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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 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 LEX11904
Date of access1
25 February 2025
FOI request2
- Copies of all correspondence (written or email) between the (1) Australia DFAT and/or High Commission of Australia in India and (2) ORF relating to the subject of the financial contribution mentioned above ranging between the period March 2024 to April 2024.
- Copies of records and documents pertaining to the purpose of the financials contribution mentioned above made by the Australia DFAT to ORF.
- Copy of bank remittance or payment order of the contribution mentioned above made by the Australia DFAT to ORF in April 2024.
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI Reference number LEX12004
Date of access1
24 February 2025
FOI request2
Invoice and a document that contains the scope of the project related to: Development and Management of an Immersive First Nations Touring Exhibition of ASEAN Member States and Timor-Leste – Exhibitions: National Museum of Australia (NMA) – AusTender Contract Notice: CN4121500
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI Reference number LEX 11994
Date of access1
24 February 2025
FOI request2
Documents, correspondence, reports, etc, relating to the IRGC background brief
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI Reference number LEX11839
Date of access1
21 February 2025
FOI request2
all documents and invoices related to the function hosted in the Embassy of Australia in Washington D.C. to celebrate its one-year anniversary in October 2024 including:
- A guest list of the function
- All costs related to the function including:
- Food, Beverage, and Catering Costs
- Entertainment costs
- Audio visual equipment costs
- Decorations purchased.
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI Reference number LEX11809
Date of access1
18 February 2025
FOI request2
The invoice and a document that contains the scope of the project related to: Circus Performance TOA 2024 - Professional artists and performers: Flying Fruit Fly Foundation T/as The Flying Fruit Fly Circus – AusTender Contract Notice: CN4105974.
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI Reference number LEX11844
Date of access1
17 February 2025
FOI request2
We request access to [summarised]:
(a) contract listed on AusTender - CN ID: CN2708091
(b) amendment of the contract listed on the AusTender - CN ID: CN2708091-A1
Excluding:
(a) any price for the provision of goods and/or services, pricing methodology or other commercially valuable information;
(b) personal information about any person in the employ of or representing, DFAT and SMEC
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI Reference number LEX11793
Date of access1
17 February 2025
FOI request2
the work calendar/diary of the following officials during December 2022 (one month)
- Ms Jan Adams, department secretary
- Mr Innes-Brown
- Ms Gemma Huggins
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI Reference number LEX11919
Date of access1
13 February 2025
FOI request2
Please provide the invoice and a document that contains the scope of the project related to: SOC Gender Equality Event - Events management: Department of Jobs Tourism Science and Innovation – AusTender Contract Notice: CN4118461. If a document does not exist, please provide the final contract and any variations to the contract.
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI Reference number LEX11888
Date of access1
13 February 2025
FOI request2
The eight most recent "Representation Funds Expenditure" reports for the head of Mission in London, U.K. This should capture all the quarterly reports for the financial years 2022-23 and 2023-24.
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI Reference number LEX11925
Date of access1
10 February 2025
FOI request2
A document containing the “… arrangements approved by the … principal officer … of the …”Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in relation to allowing “… a further period for making an application …” for the internal review of a decision relating to a freedom of information application (54B(3)(b) and 54B(2)).
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI Reference number LEX11921
Date of access1
7 February 2025
FOI request2
- Communication - including emails, memos and briefs - sent within the Office of the Pacific discussing any risks associated to the creation of a Papua New Guinea team in the National Rugby League (NRL).
- Limit search to documents produced between January and June 2024.
- Don't include text messages such as SMS, WhatsApp and Signal etc
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI Reference number LEX11867
Date of access1
6 February 2025
FOI request2
The work calendar of following individuals between 1 September 2022 to 1 December 2022:
- Ms Jan Adams, department secretary
- Mr Innes Brown
- Ms Gemma Huggins
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI Reference number LEX11855
Date of access1
6 February 2025
FOI request2
A list of costs incurred for all the overseas travel (flights, accommodation, ground travel, travel allowance) for First Nations Ambassador - Mr Justin Mohamed - from 1 July 2024 to 30 November 2024.
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI Reference number LEX11842
Date of access1
6 February 2025
FOI request2
...the Style Guides/Brand Guides/Writing Guides currently used for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade'.
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI Reference number LEX11722
Date of access1
6 February 2025
FOI request2
'2. (a) Copy of the following contract listed on the AusTenders website here (Contract):
(i) Agency: DFAT
(ii) Supplier Name: DT Global Asia Pacific Pty Ltd ABN 23 006 170 869 (DT Global) (originally Cardno Emerging Markets (Australia) Pty Ltd (Cardno))
(iii) CN ID: CN3562744
(iv) Description: Economic and Social Infrastructure Program (Papua New Guinea)
(v) Contract Period: 10 December 2018 to 9 December 2026
(vi) Publish date: 28 December 2018
(b) Copy of the following amendment of the Contract listed on the AusTenders website here:
(i) Agency: DFAT
(ii) Supplier Name: Cardno
(iii) CN ID: CN3562744-A1
(iv) Amendment Start Date: 25 November 2022
(v) Publish date: 7 December 2022
(c) Copy of the following amendment of the Contract listed on the AusTenders website here:
(i) Agency: DFAT
(ii) Supplier Name: DT Global
(iii) CN ID: CN356274-A2
(iv) Amendment Start Date: 23 October 2023
(v) Publish date: 15 December 2023
3. To be clear, the requests in paragraph 2 above do not include:
(a) A request for the terms of any agreement or document which contain any price for the provision of goods and/or services, pricing methodology or other commercially valuable information;
(b) A request for an agreement or document which would involve the disclosure of personal information about any person in the employ of or representing, DFAT, DT Global and Cardno.'
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI Reference number LEX11916
Date of access1
4 February 2025
FOI request2
- any documentation which will determine which category the phrase "All rights reserved" is falling under (unacceptable, or inappropriate or offensive) according to subsection 53(4) of the Australian Passports Act 2005 as part of the signature on a passport, allowing the Minister to refuse signatures containing the foregoing phrase; and
- any documentation which is used to justify that the phrase "All rights reserved" is deemed unacceptable, or inappropriate or offensive as per Passport Policy document located on the DF AT website under URL https://www.dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/corporate/passports/passport-policy; or
- in the absence of any of the above, any documentation that would justify how it is not an arbitrary (or even worse, a discriminatory) action from the DFAT and their agents to refuse signatures that contain the phrase "All rights reserved"; and
- any documents showing the authority of the DF AT and their agents to request a man to change his signature.
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI Reference number LEX11912
Date of access1
31 January 2025
FOI request2
‘Can I please have a copy of all the Federal agencies receiving the change of nomenclature from FYROM to North Macedonia please.’
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI Reference number LEX11898
Date of access1
31 January 2025
FOI request2
A list with all invoices received for Welcome to Country ceremonies held in the financial years 2022/23 and 2023/24.
James Stevens MP – Federal Member for Sturt agrees to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade extracting a list from the Departments Finance System using key word search with third party information removed as per section 17 of the FOI Act.
Key words to be searched in relation to the above FOI request are:
- welcome to country
- ceremonies
- ceremony
- acknowledgement
- smoking
- first nations
- traditional owners
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI Reference number LEX11728
Date of access1
31 January 2025
FOI request2
... all costs incurred in procuring AusTender Contract Notice: CN4103052 - Sports Innovation Summit.
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI Reference number LEX11742
Date of access1
29 January 2025
FOI request2
Documents provided by the Department to the office of the minister for foreign affairs relating to the election of US President Elect Donald Trump. Please limit searches to documents relating to Trump himself, and documents relating to the potential effects of Trump's policy agenda on Australia, the Australian government and its policy agenda, or the Australian economy.
Please limit searches for these documents to those created inside the US, UK & Canada Branch, and limit this search to final versions of documents. Please limit searches for these documents to the period 3 November to 7 November 2024. Please exclude publicly available documents (news clippings etc).
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI Reference number LEX11696
Date of access1
29 January 2025
FOI request2
Scarlet Alliance is a registered charity with ABN 86612112065. Its Statement of Profit and Loss for the year ending 30/06/2015 indicates it received money in 2014 and 2015 from DFAT via a grant named "Regional HIV Capacity Building
I request a copy of any agreements, deeds, contracts or similar documents involving or relating to Scarlet Alliance. This request seeks copies of grants, deeds, agreements or similar documents relating to Scarlet Alliance, including but not limited to, the Regional HIV Capacity Building Program. There may have been more than one grant provided to Scarlet Alliance over the timeframe specified in this request. The timeframe for this request is 01/01/2008 - 31/12/2023. I am not seeking personal information, please exclude all personal information.
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI Reference number LEX11845
Date of access1
28 January 2025
FOI request2
All correspondence and documents, including but not limited to emails, quotes, receipts, brochures, in relation to the purchase of a motor vehicle with a contract value of $130,502.15 (Referred to in AusTender as CN4112540).
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI Reference number LEX11832
Date of access1
28 January 2025
FOI request2
….all documents created since 2 September, 2024 in relation to hiring and/or using and/or payment to and/or booking of a didgeridoo player to perform at an Australia Day performance in Singapore from the Australian High Commission in Singapore and/or DFAT.
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI Reference number LEX11737
Date of access1
24 January 2025
FOI request2
1) Ministerial submissions, briefings and/or talking points provided by DFAT to the Minister for Foreign Affairs that relate to draft United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution A/C.1/79/L.39 concerning nuclear war effects and scientific research (approved by the First Committee of the General Assembly on 1 November 2024); and
2) Cables, correspondence, emails and/or other communications between DFAT and the Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations that relate to draft UNGA resolution A/C.1/79/L.39.
The scope of this Freedom of Information application includes records that relate to drafts of the draft resolution prior to the final draft circulated with reference A/C.1/79/L.39 to United Nations member states on 15 October 2024.
I do not seek access to duplicates of any document captured within the scope of the request; nor the mobile numbers or full email addresses of government officials, nor the names and contact details of government officials not in the Senior Executive Service or equivalent.
I do ask that junior officials’ positions or titles be left unredacted, along with email domains that provide useful information as to the origin and destination of communication e.g. ‘[redacted]@dfat.gov.au’.
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI Reference number LEX11702
Date of access1
23 January 2025
FOI request2
Copy of formal diplomatic or other statements or notes, which relate to Australia's recognition and establishment of diplomatic relations, that were exchanged between the government of Australia and Kosovo (around 2008)
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI Reference number LEX11890
Date of access1
20 January 2025
FOI request2
Email correspondence within the department that refers to suspected methanol cases involving Australian citizens overseas between 2021-2024. I am not seeking personal information, or responses from foreign governments and diplomats, but I am seeking emails that outline where the suspected cases are and how Australians have been supported.
Alternatively, if the above is not practical, I am seeking a list of all countries where suspected methanol poisoning has been reported to the department between 2021 and 2024 and on how many occasions.
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI Reference number LEX11770
Date of access1
17 January 2025
FOI request2
Documents, correspondence, reports, etc, relating to the IRGC background brief
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI Reference number LEX11760
Date of access1
16 January 2025
FOI request2
Briefings prepared for Department staff for Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee hearings on 16/02/2022 and 16/02/2023 in regards to the Australian Passport Office
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI Reference number LEX11878
Date of access1
10 January 2025
FOI request2
the invoice and a document that contains the scope of the project related to: MERCHANDISE PRODUCT – Stationery: Promotion Products – AusTender Contract Notice: CN4114983. If a document does not exist, please provide the final contract and any variations to the contract.
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI Reference number LEX11805
Date of access1
8 January 2025
FOI request2
Please provide the invoice and a document that contains the scope of the project related to: Assisted departure flights from Lebanon - Passenger air transportation: Qatar Airways Q.C.S.C – AusTender Contract Notice: CN4107752. If a document does not exist, please provide the final contract and any variations to the contract.
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI Reference number LEX11730
Date of access1
8 January 2025
FOI request2
Any outbound email correspondence sent by both Minister King and Minister Farrell's offices which is addressed to a “@qantas.com.au” email address.
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI Reference number LEX11806
Date of access1
7 January 2025
FOI request2
The invoice and a document that contains the scope of the project related to: Travel Facilitation - Travel facilitation: Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation – AusTender Contract Notice: CN4106574. If a document does not exist, please provide the final contract and any variations to the contract.
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI Reference number LEX11741
Date of access1
6 January 2025
FOI request2
All documents or files held by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, or held by the foreign affairs minister's office, relating to the Prime Minister's call with Donald Trump on 7 November.
Please include documents including, but not limited to: internal emails and correspondence; emails and correspondence with US counterparts; any briefing notes, talking points, speech notes or similar documents prepared for the call; any summaries, minutes or transcripts of the call itself; any emails relating to the preparation of the readout which was publicly released after the call; any draft versions or alternate versions of the readout which were prepared; any audio files of the call which may have been captured.
Please limit searches for these documents to the period 3 November to 8 November 2024. Please exclude publicly available documents (news clippings etc).
Information published in the disclosure log3
FOI Reference number LEX11738
Date of access1
2 January 2025
FOI request2
The invoice and a document that contains the scope of the project related to: ER Garden Refurbishment - Interior plant landscaping services: PT ANACITA KREASI RUANG - AusTender Contract Notice: CN4103646.
Information published in the disclosure log3
Older disclosure logs
- 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)