FOI disclosure log
FOI disclosure log policy
The department's Freedom of Information (FOI) disclosure log contains documents released by the department to the FOI applicant as required under the Freedom of Information Act 1982.
The disclosure log improves the public's access to government information.
If deemed unreasonable to do so, the department will not publish the following information on the disclosure log:
- personal information or information about the business, commercial, financial or professional affairs of any person if publication would be unreasonable;
- information that the Australian Information Commissioner has determined should not be disclosed;
- information that cannot reasonably practicably be published because of the extent of modifications necessary to delete any of the above information.
If the link to the document is not working, or the format of the document is not accessible, please request a copy by email to foi@dfat.gov.au, and the department will endeavour to meet all reasonable requests for an alternate format of the document in a timely manner.
The department publishes documents within 10 working days after the FOI applicant is given access to the documents. The exact timeframe varies depending upon the FOI Section and the Information Publishing Sections workload.
All enquiries can be directed to the Freedom of Information Section by using the following contact details:
Email: foi@dfat.gov.au
Mail:
Freedom of Information Section
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
R G Casey Building
John McEwen Crescent
Barton ACT 0221
Australia
The disclosure log has been operational since May 2011.
FOI Reference number: LEX13224
Date of access
FOI request
- Documentation … which details or displays the borders of the State of Palestine, dated June 15 2025 to August 11 2025, and
- Correspondence held, received, or sent by DFAT to representatives from the State of Palestine, dated July 1 2025 to September 21 2025.
Information published in the disclosure log
FOI Reference number LEX13214
Date of access
FOI request
- Any documents sent by the Australian Ambassador to the United Nations and/or Australian Permanent Mission to the United Nations to the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) or UNESCO on or about 24th February 2025 in relation to the Murujuga Cultural Landscape.
- Any documents written or prepared by the Australian Ambassador to the United Nations and/or Australian Permanent Mission to the United Nations in response to an evaluation/recommendation/ report by ICOMOS dated (or approved on) 12 March 2025, tilted Murujuga Cultural Landscape (Australia) No 1709.
- Any correspondence (by email, letter or other means) from the Australian Ambassador to the United Nations and/or Australian Permanent Mission to the United Nations to the International Council on Monuments in relation to the above-mentioned 12 March 2025 ICOMOS evaluation/recommendation/report.
- Any correspondence to ICOMOS regarding alleged factual inaccuracies or errors in the text of its evaluations or recommendations about the Murujuga Cultural Landscape.
Information published in the disclosure log
FOI Reference number LEX13259
Date of access
FOI request
…a copy of the Letter of Introduction from Australian Prime Minister Hon Anthony Albanese MP to Niue Prime Minister Hon Dalton Tagelagi MP regarding the appointment of Mr Vincent Paul Harrington to the office of Australian High Commissioner to Niue.
Mr Harrington presented his Letter of Introduction to Prime Minister Tagelagi on 13 January 2026
Information published in the disclosure log
FOI Reference number LEX13252
Date of access
FOI request
any communications including emails, text messages or other forms of communication, briefs, notes or advice created or held by the Department that relate to the resignation of the Hon Kevin Rudd AC as Australia’s Ambassador to the United States… from 1 January 2026 to 13 January 2026.
Information published in the disclosure log
FOI Reference number LEX13197
Date of access
FOI request
… any documents which outline when, where and for what reasons Australian diplomatic missions overseas display or do not display portraits of the following officeholders on their premises:
- The King
- The Governor-General
- The Prime Minister
- Any Ministers with responsibility for Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Information published in the disclosure log
FOI Reference number LEX13198
Date of access
FOI request
Documents, or a summary of information that outline the Department's overall spend this year on Christmas/end of year gifts for staff based at the RG Casey Building in Canberra, including a breakdown by section/division where possible, and any document that outlines the Department's current policy on end of year staff gifts.
Information published in the disclosure log
FOI Reference number LEX13257
Date of access
FOI request
Documents, or a summary of information that outline the Department's overall spend on Christmas/end of year celebrations for staff at the Department’s Canberra offices and Australia House in London in 2025, including a breakdown by section/division where possible, and any document that outlines the Department's current policy on end of year staff celebrations.
Information published in the disclosure log
FOI Reference number LEX13100
Date of access
FOI request
Communications dated prior to 18 September 2024 by the Australian Government to CEDAW, including its members, or to other multilateral human rights mechanisms about the position on transgender rights taken by the current Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Reem Alsalem.
Information published in the disclosure log
FOI Reference number LEX13095
Date of access
FOI request
The ‘Comprehensive due diligence assessment on UNRWA’, which the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade contracted a supplier to complete in August 2024.
Information published in the disclosure log
FOI Reference number LEX13165
Date of access
FOI request
All briefings and briefing content prepared for Senate estimates since September 2025 related to Australian returnees from Al-Hol in Syria.
Information published in the disclosure log
FOI Reference number LEX13132
Date of access
FOI request
… processing times for apostille services performed by the Australian Passport Office / Document Legalisation Services.
I request the following information, for the period 1 January 2024 to the present:
- Documents or internal reports containing average turnaround times for apostille applications submitted by the general public via:
- Postal lodgement
- In-person appointment lodgement
- Any other relevant lodgement pathway
- Documents or internal reports containing average turnaround times for apostille applications submitted by:
- Registered agents
- Businesses
- Notaries
- Commercial apostille/drop-off services
- Any internal DFAT documents, briefings, emails, process guidelines, or memos that explain differences (if any) in processing times between:
- Postal lodgements from the public
- Walk-in/appointment lodgements
- Lodgements made by commercial agents or businesses
- Any documents describing triaging or prioritisation procedures used for apostille requests (for example, urgent requests, agent-delivered requests, or bulk lodgements).
I am not seeking any personal information about other applicants. If such information appears in documents within scope, I am happy for it to be redacted.
Information published in the disclosure log
FOI Reference number LEX 13140
Date of access
FOI request
- Any ministerial briefs/submissions that substantially relate to the findings of the Wood concept study for Greater Sunrise.
- Any briefs/reports that substantially relate to the findings of the Wood concept study for Greater Sunrise they were provided for noting/approval to the Secretary or Deputy Secretary South and Southeast Asia Group (SSG) or Deputy Secretary Head, Office of the Pacific. Timeframe from 1 November 2024 to 1 March 2025.
Information published in the disclosure log
FOI Reference number LEX13083
Date of access
FOI request
- Any ministerial submissions or briefings provided to the Foreign Minister that are primarily or substantially related to the International Court of Justice (ICJ)'s Advisory Opinion (AO) on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change generated between 22 July 2025 and 7 November 2025 inclusive. This means other ministerial submissions or briefings may be excluded if they merely mention this ICJAO - this limb seeks only min submissions or briefings to the Foreign Minister that are primarily related to this single climate AO.
- As of 7 November 2025, the most-up-to-date version of talking points provided to the Foreign Minister in relation to the International Court of Justice (ICJ)'s Advisory Opinion (AO) on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change. This seeks only the final version of such talking points that were available as at or around 7 November 2025, not earlier drafts or different versions of the same produced earlier.
- Any correspondence between DFAT and the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) related to what the ICJ's Advisory Opinion (AO) on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change means for approval processes for (a) coal, oil and gas (fossil fuel) projects in Australia; or (b) what the same AO means for the Woodside North-West Shelf extension or Browse Basin gas extraction. This part of the search is limited to documents generated between 22 July 2025 and 7 November 2025 inclusive and excludes draft versions. It seeks substantive senior-level correspondence, not working-level correspondence or items such as meeting requests.
Information published in the disclosure log
FOI Reference number LEX12974
Date of access
FOI request
Documents over a three month period (7 July 2025 to 7 October 2025):
- documents relating to indiscriminate killing of civilians by Israel, excluding documents to which legal professional privilege attaches.
- documents relating to intentional killing of civilians by Israel, excluding documents to which legal professional privilege attaches.
- documents relating to evidence that Israel intentionally kills children in Gaza, excluding documents to which legal professional privilege attaches.
- documents relating to Israel denying or hindering to distribution of humanitarian aid in Gaza, excluding documents to which legal professional privilege attaches.
- documents relating to whether there is a serious risk of genocide being committed by Israel in Gaza, excluding documents to which legal professional privilege attaches.
- documents relating to the evidence that Hamas burned Israeli babies alive, excluding documents to which legal professional privilege attaches.
Information published in the disclosure log
FOI Reference number LEX13202
Date of access
FOI request
…..documents and communications that authorised the destruction/disposal of the FOI decisions and documents published on your disclosure log reference numbers 10/21016 and 12/4777.
Information published in the disclosure log
FOI Reference number LEX13147
Date of access
FOI request
- From 1 October 2025: All briefings the Assistant Minister has received in relation to the visit to the Solomon Islands in November 2025.
- The Assistant Minister's diary for dates she was in the Solomon Islands.
Information published in the disclosure log
Older disclosure logs
- FOI disclosure log 2025
- FOI disclosure log 2024
- FOI disclosure log 2023
- FOI disclosure log 2022
- FOI disclosure log 2021
- FOI disclosure log 2020
- FOI disclosure log 2019
- FOI disclosure log 2018
- FOI disclosure log 2017
- FOI disclosure log 2016
- FOI disclosure log 2015
- FOI disclosure log 2014
- FOI disclosure log 2013
- FOI disclosure log 2012
- FOI disclosure log 2011
- FOI disclosure log - Australian aid related requests (before 1 November 2013)