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Description and dates of documents released under Freedom of Information

Reference number Date of access Request Info published Decision maker
FOI19/185 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
FOI19/178 06/09/2019 A copy of the letter sent by AGD to Al Jazeera regarding its possible obligation register under the Foreign Influence and Transparency Scheme. One document released in full. Department
FOI19/180 04/09/2019 A copy of any letters sent by the department to universities in Australia, concerning Confucius Institutes and the universities' obligations to register under the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme. Four documents released in full. Department
FOI19/166 30/08/2019 All correspondence and documents sent to the Governor-General's Office by the Attorney-General listing Mr Puplick as a suggested AAT appointee including reasons for his suggested appointment such as Mr Puplick's 'special knowledge' and/or 'relevant skills to the duties of a senior member'. Two documents released in full and one document released in part Department
FOI19/147 29/08/2019 Commissioner Jennifer Hunt's full Employment Record, Employment History, her previous work experience, positions, responsibilities and duties. Two documents released in full, 17 documents released in part and 11 documents exempt in full. Department
FOI19/137 19/08/2019 The report arising from the stakeholder survey undertaken by Ernst and Young under CN3585992. One document released in part. Department
FOI19/143 18/07/2019 a) the parts and/or sections and/or chapters of the latest incoming ministerial and/or government briefing documents and/or packages and/or blue book(s) about and/or relating to integrity commissions; and

b) any briefs (excluding any and/or all covered by part A above) produced after May 18 2019 about and/or relating to integrity commissions. 		Three documents released in part. Department
FOI19/097 01/07/2019 1. Regarding an amount listed in the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse Final Report Volume 1 as paid to RMIT: $97,463.
I request a breakdown of what this amount was for and which specific faculty, centre(s), or people within RMIT it was paid to.
2. Did the Commission define any of their consultants, in the areas of research, review, or institutional knowledge, as ‘senior consultants’? If so, who? What amounts were paid to them? (N.B. I do not need information regarding other types of consultants such as legal, IT, etc) 		One document released in part. Department
FOI19/120 01/07/2019 The Department's incoming ministerial brief (the blue book) under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 for Minister Porter. One document released in part and one document exempt in full. Department
FOI18/121 28/06/2019 Documents relating to the prosecutions of Bernard Collaery and Witness K. Two documents released in part, seven documents exempt in full Department
FOI19/051 16/04/2019 All documents held by the Attorney-General's Department regarding the use of Chinese security cameras since 1 January 2018. Two documents released in full, 15 documents released in part. Department
FOI18/174 12/04/2019 APR Energy legal costs One document released in full. Department
FOI18/245 20/03/2019 Page 26 of the Final Award Regarding Costs issued by the Arbitral Tribunal on 8 March 2017 in PCA Case No 2012-12, Philip Morris Asia Ltd v Commonwealth of Australia. One document released in full. Department
FOI19/010 13/03/2019 All documentation related to the Attorney-General's Department Review of Suppression Order Regimes. Revised on 1 February 2019 to 'Documents presented to CAG on 23 November 2018 in relation to the Attorney General Department's review of suppression order regimes. One document released in full and one document released in part.? Department