Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 - SECT 33A

             (1)  Subject to subsection (5), 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 Commonwealth and a State; or

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

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