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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOI19/262 | 17/12/2019 | The Department’s Freedom of Information business rules, guidelines, manuals and templates. | 23 documents released in full | Department |
| FOI19/240 | 13/12/2019 | Documents and correspondence relating to an application by a registered lobbyist firm, GC Advisory Ptd Ltd, to add the client Saber Astronautics Pty Ltd as a client. |
Two documents released in full, two documents released in part | Department |
| FOI19/256 | 06/12/2019 | The current version or the most recent previous version of policies, guidelines, codes of practice and procedures governing the decision-making process relating to the following: a. the imposition of charges for processing requests made under Part III of the FOI Act; and b. the postponement, reduction and remission of charges for processing requests made under Part III of the FOI Act. |
Three documents released in full. | Department |
| FOI19/226 | 25/11/2019 | Any document relating to the content of the Department of the Attorney General's advice OR the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecution's advice on the Australian Capital Territory's Drugs of Dependence (Personal Cannabis Use) Amendment Bill 2018 created between 17 September 2019 and 26 September 2019, excluding the advice dated 23 September sent by Sarah Chidgey to Richard Glenn. | Three documents released in full, 13 documents released in part and eight documents exempt in full. | Department |
| FOI19/228 | 25/11/2019 | Correspondence between the Office of the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions and the office of Attorney-General, Christian Porter, related to consideration of the ACT’s Drugs of Dependence (Personal Cannabis Use) Amendment Bill 2018. - Briefings prepared for the Attorney-General, Christian Porter, regarding the ACT’s Drugs of Dependence (Personal Cannabis Use) Amendment Bill 2018. - Documents informing any advice or briefings related to the ACT’s Drugs of Dependence (Personal Cannabis Use) Amendment Bill 2018. |
Three documents released in full, six documents released in part and 11 documents exempt in full. | Department |
| FOI19/255 | 20/11/2019 | Any documents which answer the following questions: I.a. Who were the leadwriter(s) of each of the 3 books of Volume 16? (A catholic organisation's online newsletter states Crittendon was 'Lead Writer- Religious Institutions Volume') l.b. [. .. ] Who wrote books 1 and 3 of volume 16? 1. c. Did any of the six Commissioners review Volume 16, Book 2, and provide feedback; if so which ones? l.d Any guidelines or writing policies that were provided to the writers of Volume 16, Book 2 I.e. A list of anyone who was not a Commission employee who was given a copy of Volume 16, Book 2 prior to the Final Report being ade publicly available, and the reason they were given it: eg was it in order to provide feedback or review, or for some other reason. 2. a. What, if any, policies did the Commission have regarding conflicts of interest for commissioners, employees, contractors, and researchers? 2.b. If there any policies regarding this for Australian royal commissions overall what are they? 2. c. If there are any policies regarding conflicts of interest for Australian commonwealth public servants that are applicable to royal commissions what are they. 3.a. Was there any type of tender or application process for the external research funded by the Commission? 3.b. Who made the decisions regarding research funding given to Australian Catholic University and RMIT? 3. c. What was the process for deciding who research funding was given to, and who had overall responsibility for the allocation of research funds? 4. List of reviewers and advisory group members for the following reports: • Assessing the different dimensions and degrees of risk of child sexual abuse in institutions • Risk profiles for institutional child sexual abuse • Our Safety Counts: Children and young people's perceptions of safety and institutional responses to their safety concerns • Taking us seriously: Children and young people talk about safety and institutional responses to their safety concerns • Safe and sound: Exploring the safety of young people in residential care. • Grooming and child sexual abuse in institutional contexts (PDF) 5. Names of the writers of Creating child safe institutions |
12 documents released in full. | Department |
| FOI19/245 | 18/11/2019 | Documents, communications or correspondence between: 1. The Registered Organisations Commissioner and the Attorney-General; and 2. The Registered Organisations Commissioner and the Attorney-General's Department, in the period 1 July 2019 to 30 September 2019 in relation to the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Ensuring Integrity) Bi11 2019 (Cth). |
Five documents released in full, 10 documents released in part. | Department |
| FOI19/192 | 14/11/2019 | (1) all documents containing correspondence between the Attorney-General (or his office) and the Department during the period 18 December 2018 to 23 July 2019 relating to "Measure 6" in the Report (the recommendation relating to merit based-appointments); (2) all documents containing correspondence between the Attorney-General (or his office) and the Department during the period 18 December 2018 to 23 July 2019 relating to whether and when the Report should be released publicly; and (3) all documents containing correspondence between the Attorney-General (or his office) and the Department during the period 1 December 2018 to 21 February 2019 relating to appointments to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, including (but not limited to): • all documents containing correspondence between the Attorney-General (or his office) and the Department during the period 1 December 2018 to 21 February 2019 relating to the appointment of William Frost, Fiona Zuccala, and Joseph Francis to the administrative Appeals Tribunal; and • all documents containing correspondence between the Attorney-General (or his office) and the Department during the period 1 December 2018 to 21 February 2019 relating to the reappointment of Gary Humphries to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. |
Three documents released in full, 54 documents released in part, and | Department |
| FOI19/223 | 11/11/2019 | Any reports, briefs, documents, memos, notes or emails created by the department in the 12 months prior to 25 September 2019 (inclusive) that relate to consultation regarding any extension of the Fair Entitlement Guarantee program to migrant workers. | Five documents released in full and 41 documents released in part. | Department |
| FOI19/207 | 04/11/2019 | 1. A list of members to a board or committee (if any board or committee existed) for review of the Final Report volumes of the Royal Commission. 2. A list of members to a board or committee (if any board or committee existed) for review of the following research papers: a. Scoping study for research into the prevalence of child abuse in Australia b. The role of organisational culture in child sexual abuse in institutional contexts c. Life journeys of victim/survivors of child sexual abuse in institutions: An analysis of Royal Commission private sessions d. Creating child safe institutions e. Help-seeking needs and gaps for preventing child sexual abuse f. Analysis of claims of child sexual abuse made with respect to Catholic Church institutions in Australia g. The use and effectiveness of restorative justice in criminal justice systems following child sexual abuse or comparable harms h. Capturing practice knowledge from the Royal Commission support model |
Eight documents released in full. | Department |
| FOI19/209 | 04/11/2019 | A list of all those appointed as a Professorial Fellow to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. | One document released in full. | Department |
| FOI19/229 | 01/11/2019 | Information held by the Attorney-General’s Department about security contact reports filed by its public servants. On Tuesday September 17 2019, I contacted the Attorney-General’s Department media team and enquired about the number of security contact reports filed over certain periods of time. I received a response from the media team on Friday September 20 2019. I am requesting: 1. Any communications from the Attorney-General’s Department between 17 September 2019 and 20 September 2019 arising from my ABC enquiry and relating to “contact reporting”, “security contact reports”, “soft power”, “foreign interference”, “espionage” 2. Any communications from Attorney-General’s Department secretary Chris Moraitis in 2019 about “contact reporting ”, “security contact reports”, “soft power”, “foreign interference”, “espionage” 3. The number of security contact reports filed by Attorney-General’s Department employees in 2019 4. Any briefings or submissions created about security contact reports since 2019 5. The number of security contact reports filed by Attorney-General’s Department employees in 2018 6. The number of security contact reports filed by Attorney-General’s Department employees in 2013 7. The number of Attorney-General’s Department employees who filed security contact reports in 2019, and who also held top secret security clearance |
Six documents release in full and 15 documents released in part, seven documents exempt in full. | Department |
| FOI19/243 | 01/11/2019 | The names of the editors of volumes 2, 3, 9, 12, and 16 of the Final Report of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. | One document released in full. | Department |
| FOI19/203 | 28/10/2019 | 1. Documents which show the following regarding Dr Marie Keenan (in her advisory capacity to the Australian Royal Commission into the abuse of children for reviews of the literature): the nature of her advisory capacity, whether paid by the Commission, and if so how much, whether she was a member of a specific board for reviews of the literature and what literature she reviewed. 2. Whatever documents are needed to give a list of all people were board members for literature reviews, or engaged in any other capacity to review literature. |
Three documents released in full. One document released in part. | Department |
| FOI19/224 | 25/10/2019 | Any letters by the Attorney-General or the Attorney-General’s department to the Prime Minister regarding the addition of accommodation issues affecting temporary migrant workers to the schedule of a meeting of the Council of Australian Governments sent in the past 18 months. Any emails between the Attorney-General’s department and the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet regarding the addition of accommodation issues affecting temporary migrant workers to the schedule of any meeting of the Council of Australian Governments sent in the past 18 months. |
Three documents released in part. | Department |
| FOI19/242 | 25/10/2019 | Any documents that were tabled or notes kept surrounding the treatment by Dr Wettenhall of patients from the 1960’s – 1980’s. | One document released in full. | Department |
| 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 |