date range:  01 January 2020 - 01 May 2021

Revised Scope:

COVID-19 risks held in the Riskman system, including fields outlining actions to control COVID-19, based on the hierarchy of control, to control actual, speculative and/or perceived risks.

Date range: 01 January 2020 - 01 May 2021

Finalised Member of the public 3 Pages - Full release
1 Page - Explanatory notes
2005/21
2029/21 17/05/2021 Queensland Ambulance Service executive summaries for 'Serious incident reviews' indicating where there has been a fatality and a delay of more than 5 minutes for an ambulance to be dispatched. Finalised Channel Nine 6 pages - Full release
6 pages - Part release
(The applicant agreed to remove personal information as irrelevant)
2029/21
2103/21 02/06/2021 All documents detailing the 2020 Working For Queensland Survey results for QAS staff. Finalised Channel Nine Application withdrawn  
2111/2102/06/2021Emails sent or received by specific QAS staff containing key words/phrasesFinalisedChannel NineNo documents 
2125/2109/06/2021All documents relating to a request to interview a named Doctor.FinalisedABC NewsNo documents
47(3)(e)
 
2142/21 15/06/2021

Annual figures reporting sexual incidents involving patients in Queensland Mental Health facilities and any classification of such incidents broken down by gender and reported incidents.

Date range: 2011 - current

Finalised ABC Network 1 page - Full release
(Explanatory notes) 
2142/21
2173/21 22/06/2021 Documents regarding COVID-19 testing and test kits In Progress Nutrition Co Australia 26 pages - Full release
2 pages - Part release 
2173/21
2202/21 30/06/2021 The health  and medical advice that has led to the decision by the CHO and Qld Government to lockdown residents of Southeast Qld and other regions in Qld from 6pm Tuesday 29 June 2021 to 6pm Friday 2 July 2021. Finalised Orbit World Travel 46 pages - Full release
1 page - Explanatory notes
2202/21
2202/21-001
2041/21 17/05/2021

Ownership details for the Oxenford Amcal Chempro Chemist as of 31 August 2016, including the full name(s) of the owner(s); their pharmacist registration number and details of any pharmacies they currently own.

Revised scope:

The ownership of Oxenford Amcal Chempro Chemist as of 31 August 2016, including:
(i)  the full name(s) of the owner(s);
(ii)   their pharmacist registration number;
(iii) whether the owners currently own another pharmacy. If so, please provide the details of the new pharmacy including the name, location and contact details

Finalised Turner Freeman Lawyers, Brisbane No documents  
2119/21 08/06/2021

The "Queensland Ambulance Service Operations Brief" for both daily shifts from the Maroochy, Brisbane and Southport OpCentres.

Date range: 15 April to 15 May 2021

Finalised Leader of the Opposition 548 pages - Full release
98 pages - Part release
2119/21
1629/2119/01/2021

Documents, specifically reports, ministerial/executive briefing notes and attachments, audits, reviews, and correspondence relating to patients dying while in the emergency department or waiting to get into the emergency department (ie. in an ambulance). Limit to unexpected deaths and those not admitted.  Exclude DNR.  Provide category of patient and how long they waited.

Date range: 01 January 2019 – 19 January 2021

FinalisedSeven Network9 pages - Full release1629/21

Last updated: 28 March 2023