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Ahead of the 2025 federal election the Australian Government has assumed a caretaker role.

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Freedom of information disclosure log

Australian Government agencies must publish on their websites details of information they release in response to freedom of information requests.

FOI Disclosure Log

They are required to do so under Subsection 11C(3) of the Freedom of Information Act 1982.

Set out below are descriptions of information and documents we have released.

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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
FOI23/551 29/02/2024 Documents prepared for the AG regarding conflict between Israel and Hamas since 6/10/23. 1 document released in part.
View documents for FOI23/551
Department
FOI23/615 29/02/2024 Documents regarding North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency. 4 documents released in full.
View documents for FOI23/615
Department
FOI23/377-IR 22/02/2024 Internal review of FOI23/377. 3 documents released in part.
View documents for FOI23/377-IR
Department
FOI23/424 20/02/2024 Documents relating to the International Court of Justice advisory opinion on ‘Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change’. 4 documents released in full and 13 documents released in part.
View documents for FOI23/424
Department
FOI23/495 09/02/2024 Documents regarding the airline lounge benefits received by specified senior executive staff. 2 document released in full and 16 documents released in part.
View documents for FOI23/495
Department
FOI23/596 25/01/2024 Documents provided by the department to the Attorney-General and/or the Assistant Minister for the Republic that relate to work on an Australian republic as a constitutional reform. 1 document released in part.
View documents for FOI23/596
Department
FOI23/620 17/01/2024 Commission of appointment of the Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia Stephen John Gageler. 1 document released in part.
View documents for FOI23/620
Department
FOI23/590 15/01/2024 Question Time briefs prepared by the Department for the Attorney-General for Parliamentary Question Time on 13 November 2023 relating to Hamas, Israel and Gaza. 4 documents released in full and 1 document released in part.
View documents for FOI23/590
Department
FOI23/586 11/01/2024 Instruments of multiple judicial appointments to various levels of the Australian court system. 15 documents released in part.
View documents for FOI23/586
Department
FOI23/603 11/01/2024 Documents from between 2018-2022 containing one or both of two specific phrases relating to war crimes. 1 documents released in part.
View documents for FOI23/603
Department
FOI23/377 08/01/2024 Documents relating to Scott Morrison's legal assistance application. 6 documents released in full and 5 documents released in part.
View documents for FOI23/377
Department
FOI23/577 08/01/2024 Documents recording the outcome of Senior Leadership Group meetings between 1 May 2023 and 1 July 2023. 8 documents released in part.
View documents for FOI23/577
Department
FOI23/591 22/12/2023 Instruments of multiple judicial appointments to various levels of the Australian court system. 50 documents released in part.
View documents for FOI23/591
Department
FOI23/585 20/12/2023 The report provided by the Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman to the department detailing that Office’s legal expenditure in 2022-2023. 1 document released in part.
View documents for FOI23/585
Department
FOI23/319 20/12/2023 Documents from between 23 May 2022 and 23 June 2023 provided by the department to the Attorney-General, or documenting meetings between the department and the Attorney-General, regarding aspects of the prosecution of David McBride. 1 document released in full and 4 documents released in part.
View documents for FOI23/319
Department
FOI23/464 18/12/2023 Documents related to requests by Henry Pike MP for funding support to Redland City Council to conduct native title litigation. 3 documents released in full and 2 documents released in part.
View documents for FOI23/464
Department
FOI23/419-IC 15/12/2023 Briefing materials provided by the department to the Attorney-General regarding aspects of the prosecution of David McBride. 10 documents released in part.
View documents for FOI23/419-IC
Department
FOI23/594 15/12/2023 Request for documents listed in schedule of documents to FOI23/327. 2 documents released in part
View documents for FOI23/594
Department
FOI23/606 14/12/2023 Question Time Brief regarding NZYQ v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs & Anor on 13 November 2023 1 document released in part.
View documents for FOI23/606
Department
FOI23/557 12/12/2023 Documents of correspondence between the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman and the Attorney-General’s Department regarding the proposal to remove the small business exemption from the Privacy Act. 2 documents released in part.
View documents for FOI23/557
Department