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Description and dates of documents released under Freedom of Information

Reference number Date of access Request Info published Decision maker
FOI19/196 21/10/2019 File 18/7275 OCL - Proposed protocol re: investigatory powers and parliamentary privilege Five documents released in full, seven documents released in part and two documents exempt in full. Department
FOI19/221 21/10/2019 All emails or letters created or received between consulted parties when processing Requests FOI19/158 and FOI19/159. Three documents released in full and 16 documents released in part. Department
FOI19/195 16/10/2019 Any correspondence between the department and Facebook, Twitter or Google/YouTube regarding the Criminal Code Amendment (Sharing of Abhorrent Violent Material) Bill 2019 or Criminal Code Amendment (Sharing of Abhorrent Violent Material) Act 2019. 11 documents released in full and eight documents released in part. Department
FOI19/187 15/10/2019 File 18/1079 CLU - ILU - Consumer Data Right / Open Banking - privacy - 2018 Five documents released in full, 11 documents released in part and 19 documents exempt in full. Department
FOI19/190 15/10/2019 File 18/4230 Elder Abuse Question Time briefs - Family Safety Branch 19 documents released in full and one document released in part. Department
FOI19/121 14/10/2019 The documents I seek is the Blue Book or Departmental brief provided to the new Minister for Industrial Relations, Christian Porter. My application only relates to the IR portfolio. I note that the Minister said today in an interview with Sky News that he just been provided with the briefs. Three documents released in part and one document released in full. Department
FOI19/181 14/10/2019 File 18/3382 Marriage Regulations 2017 – considerations of future amendments excluding (a) the names of any non-Senior Executive Service officers and (b) duplicate documents. Three documents released in full, 16 documents released in part and 16 documents exempt in full. Department
FOI19/182 14/10/2019 File 18/459 CTALB- Incoming Attorney-General Submission- Judicial appointments process- Administrative Appeals Tribunal appointments process, excluding (a) the names of any non-Senior Executive Service officers and (b) duplicate documents. Two documents released in full, four documents released in part and one duplicate document exempt in full. Department
FOI19/183 14/10/2019 File 18/1832 Automated Decision Making, excluding (a) the names of any non-Senior Executive Service officers and (b) duplicate documents. 29 documents released in full, one document released in part, and 6 documents exempt in full. Department
FOI19/202 11/10/2019 1. A copy of the report by RMIT commissioned by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

2. A list of the people who were members of the expert advisory committee for the report. 		Two documents released in full. Department
FOI19/213 10/10/2019 In regards to the line:

“Some limited further information has been redacted on other grounds”

On this webpage: https://financialservices.royalcommission.gov.au/Submissions/Pages/Submissions-in-response-to-initial-request.aspx

I request that the selective information that has been redacted "on other grounds" to be provided.

In the case where this is not possible, please provide specific reasons why this information is being withheld. 		One document released in part. Department
FOI19/174 02/10/2019 Documents that tally the total payment of fees, including legal costs, involved in the use of a Special Purpose Liquidator examining matters associated with the failure of Queensland Nickel in 2016.

This includes any legal or expert fees paid by the Commonwealth in association with legal matters related to Queensland Nickel, or paid to the SPL for the purposes of the SPL then paying for legal or expert fees.

This includes but is not exclusive to actions by the SPL to recoup Commonwealth money allocated under the Fair Entitlements Guarantee to workers who lost their jobs following the liquidation of Queensland Nickel.

For the purposes of narrowing the scope of this FOI, I only require the summary documents for the total amounts, and do not require constant running sheets of bills being paid. For example, if a final tally of all payments made since 2016 was available in one document, I would only require the latest version of said document and not any previous periodic updates. 		One document released in full. Department
FOI19/148 25/09/2019 1. emails, talking points, briefs, submissions, advices and notes relating to:

(a) the constitutional basis for, and

(b) the potential practical applications of the amending provisions proposed under the Defence Amendment (Call Out of the Australian Defence Force) Bill 2018; and

2. manuals, rules of engagement, guidelines, emails, talking points, briefs, submissions and advices in relation to rules of engagement guidelines under the Defence Amendment (Call Out of the Australian Defence Force) Bill 2018. 		Four documents released in full, two documents released in part and 13 documents exempt in full. Department
FOI19/185 20/09/2019 Any emails or documents relation to the A Current Affair broadcast of fottage of Steve Dickson in a strip club Five documents released in part, one document exempt in full. Department
FOI19/172 18/09/2019 1. Attorney-General’s Meeting Brief with Jennifer Robinson dated 2 May 2012;

2. Attorney-General’s Meeting Brief and talking points in relation to the meeting with Eric Holder, former US Attorney-General, in May 2012; and

3. Attorney-General’s Meeting Brief with Jeffrey Bleich, former US Ambassador to Australia, on 12 April 2012. 		One document released in full. Department
FOI19/186 16/09/2019 File 18/619 SDD - QTBs - 2018 One document released in full, 15 documents released in part. Department
FOI19/188 16/09/2019 (1) the Department’s decision in respect of freedom of information request FOI18/288, including the reasons for refusal of 81 documents; and

(2) the documents released by the Department in response to freedom of information request FOI18/288. 		Four documents released in full and one document released in part Department
FOI19/191 16/09/2019 File 18/2515P01 CLRS - Modern Slavery, excluding (a) the names of any non-Senior Executive Service officers and (b) duplicate documents. Three documents released in full, 2 documents exempt in full. Department
FOI19/158 13/09/2019 Any papers relating to the recruitment of the chief executive officer including but not limited to:

1. the information package provided to for applicants about selection criteria;

2. the number of applicants to the first and second advertisement for the recruitment of the CEO;

3. how many of those applicants had a top level management role with law enforcement agencies with telephone intercept powers;

4. how many of those applicants with top law enforcement backgrounds received an interview;

5. any record of why those people did not receive an interview;

6. how many applicants were interviewed;

7. any record of how the contact person in July 2017 for that CEO role became an applicant;

8. any records of how job applicants were informed that the contact person had become a job applicant;

9. copy of the subsequent advertisement re-advertising the CEO role;

10. any briefings or correspondence with the minister's office about how to manage the changed role of the contact person for the job becoming an applicant for the job.

11. any briefings to the minister or other government departments about the appointment of the CEO in 2017;

12. any records of complaints about the appointment of the CEO in November 2017;

The time frame is from June 1, 2017 until December 31, 2017.

I do not require personal details, such as names or email or physical addresses or telephone contacts. 		Two documents released in full, five documents released in part. Department
FOI19/168 06/09/2019 1. Communications between registrants on the Foreign Influence Transparency Register and the Department regarding Section 37 of the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Act 2018 (relating to the reporting of registerable activities during a voting period) as they relate to the 2019 federal election.

2. Noting the requirements under Section 43 (2A) of the above act, any and all transparency notices or provisional transparency notices issued to any and all persons or entities under Section 14 of the above act.

3. Communications between the Department and any person such as they relate to Sections 45 and 46 of the above act (relating to the Secretary’s powers to obtain information and documents).

4. Any referrals to relevant law enforcement authorities in relation to Part 5 of the above Act relating to enforcement provisions. 		One document released in part and four documents released in full. Department