Access to information review application dismissed; fishing association failed to establish exemptions for financial information.
The applicant, a fishing association, brought an application to review a decision of the Information Commissioner recommending the disclosure of unredacted contribution agreements between the applicant and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
The applicant argued the financial information should be redacted as third-party confidential information and because its disclosure would cause prejudice.
The Federal Court dismissed the application, finding the applicant failed to prove the information was supplied by it rather than negotiated, that it treated the information as confidential, or that disclosure would cause material financial loss or competitive prejudice.
