Freedom of information
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 LEX4606
Date of access1
24 December 2021
FOI request2
A schedule of documents, files, folders, and metadata associated with the following indexed files:
- 19/15380: OVERSEAS AID - REPORTING - Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - Office of the Inspector General, Audits, Reports and Results – 2019
- 20/5505: OVERSEAS AID - PROGRAMS - RP Audit Outcomes
- 17/13282: PASSPORT SERVICES - AUDIT - Diplomatic and Official Passports - 2016 - 2017
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI reference number LEX4426
Date of access1
24 December 2021
FOI request2
Report produced by ‘The Ethics Centre’ following a feasibility study into proxy indicators for monitoring Afghanistan - CN3654645
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI reference number LEX4712
Date of access1
24 December 2021
FOI request2
‘Opt out’ from use of information for training purposes
Information published in the disclosure log3
Opt out from use of information for training purposes [PDF 136 KB]
FOI reference number LEX3832
Date of access1
24 December 2021
FOI request2
Vaccine Capability and Gap Analysis reports
Information published in the disclosure log3
Vaccine Capability and Gap Analysis reports [PDF 34 KB]
FOI reference number LEX4158/4203
Date of access1
16 December 2021
FOI request2
The Incoming Secretary Brief (also described as a briefing pack of materials provided to the new Secretary explaining DFAT's structure, roles and responsibilities and an overview of current activities and priorities).
Information published in the disclosure log3
The Incoming Secretary Brief prepared for Secretary Campbell [PDF 14.7 MB]
FOI reference number LEX4376
Date of access1
16 December 2021
FOI request2
Website visitor statistics for 2019-20 and 2020-21
Information published in the disclosure log3
Website visitor statistics for 2019-20 and 2020-21 [PDF 99 KB]
FOI reference number LEX4379
Date of access1
15 December 2021
FOI request2
“I am seeking, under the FOI Act, correspondence held by DFAT which mentions the visa application case file number 21/327#16 To narrow the scope of this request: I am seeking correspondence relating to the LEE visa applications of former staff of Australia's Afghan embassy in Kabul between August 9- August 31, 2021.”
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FOI reference number LEX935
Date of access1
15 December 2021
FOI request2
- With respect to any agreements between DFAT (including the Overseas Property Office) and the owner of specified properties in Honiara for the relevant period in 2014 to 2016:
- The section of the agreement setting out the amount payable by DFAT.
- With respect to any agreements or MOUs during the relevant period in 2016 to 2018 between DFAT (including the Overseas Property Office) and the AFP, Home Affairs or other Australian Government agencies concerning the occupation of staff from those agencies of apartments at the specified complex in Port Moresby:
- The section of the agreement setting out the amount payable by DFAT.
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FOI reference number LEX4138
Date of access1
14 December 2021
FOI request2
"...the number of times in the period [1 January 2019] to [26 July 2021] an Australian Government Officer or Minister has raised the issues of frozen pensions with their relevant UK counterparts.
Furthermore, could we please have copies of or summaries of written records made when the issue of frozen pensions is raised with their UK counterparts.”
Information published in the disclosure log3
Communication with UK counterparts on the topic of frozen pensions [PDF 1.1 MB]
FOI reference number LEX4386
Date of access1
30 November 2021
FOI request2
Information about DFAT-organised repatriation flights from 20 March 2020 to 12 September 2021.
Information published in the disclosure log3
List of repatriation flights from 20 March 2020 to 12 September 2021 [PDF 469 KB]
FOI reference number LEX4356
Date of access1
3 November 2021
FOI request2
Correspondence with the UN regarding the 2009 Montara Oil Spill in the Timor Sea.
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FOI reference number LEX4372
Date of access1
3 November 2021
FOI request2
the policies and procedures around the scope of who can access a COVID Vaccine
for locally engaged staff employed abroad.
Information published in the disclosure log3
DFAT Intranet page – Frequently Asked Questions – Vaccine access [PDF 600 KB]
FOI reference number LEX4358
Date of access1
2 November 2021
FOI request2
- DFAT's submission document to the AWEI scheme;
- Data collated by DFAT for provision to Pride in Diversity and AWEI scheme;
- Results of AWEI employee survey conducted by DFAT on DFAT employees;
- Invoices to ACON and Pride in Diversity
Information published in the disclosure log3
July 2021 Invoice to DFAT from ACON [PDF 700 KB]
FOI reference number LEX4322
Date of access1
2 November 2021
FOI request2
- How many Australians stranded abroad have applied for financial assistance through DFAT, as of 21 August 2021.
- How many requests have been granted, as of 21 August 2021.
- How many requests have been Declined, as of 21 August 2021.
- How many grants have been approved, as of 21 August 2021.and the total value of these grants?
- Statistical information on who is being helped. What states and cities are they from? Which countries are they in currently? How many family groups? How many minors? as of 21 August 2021
- How many Australians are stranded abroad and how many are listed as vulnerable, as of 21 August 2021
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI reference number LEX3878
Date of access1
30 September 2021
FOI request2
…documents held by DFAT relating to the ‘Australia Awards single brand initiative’ announced by former PM Kevin Rudd in November 2009.
- I would therefore like to restrict the material to meetings held in 2010 and 2011.
- I would like to have access to agendas for those meetings (including attachments) and minutes of those meetings.
- I do not require any background documentation/consultations on the composition of the board (membership), or any administrative details about scheduling of meetings.
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FOI reference number LEX2298
Date of access1
29 September 2021
FOI request2
All documents that contain references to:
- Jeffrey Epstein
- Ghislaine Maxwell
- Both Jeffrey Epstein & Ghislaine Maxwell
Between 01/01/2006 – 01/06/2009 & 01/01/2019 – 23/07/2020
Information published in the disclosure log3
Jeffrey Epstein & Ghislaine Maxwell 2006 – 2009 and 2019-2020 [PDF 3.12 MB]
FOI reference number LEX3549
Date of access1
24 August 2021
FOI request2
- cable{s) reporting the results of the Oslo Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons (4-5 March 2013).
- cab/e(s), probably from the Australian mission to the UN in Geneva, reporting the approval of the draft report of the Openended Working Group taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament {UN reference number A/AC.286/L.1}.
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI reference number LEX3674
Date of access1
3 August 2021
FOI request2
“I request under the FOI Act:
- the Australian Consulate General Hong Kong's current salary table for locally engaged staff, which outlines the pay scale(s) for each work level standard classification, or a produced document to that effect; and
- any existing document or a produced document setting out the job title of and the work level standard classification assigned to each current locally engaged position at the Australian Consulate General Hong Kong.”
Information published in the disclosure log3
Locally Engaged Staff data at the Australian Consulate-General in Hong Kong [PDF 140 KB]
FOI reference number LEX3756
Date of access1
2 August 2021
FOI request2
“A) The most recent document containing the overall number of Australian citizens confirmed to have died of COVID-19 AND/OR SARS-CoV-2 overseas and/or outside Australia and/or abroad.
B) The most recent document containing a breakdown by country of the number of Australian citizens confirmed to have died of COVID-19 AND/OR SARS-CoV-2 overseas and/or abroad and/or outside Australia.”
Information published in the disclosure log3
Number of Australian citizens confirmed to have died of COVID-19 overseas [PDF 50 KB]
FOI reference number LEX3568
Date of access1
2 August 2021
FOI request2
“The itinerary of the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment for his visit to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia in April 2017.”
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FOI reference number LEX2372
Date of access1
28 July 2021
FOI request2
The DFAT Secretary mentioned in Senate Estimates on 24 October that DFAT undertakes business briefings on key strategic issues, including the China relationship, under an initiative called "A Strategic Dialogue with Business".
Sec Adamson said four such briefings were undertaken during 2018-19 - 6 Dec 2018, 25 March 2019, 12 June 2019, 30 July 2019.
We seek any official presentations and speeches prepared for the events.
Information published in the disclosure log3
Secretary’s speaking notes prepared for the Strategic Dialogue with Business forums [PDF 11.2 MB]
FOI reference number LEX 850
Date of access1
16 July 2021
FOI request2
“All SAP searches undertaken in the course of that original application (being the release of information outside of the FOI Act on 2 May 2019), including the search terms used, and the results of each of those searches.”
Information published in the disclosure log3
SAP search results associated with salary and relocation expenses at London Post [PDF 860 KB]
FOI reference number LEX2469
Date of access1
1 July 2021
FOI request2
“Any documents, emails, reports etc. in which DFAT notes or discusses the reception … of the Prime Minister’s Lowy Speech of the concept of “negative globalism”, from 3 October to 3 December 2019”.
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI reference number LEX3145
Date of access1
7 June 2021
FOI request2
“I request the contract documents and probity report for AusTender contract CN3725881.”
Information published in the disclosure log3
Contract documents for CN3725881 [PDF 14 MB]
FOI reference number LEX3324
Date of access1
17 May 2021
FOI request2
- “All submissions to the Foreign Minister since 1 January 2020 that refer to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
- Correspondence since 1 January 2020 between the office of the Foreign Minister and Amanda Gorely, referring to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.”
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FOI reference number LEX3063
Date of access1
6 May 2021
FOI request2
“all correspondence between the complainant, DFAT/embassy staff, Sport Australia and Football Federation Australia (FFA) concerning the complaint regarding the behaviour of the Olyroos in March.”
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FOI reference number LEX2407
Date of access1
4 May 2021
FOI request2
“I am seeking access to documents containing information about discussions regarding a security contractor, employed at the Australian Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, who was given a letter of support from DFAT to be exempt from hotel quarantine.
Specifically, I am seeking information about:
- Any documents or correspondence produced between January 2020 and August 2020 within the Department about the security contractor and his request for a letter of support.
- Any documents or correspondence produced between January 2020 and August 2020 between the Department and the Australian Embassy in Kabul about the security contractor.
- Any documents or correspondence produced between January 2020 and August 2020 between the Department and company Aegis Garaworld regarding exemptions from hotel quarantine.
- Any documents or correspondence produced between January 2020 and August 2020 between the Department and the Queensland Government about exemptions for hotel quarantine granted to the security contractor.
Please be advised that the most recent document summarising any of the issues or updating on these issues sought by this request (i.e. a-e) could fulfil the scope of this request.”
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FOI reference number LEX3084
Date of access1
16 April 2021
FOI request2
“Documents detailing:
- How many Australians stranded abroad have applied for financial assistance through DFAT, as of 15 January 2021.
- How many requests have been granted, as of 15 January 2021.
- A breakdown of the assistance given. How much per family? How much is provided in grants and how much in loans? What are the criteria for each? What are the repayment terms for loans?
- Statistical information on who is being helped. What states and cities are they from? Which countries are they in currently? How many family groups? How many minors?
- How many Australians are stranded abroad and how many are listed as vulnerable.”
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FOI reference number LEX3358
Date of access1
12 April 2021
FOI request2
“Yesterday the Sydney Morning Herald reported that Senate estimates asked a question with notice about Australia's assistance to the Philippines in drafting the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020. The article reported that DFAT responded to the question detailing Australia's assistance to the Philippines in drafting the law. https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/australia-helped-draft-philippi…
Under the FOI I request the question asked by Senate estimates and the full answer provided by DFAT”
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FOI reference number LEX3096
Date of access1
9 April 2021
FOI request2
“I would like to ask for a copy of the documents relating to and/or justifying the accreditation of Administrative and Technical Staff in the Australian Embassy in Baghdad in 2003/05.”
Information published in the disclosure log3
Administrative and Technical Staff accreditation documents
FOI reference number LEX3118
Date of access1
22 March 2021
FOI request2
“The general policies and procedures of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in scruitnising child passport applications where the non-lodging parent to a passport application has not consented and that parent has a current child alert is in place.”
Information published in the disclosure log3
Documents relating to child passport applications and child alerts
FOI reference number LEX2953
Date of access1
22 March 2021
FOI request2
“I request the fraud and risk health check for the Bougainville Partnership program carried out by KPMG PNG.”
Information published in the disclosure log3
Fraud and Risk Health Check of the Bougainville Partnership Program Report
FOI reference number LEX3212
Date of access1
22 February 2021
FOI request2
“All documents (including, but not limited to, briefs and notes of discussion), correspondence and communications (including, but not limited to, emails, letters, text messages, iMessages and messages sent via online or encrypted messaging applications) created or held by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade between 6 November 2020 and 9 November 2020, in relation to Senator Canavan’s comments that, “All we’re being asked to do is give up our access to cheap TVs" as reported in the Sydney Morning Herald on 7 November 2020.”
Information published in the disclosure log3
Documents relating to Senator Canavan media comments
FOI reference number LEX2915
Date of access1
22 February 2021
FOI request2
“Any records of contact between DFAT protocol officers and former NSW MP Daryl Maguire between January 2017 and December 2017.”
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FOI reference number LEX2632
Date of access1
15 February 2021
FOI request2
“I seek the following under FOI: - A document that contains the position titles of officers who were non-ongoing or receiving high duties at any time in the last month - The job advertisement or expression of interest used to appoint officers in non-ongoing positions or on higher duties.”
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FOI reference number LEX2562
Date of access1
10 February 2021
FOI request2
“Any correspondence between David Vitter and/or Mercury LLC to Ambassador Joe Hockey during 2018 regarding the sanctions imposed by the United States upon Oleg Deripaska and/or his companies.
Any correspondence from Ambassador Joe Hockey and/or his representative to any United States official regarding the sanctions imposed by the United States upon Oleg Deripaska and/or his companies, and any replies.”