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FOI disclosure log policy

The Department's Freedom of Information (FOI) disclosure log contains documents released following an FOI access request and which are available for public access.

The Department is required under the FOI Act 1982 to publish a disclosure log on its website. The disclosure log lists information which has been released in response to FOI access requests since May 2011.

The disclosure log requirement does not apply to:

  • personal information or information about the business, commercial, financial or professional affairs of any person if publication would be unreasonable;
  • information that the Office of 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.

A link is provided if the documents can be downloaded from the disclosure log or another website.

The documents below may not meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1. If you require a fully accessible copy of this document, or if the document is not available for downloading, please request a copy by email to foi@dfat.gov.au

In some instances, documents may need to undergo further deletions so they can be released to an individual other than the original FOI applicant.

DFAT's policy is to upload documents to the disclosure log on the same day as the documents are released to FOI applicants.

There may be documents in the disclosure log that are currently unavailable in an accessible format. If you are unable to access the document in the format provided, DFAT will endeavour to meet all reasonable requests for an alternate format of the document in a timely manner.

All enquiries can be directed to the Freedom of Information and Privacy Law Section by using the following contact details:

Email: foi@dfat.gov.au

Mail:

The Director
Freedom of Information and Privacy Law Section
RG Casey Building
John McEwen Crescent
BARTON ACT 0221

FOI disclosure log documents

  • 1 Date that the FOI applicant was given access to a document under s11A.
  • 2 A short summary of the FOI access request.
  • 3 A short summary of the information provided under s11A.

FOI reference number Date of access FOI request Information published in the disclosure log [please provide a link to attached document]


FOI Reference number LEX7591

Date of access1

26 May 2023

FOI request2

The list of countries represented at the AUKUS-related briefings from 13 March 2023 to 17 March 2023, seating plans and notes taken by DFAT.

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX7591 [PDF 3 MB]


FOI Reference number LEX7671

Date of access1

25 May 2023

FOI request2

“…any cables, reports, or briefings created in and between August and December 2010 regarding BHP's attempt at a takeover of the Canadian Potash Corp, an attempt that was blocked by the Canadian government on national interest grounds.”

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX7671 [PDF 2 MB]


FOI Reference number LEX7826

Date of access1

24 May 2023

FOI request2

Briefing provided by DFAT to the Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Hon Tim Watts MP, for his attendance at the Conference on Disarmament in February 2023

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX7826 [PDF 1 MB]


FOI Reference number LEX7361

Date of access1

22 May 2023

FOI request2

Documents relating to the appointment of Dr Kevin Rudd as the Ambassador of Australia to the United States of America.

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX7361 [PDF 16 MB]


FOI Reference number LEX7654

Date of access1

19 May 2023

FOI request2

Unidentified aerial objects shot down by the United States Air Force over the Arctic Ocean, Canada and Michigan between 10 and 12 February 2023

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX7654 [PDF 734 KB]


FOI Reference number LEX7733

Date of access1

18 May 2023

FOI request2

“the visit brief provided to the Assistant Minister for Trade for his visit to Switzerland in January 2023”.

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX7733 [PDF 20 MB]


FOI Reference number LEX7201

Date of access1

12 May 2023

FOI request2

Letters produced since 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022, relating to speeding and drink driving offences for diplomats in Canberra.

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX7201 [PDF 22 MB]


FOI Reference number LEX7122

Date of access1

5 May 2023

FOI request2

All documentation relating to discussions involving the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and its representatives with foreign government officials from India and/or China and/or Indian or Chinese companies/industry representatives regarding:

  • insurance for coal mining in Australia
  • a coal mining insurance mutual company

Taking place between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2022.

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX7122 [PDF 6 MB]


FOI Reference number LEX7121

Date of access1

5 May 2023

FOI request2

All documentation relating to activities and discussions involving the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and its representatives with foreign government officials from India and/or China and/or Indian or Chinese companies/industry representatives that relates to the business of Adani Enterprises, Bravus Mining & Resources, Whitehaven Coal, Yancoal and Minerals Council of Australia taking place between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2022.

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX7121 [PDF 2 MB]


FOI Reference number LEX7121

Date of access1

5 May 2023

FOI request2

All documentation relating to activities and discussions involving the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and its representatives with foreign government officials from India and/or China and/or Indian or Chinese companies/industry representatives that relates to the business of Adani Enterprises, Bravus Mining & Resources, Whitehaven Coal, Yancoal and Minerals Council of Australia taking place between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2022.

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX7121 [PDF 2 MB]


FOI Reference number LEX7560

Date of access1

4 May 2023

FOI request2

Processing documents relating to the Section 40 Certificate under the Foreign States Immunities Act 1985.

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX7560 [PDF 2 MB]


FOI Reference number LEX7158, LEX 7159, LEX 7160, LEX 7161, LEX 7162, LEX 7163

Date of access1

1 May 2023

FOI request2

Procurement, approval and payment processing communications relating to six events listed in the Question on Notice No. 329.

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX7158 - 7163 [PDF 32 MB]


FOI Reference number LEX6854

Date of access1

28 April 2023

FOI request2

Final briefs and meeting notes (excluding all other document types) created between 1 June 2022 and 1 December 2022 that refer to the climate risk assessment being led by the Office of National Intelligence

  • Excluding cabinet material and any publicly available documents.
  • Excluding staff contact details, staff names below SES/Ministerial Chief of Staff, duplicate documents so long as it remains clear where duplicates were attached to correspondence, and earlier emails in any complete email chain

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX6854 [PDF 2.3 MB]


FOI Reference number LEX7182

Date of access1

24 April 2023

FOI request2

the visit brief provided to the Assistant Minister for Trade for his visit to Italy in January 2023.

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX7182 [PDF 7 MB]


FOI Reference number LEX7555

Date of access1

19 April 2023

FOI request2

Documents containing the terms ‘Jadarite’ or ‘Rio Sava’ produced between 1 January 2022 and 1 July 2022 and addressed to or sent from any public servants at executive level (EL) and above.

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX7555 [PDF 3 MB]


FOI Reference number LEX7501

Date of access1

12 April 2023

FOI request2

Renee Leon's review into the Pacific Labour Facility.

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX7501 [PDF 2 MB]


FOI Reference number LEX7247

Date of access1

12 April 2023

FOI request2

All ministerial briefings pertaining to the Australian Government's contact, whether direct or indirect via the embassy of a foreign country, with the government of North Korea from 1 January 2015.

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX7247 [PDF 1 MB]


FOI Reference number LEX7326, 7323

Date of access1

31 March 2023

FOI request2

Documents provided to The Hon. Arthur Sinodinos AO, Australia's Ambassador to the United States for the period 28 January 2023 to 17 February 2023, on the subject matter of the Chinese spy balloon, Unidentified Aerial Objects and Unidentified Aerial Phenomena.

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX7326 - 7323 [PDF 4.5 MB]


FOI Reference number LEX7295

Date of access1

30 March 2023

FOI request2

Any briefing materials provided to the trade minister ahead of the virtual meeting with his Chinese counterparts and any minutes following the meeting.

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX7295 [PDF 2 MB]


FOI Reference number LEX7387

Date of access1

27 March 2023

FOI request2

‘a copy of the review conducted by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade about its overseas network’.

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX7387 [PDF 3 MB]


FOI Reference number LEX7177

Date of access1

24 March 2023

FOI request2

Briefing notes and materials prepared for the Foreign Minister ahead of her 21 December 2022 meeting/engagements with China's State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing.

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX7177 [PDF 478 KB]


FOI Reference number LEX6876

Date of access1

23 March 2023

FOI request2

1. DFAT cablegrams sent from the Australian Embassy to Indonesia, Jakarta, to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade between 23 May 2022 and 6 December 2022 that report on political and/or human rights issues relating to West Papua (now divided into the Indonesian provinces of Papua, West Papua, South Papua, Central Papua and Highland Papua).
2. DFAT cablegrams sent from the Australian Embassy to Indonesia, Jakarta, to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade between 1 December 2021 and 6 December 2022 that relate to the development of a spaceport on the Indonesian island of Biak, including proposals for SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies Corp) to use such facilities for space launch operations.

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX6876 [PDF 341 KB]


FOI Reference number LEX7052

Date of access1

23 March 2023

FOI request2

1. Any report post 1 April 2021 emanating from DFAT of or concerning the question of Israel practicing apartheid in Israel or the Occupied Territories.
2. Any documentation post 1 April 2021 created by DFAT or any subsidiary or agent thereof and addressing reports by Human Rights Watch dated 27 April 2021, (hereafter 'the Human Rights Watch report') and/or Amnesty International dated 1 February 2022, (hereinafter 'the Amnesty International report)') whereby each organization found Israel to be committing the crime of apartheid in Israel and the Occupied Territories

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX7052 [PDF 2 MB]


FOI Reference number LEX7141 - FOI Request made to the Minister for Foreign Affairs

Date of access1

21 March 2023

FOI request2

The Minister for Foreign Affairs' diary, formatted in 1-week-per-page, for the period May 23, 2022 until January 20, 2023.

Information published in the disclosure log3

If you wish to obtain copies of these documents, email: foi@dfat.gov.au for administrative assistance to receive copies.


FOI Reference number LEX6900

Date of access1

20 March 2023

FOI request2

“Documents prepared for the Foreign Minister relating to Solomon Islands security pact and funding of the Solomon Islands general elections.”

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX6900 [PDF 1 MB]


FOI Reference number LEX7296

Date of access1

16 March 2023

FOI request2

“every sanctions permit issued by DFAT in 2022.”

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX7296 [PDF 3 MB]


FOI Reference number LEX7248

Date of access1

6 March 2023

FOI request2

“Regarding the Australian Consul to Chicago, I request all records of the meeting with Canterbury Bankstown Council Mayor Khal Asfour and Canterbury Bankstown Council CEO Matthew Stewart in January 2020.”

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX7248 [PDF 1 MB]


FOI Reference number LEX7100

Date of access1

27 February 2023

FOI request2

The brief prepared for the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Hon Senator Penny Wong, by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and/or the Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office relating to the visit to Australia of International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi in July 2022.

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX7100 [PDF 1.2 MB]


FOI Reference number LEX7030

Date of access1

23 February 2023

FOI request2

All documents, including emails and internal briefings relating to Deputy High Commissioner to India Sarah Storey's attendance at Narendra Modi's election rally in Gujarat as part of a diplomatic study tour on 1st December 2022.

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX7030 [PDF 13.3 MB]


FOI Reference number LEX7178

Date of access1

23 February 2023

FOI request2

The policy of DFAT in respect of notarial services, including the current notarial services handbook.

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX7178 [PDF 6.6 MB]


FOI Reference number LEX7092

Date of access1

17 February 2023

FOI request2

The department’s policy on the collection of WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram messages to comply with Archives Act.

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX7092 [PDF 272 KB]


FOI Reference number LEX6485

Date of access1

13 February 2023

FOI request2

  1. DFAT’s most recent submission to the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI), including attachments.
  2. The AWEI scorecard DFAT received for (1)
  3. Emails and other records of communication between DFAT and Pride in Diversity/ACON regarding the submission and the scorecard.
  4. Invoices for membership or services provided by ACON in financial year 2021/22.
  5. The DFAT style guide.

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX6485 [PDF 15.4 MB]


FOI Reference number LEX6799

Date of access1

8 February 2023

FOI request2

Reporting related to the Vaccine Access and Health Security Initiative.

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX6799 [PDF 2 MB]


FOI Reference number LEX6985

Date of access1

6 February 2023

FOI request2

Talking Points relating to recognition of Israel's capital.

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX6985 [PDF 984 KB]


FOI Reference number LEX6725

Date of access1

6 February 2023

FOI request2

Submissions, briefings and correspondence referring to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX6725 [PDF 13 MB]


FOI Reference number LEX6905 - FOI Request made to the Minister for Foreign Affairs

Date of access1

3 February 2023

FOI request2

Emails and attachments on UFOs sent to/from/cc’ing Foreign Minister Penny Wong from 9 November 2022 to 7 December 2022.

Information published in the disclosure log3

If you wish to obtain copies of these documents, email: foi@dfat.gov.au for administrative assistance to receive copies.


FOI Reference number LEX6899

Date of access1

2 February 2023

FOI request2

Documents relating to the Australia-Pacific Training Coalition (APTC3) tender process and figures relating to the Seasonal Worker Program and the Pacific Labour Scheme.

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX6899 [PDF 15 MB]


FOI Reference number LEX6251 - FOI Request made to the Minister for Foreign Affairs

Date of access1

23 January 2023

FOI request2

The Foreign Minister's diary in a weekly agenda format for the first 100 days following swearing in to the portfolio

Information published in the disclosure log3

If you wish to obtain copies of these documents, email: foi@dfat.gov.au for administrative assistance to receive copies.


FOI Reference number LEX6923

Date of access1

11 January 2023

FOI request2

A copy of the request and decision letter in previous FOI matter LEX5972

Information published in the disclosure log3

LEX6923 [PDF 741 KB]


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