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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOI19/224 | 25/10/2019 | Any letters by the Attorney-General or the Attorney-General’s department to the Prime Minister regarding the addition of accommodation issues affecting temporary migrant workers to the schedule of a meeting of the Council of Australian Governments sent in the past 18 months. Any emails between the Attorney-General’s department and the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet regarding the addition of accommodation issues affecting temporary migrant workers to the schedule of any meeting of the Council of Australian Governments sent in the past 18 months. |
Three documents released in part. | Department |
| FOI19/242 | 25/10/2019 | Any documents that were tabled or notes kept surrounding the treatment by Dr Wettenhall of patients from the 1960’s – 1980’s. | One document released in full. | Department |
| FOI19/196 | 21/10/2019 | File 18/7275 OCL - Proposed protocol re: investigatory powers and parliamentary privilege | Five documents released in full, seven documents released in part and two documents exempt in full. | Department |
| FOI19/221 | 21/10/2019 | All emails or letters created or received between consulted parties when processing Requests FOI19/158 and FOI19/159. | Three documents released in full and 16 documents released in part. | Department |
| FOI19/195 | 16/10/2019 | Any correspondence between the department and Facebook, Twitter or Google/YouTube regarding the Criminal Code Amendment (Sharing of Abhorrent Violent Material) Bill 2019 or Criminal Code Amendment (Sharing of Abhorrent Violent Material) Act 2019. | 11 documents released in full and eight documents released in part. | Department |
| FOI19/187 | 15/10/2019 | File 18/1079 CLU - ILU - Consumer Data Right / Open Banking - privacy - 2018 | Five documents released in full, 11 documents released in part and 19 documents exempt in full. | Department |
| FOI19/190 | 15/10/2019 | File 18/4230 Elder Abuse Question Time briefs - Family Safety Branch | 19 documents released in full and one document released in part. | Department |
| FOI19/121 | 14/10/2019 | The documents I seek is the Blue Book or Departmental brief provided to the new Minister for Industrial Relations, Christian Porter. My application only relates to the IR portfolio. I note that the Minister said today in an interview with Sky News that he just been provided with the briefs. | Three documents released in part and one document released in full. | Department |
| FOI19/181 | 14/10/2019 | File 18/3382 Marriage Regulations 2017 – considerations of future amendments excluding (a) the names of any non-Senior Executive Service officers and (b) duplicate documents. | Three documents released in full, 16 documents released in part and 16 documents exempt in full. | Department |
| FOI19/182 | 14/10/2019 | File 18/459 CTALB- Incoming Attorney-General Submission- Judicial appointments process- Administrative Appeals Tribunal appointments process, excluding (a) the names of any non-Senior Executive Service officers and (b) duplicate documents. | Two documents released in full, four documents released in part and one duplicate document exempt in full. | Department |
| FOI19/183 | 14/10/2019 | File 18/1832 Automated Decision Making, excluding (a) the names of any non-Senior Executive Service officers and (b) duplicate documents. | 29 documents released in full, one document released in part, and 6 documents exempt in full. | Department |
| FOI19/202 | 11/10/2019 | 1. A copy of the report by RMIT commissioned by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse 2. A list of the people who were members of the expert advisory committee for the report. |
Two documents released in full. | Department |
| FOI19/213 | 10/10/2019 | In regards to the line: “Some limited further information has been redacted on other grounds” On this webpage: https://financialservices.royalcommission.gov.au/Submissions/Pages/Submissions-in-response-to-initial-request.aspx I request that the selective information that has been redacted "on other grounds" to be provided. In the case where this is not possible, please provide specific reasons why this information is being withheld. |
One document released in part. | Department |
| FOI19/174 | 02/10/2019 | Documents that tally the total payment of fees, including legal costs, involved in the use of a Special Purpose Liquidator examining matters associated with the failure of Queensland Nickel in 2016. This includes any legal or expert fees paid by the Commonwealth in association with legal matters related to Queensland Nickel, or paid to the SPL for the purposes of the SPL then paying for legal or expert fees. This includes but is not exclusive to actions by the SPL to recoup Commonwealth money allocated under the Fair Entitlements Guarantee to workers who lost their jobs following the liquidation of Queensland Nickel. For the purposes of narrowing the scope of this FOI, I only require the summary documents for the total amounts, and do not require constant running sheets of bills being paid. For example, if a final tally of all payments made since 2016 was available in one document, I would only require the latest version of said document and not any previous periodic updates. |
One document released in full. | Department |
| FOI19/148 | 25/09/2019 | 1. emails, talking points, briefs, submissions, advices and notes relating to: (a) the constitutional basis for, and (b) the potential practical applications of the amending provisions proposed under the Defence Amendment (Call Out of the Australian Defence Force) Bill 2018; and 2. manuals, rules of engagement, guidelines, emails, talking points, briefs, submissions and advices in relation to rules of engagement guidelines under the Defence Amendment (Call Out of the Australian Defence Force) Bill 2018. |
Four documents released in full, two documents released in part and 13 documents exempt in full. | Department |
| FOI19/185 | 20/09/2019 | Any emails or documents relation to the A Current Affair broadcast of fottage of Steve Dickson in a strip club | Five documents released in part, one document exempt in full. | Department |
| FOI19/172 | 18/09/2019 | 1. Attorney-General’s Meeting Brief with Jennifer Robinson dated 2 May 2012; 2. Attorney-General’s Meeting Brief and talking points in relation to the meeting with Eric Holder, former US Attorney-General, in May 2012; and 3. Attorney-General’s Meeting Brief with Jeffrey Bleich, former US Ambassador to Australia, on 12 April 2012. |
One document released in full. | Department |
| FOI19/186 | 16/09/2019 | File 18/619 SDD - QTBs - 2018 | One document released in full, 15 documents released in part. | Department |
| FOI19/188 | 16/09/2019 | (1) the Department’s decision in respect of freedom of information request FOI18/288, including the reasons for refusal of 81 documents; and (2) the documents released by the Department in response to freedom of information request FOI18/288. |
Four documents released in full and one document released in part | Department |
| FOI19/191 | 16/09/2019 | File 18/2515P01 CLRS - Modern Slavery, excluding (a) the names of any non-Senior Executive Service officers and (b) duplicate documents. | Three documents released in full, 2 documents exempt in full. | Department |