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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1989 - SECT 34

Documents affecting relations with Commonwealth and States

    (1)     Subject to subsection (2), a document is an exempt document if disclosure of the document under this Act—

        (a)     would, or could reasonably be expected to, cause damage to relations between the Territory and the Commonwealth or the Territory and a State; or

        (b)     would divulge information or matter communicated in confidence by or on behalf of the Commonwealth, a State or an authority of the Commonwealth or of a State to the Territory, to a Territory authority or to a person receiving the communication on behalf of the Territory or of a Territory authority.

    (2)     This section does not apply to a document in respect of matter in a document the disclosure of which under this Act would, on balance, be in the public interest.



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