The Right to Information Act 2009(QLD) (PDF, 891 KB) and the Information Privacy Act 2009 (QLD)(PDF, 872 KB), which have replaced Freedom of Information (FOI) laws, provide equal access to information held by state government departments across all sectors of the community, and provide appropriate protection for individuals' privacy and personal information.

The Queensland Government is committed to providing access to information held by government departments, unless on balance it is contrary to the public interest to provide that information.

The Right to Information Act (2009):

• gives the public a right to apply for access to documents held by government agencies and Ministers;
• requires each agency to publish a publication scheme on its website which may include an online disclosure log of documents that have been released in response to Right to Information applications; and
• establishes the Information Commissioner and Right to Information Commissioner to oversee Right to Information in Queensland.

The Information Privacy Act (2009):

• gives the public a right to apply to access and amend their own personal information;
• details the privacy principles public sector agencies must comply with,; and
• establishes the Privacy Commissioner as a deputy to the Information Commissioner with particular responsibility for Information Privacy in Queensland.

Accessing Information

Before making a Right to Information (RTI) application you can check to see if the information is already available from the Racing Queensland website; our disclosure log, which consists of non-personal information released through the RTI legal process; or from our publication scheme which contains information about the department, our services, finances, priorities, decisions, policies, lists and registers.

If you wish to access about Racing Queensland, our services, finances, policies, registers and information released through Right to Information (RTI) requests that is not readily available, there are several avenues through you which you may do so.

How to make an application

As a member of the public, you have the right to:

• Apply for access to, or copies of, documents held by Racing Queensland. To do this, download and complete the Right to Information or Information Privacy Access Application (PDF, 144 KB).
• Request access to, or copies of, documents that relate to your personal information and apply to have that information amended. To do this, download and complete the Information Privacy Personal Amendment Application form (PDF, 88 KB).
• Apply to have your personal details amended. Under the Information Privacy Act, you may apply to amend documents containing personal information where you believe that the relevant information is inaccurate, misleading, out of date or incomplete. This can be done by downloading the Information Privacy Personal Amendment Application form (PDF, 88 KB) and submitting it by mail or in person.

You can send your application to:

Racing Queensland Right to Information, PO Box 63, Sandgate, Qld 4017

You can also contact Racing Queensland on (07) 3869 9752 or via email at: rti@racingqueensland.com.au

We will help determine if the information is accessible through an administrative release process or we'll advise if you need to make an RTI request to access it.

More information regarding the process of access from the Office of the Information Commission is available here.