Freedom of information disclosure log
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Description and dates of documents released under Freedom of Information
| Reference number | Date of access Sort ascending | Request | Info published | Decision maker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOI20/228 | 29/01/2021 | A document showing, in aggregate dollar value, FEG advances and costs recoveries recovered by the Recovery Funding team for each financial year for the period 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2020. | 1 document released in full. | Department |
| FOI20/179 | 18/01/2021 | Any document about the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme and its application to journalists, media organisations, and their owners and media commentators, from 29 June 2018 until 8 October 2020. Any document provided to the Attorney-General about the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme as it applies to journalists, media organisations and their owners, and media commentators, from 29 June 2018 until 8 October 2020. This includes briefings and talking points. |
36 documents released in part | Department |
| FOI20/178 | 18/01/2021 | Correspondence about the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme (FITS), from 29 June 2018 until 8 October 2020 between the Department and media organisations which are Chinese state owned or broadcast/publish in the Chinese language, or target the Chinese community in Australia. The correspondence includes: i. Correspondence encouraging recipients to consider whether the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme applies to their circumstances; ii. Correspondence encouraging recipients to consider registering under the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme; iii. Discussion of potential transparency notices and/or provisional transparency notices; and iv. Correspondence about the circumstances under which recipients of that correspondence may face penalties. |
3 documents released in part | Department |
| FOI20/202 | 15/01/2021 | Documents showing the work undertaken by the department to facilitate remote witnessing and signing of the Notice of Intended Marriage form during the COVID-19 crisis. | 3 documents released in full and 22 documents released in part. | Department |
| FOI20/223 | 24/12/2020 | Request for the latest brief to the Attorney concerning the reforms to the FOI Act | One document released in part | Department |
| FOI20/200 | 09/12/2020 | Any final report, memo or note prepared by the Advisory Group on behalf of the Commonwealth Government in relation to all 78 submissions made by members of the public in relation to the proposed Commonwealth Integrity Commission. | One document released in part | Department |
| FOI20/190 | 16/11/2020 | Webcast videos from the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry for the following public hearing dates: • 16 April 2018 • 17 April 2018 • 18 April 2018 |
4 videos released in full | Department |
| FOI20/191 | 13/11/2020 | Evidence of the Interim National Commissioner for Defence and Veteran Suicide Prevention being advertised in the press, and a copy of the full job description for the position of Interim Commissioner. | One document released in part | Department |
| FOI20/166 | 11/11/2020 | Correspondence related to the nomination for the Justices of the High Court of Australia in and around 1987 | 4 documents released in full. | Department |
| FOI20/108 | 15/10/2020 | A list of all entities which received work from the Department under the National Indigenous Procurement Policy in the 2019-20 financial year. | One document released in full | Department |
| FOI20/144 | 08/10/2020 | Document collating statistics for agency notification forms under the Legal Services Directions Act 2017 for the former Department of Human Services, Services Australia, the Australian Taxation Office and Comcare. | One document released in full | Department |
| FOI20/146 | 25/09/2020 | A copy of the document that proves Australia joined the UNIDROIT treaty in 1973 with full approval from the people of the Commonwealth of Australia. | One document released in full, one document released in part. | Department |
| FOI20/140 | 18/09/2020 | A document showing: 1) the number of personnel procured from Hays in the 19/20 financial year, 2) the amount spent by the department recruiting personnel from Hays in the 19/20 financial year, and 3) the position titles of all personnel recruited through Hays, working in the Sydney office of the department as at 19 August 2020. | One document released in full. | Department |
| FOI20/083 | 14/09/2020 | All policy-making and administrative documents relating to the adoption and implementation of the Criminal Code Amendment (Sharing of Abhorrent Violent Material) Act 2019, or AVM Act. In particular, documents related to the development and drafting of the bill as well as the period immediately after implementation, and any substantive agendas. This is limited to documents created from 15 March 2019 to 31 April 2019, inclusive. This excludes all emails (except those from representatives of Facebook and Google). | Nine documents released in full, 18 documents released in part, six documents exempt in full. | Department |
| FOI20/137 | 11/09/2020 | A document showing the number of departmental employees that have worked in the Ministerial Office of the Attorney-General from 2000 until 2020. This includes both Department Liaison Officers, and those that have joined the Minister’s private staff as advisers. | One document released in full. | Department |
| FOI20/121 | 25/08/2020 | A copy of the national service standards for community legal centres across Australia. | One document released in full. | Department |
| FOI20/118 | 21/08/2020 | The amount spent on labour hire staff procured throughout the Attorney-General's Department, for the 2019-20 financial year. | One document released in full. | Department |
| FOI20/070 | 14/08/2020 | A copy of the contract associated with Commonwealth tender ID CN3418114-A2, between the Attorney General's department and Julian T Brophy. | One document released in part | Department |
| FOI20/062 | 06/07/2020 | Copies of notices issued to entities under a number of provisions of the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Act 2018 and related correspondence | 5 document released in part | Department |
| FOI20/080 | 26/06/2020 | Copy of the letter sent by the Attorney-General to Professor Terry Carney in September 2017 | 1 document released in part, 1 document released in full | Department |