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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOI16/141 | 17/10/2016 | Documents indicating the dates and duration of consultation between the Attorney General’s Department and other agencies regarding the framework for the plebiscite on same-sex marriage (excluding the substance of any meetings). | 12 documents released in part. | Department |
| FOI16/118 | 10/10/2016 | Documents relating to changes to firearm importation regulations, specifically: - The Consultation Paper referred to in the Explanatory Statement for the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 6) (Select Legislative Instrument 2008 No. 255) as having been provided to industry stakeholders, inviting submissions in relation to these amending Regulations. - Copies of any submissions or other input lodged by the ACT Government (including but not restricted to the ACT Firearms Registry) and the Australian Federal Police related to the changes proposed in the above Explanatory Statement related to the physical appearance of firearms and restrictions on importation of firearms that resemble fully automatic firearms. |
One document released in full. | Department |
| FOI16/109 | 15/09/2016 | Documents relating to any correspondence, emails, documents, notes or details of telephone calls to and from Vodafone regarding stories in the Sun Herald in January 2011 about a breach of security of the telco's database. | Two documents released in full. | Department |
| FOI16/100 | 05/09/2016 | Documents, since September 1, 2015, relating to de-radicalisation programs or programs targeting children/students who are at risk of having been brainwashed by ISIS. Specifically: the number of students/children who have been put into these programs; the circumstances in which they have been put into these programs; how these programs work (terms of reference); the origin of these programs; what happens upon completion of these programs. |
Four documents released in part. | Department |
| FOI16/089 | 26/08/2016 | Documents relating to the number of: - applications by people seeking registration to become a marriage celebrant each year, by de-identified Registered Training Organisation - marriage celebrants registered and removed from the register of marriage celebrants, broken down by reason for removal from the register for each calendar year during the period 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2015. |
One document released in full. | Department |
| FOI16/075 | 15/08/2016 | Communications between the Attorney General’s Department, the Attorney-General’s Office and staff from the Australian Christian Lobby regarding the same-sex marriage plebiscite since August 2015. | One document released in part. | Department |
| FOI16/074 | 05/08/2016 | Documents relating to the Industry Consultation on National Security consultative body (ICONS) meetings in 2014 and 2016. | One document released in full and 20 documents released in part. | Department |
| FOI16/053 | 26/07/2016 | Documents relating to Mr Sirul Azhar Umar. | 26 documents released in full and three documents released in part. | Department |
| FOI16/034 | 07/06/2016 | Documents relating to any reports or legal advice (dated 2014 to present) on proscribing Hizb ut-Tahrir as a terrorist organisation in Australia or banning Hizb ut-Tahrir in Australia. | 11 documents released in part. | Department |
| FOI15/223 | 29/02/2016 | Documents required to be provided under Funding Agreements between the department and the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia Incorporated for the financial year 2013-2014 | Four documents released in full and 20 documents released in part. | Department |
| FOI15/221 | 22/02/2016 | The first five documents in a list of documents constituting correspondence in which an organisation requests that it be added to the list of authorised agencies able to access retained metadata under the data retention legislation. | Five documents released in part. | Department |
| FOI16/009 | 15/02/2016 | Documents relating to correspondence and analysis from 2004 and 2005 that mentions legislative changes relating to veterans' compensation laws. | Two documents released in part. | Department |
| FOI16/014 | 11/02/2016 | Documents relating to a proposal from the Australian Paintball Industry Association, regarding the importation of semi-automatic paintball markers, prior to the legislative changes amending legislation restricting their importation. ?? | One document released in part. | Department |
| FOI15/214 | 10/02/2016 | Ministerial submissions or similar briefings, regarding Australian citizen and Al Qaeda member Mathew Stewart.?? | Three documents released in part. | Department |
| FOI16/006 | 21/01/2016 | Documents listed on the Trusted Information Sharing Network for Critical Infrastructure Resilience website which are not publicly available for download. | Four documents released in full. | Department |
| FOI15/216 | 18/01/2016 | Any document which lists the names of each agency which is not authorised to access telecommunications metadata under 176A of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act, which has requested such authorisation either by seeking to be declared an enforcement agency under the act, or seeking authorisation external to 176A(3) | Two documents released in part. | Department |
| FOI15/217 | 18/01/2016 | Any document which lists agencies which are not authorised to access telecommunications metadata under the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979, and are looking to be declared as an enforcement agency. | Two documents released in part. | Department |
| FOI13/161 | 08/01/2016 | Documents relating to: All briefs (and related attachments to briefs and any other related materials) prepared in the event of a returned Labor Government (referred to as 'the Red Book'); All briefs (and related attachments to briefs and any other related materials) prepared in the event of a newly elected Coalition Government (referred to as 'the Blue Book'); Any other materials, including any briefs providing an overview of the Attorney-General's Portfolio and the Related Support Services (referred to as 'the administration brief’). | One document released in part. | Department |
| FOI15/173 | 05/01/2016 | Documents related to grants and funding of the Australia Council and National Program for Excellence in the Arts | Five documents released in full and eight documents released in part. | Department |
| FOI15/232 | 21/12/2015 | (1) Rules, guidelines, policies, practices and procedures governing the compiling and updating of the list of Australian Government FOI Contact Officers; and (2) All documents recording, referable to, referring to or relating to the decision to stop updating the list of Australian Government FOI Contact Officers; and (3) All documents recording, referable to, referring to or relating to the decision to remove the list of Australian Government FOI Contact Officers from the agency's website; and (4) All documents recording, referable to, referring to or relating to the handling of my request of 6 January 2015 pursuant to section 15 of FOI Act. | One document released in full and three documents released in part. | Department |