Data Accountability and Transparency
Data sharing applications to the department by accredited users under the Data Availability and Transparency Act 2022 (Cth) may be submitted to: data.sharing@dfat.gov.au.
Any application/s to the department for any sharing of data pursuant to the DAT Act and Scheme, should be submitted using the Data Request Form.
Submitted applications will be considered by the department in accordance with the requirements of the DAT Act and the Data Availability and Transparency (DAT) Scheme, and the department will notify the applicant and the Office of the National Data Commissioner of the department’s decision in due course.
DFAT is only authorised to share its public sector data with accredited users where the authorisation requirements under section 13 of the DAT Act are met.
The sharing, collection and use of data by the applicant must be part of a project that is for one or more of the defined data sharing purposes (s15 DAT Act) and must be done consistently with the data sharing principles (s16 DAT Act) and a registered data sharing agreement that meets the requirements of the DAT Act. Privacy protections also apply to the sharing of personal information.
DFAT can only share public sector data for which it is the data custodian (i.e. DFAT must control the data, including by having the right to deal with it).
Some sharing of data is barred (e.g. if the sharing would contravene a prescribed law or an agreement).
Further information regarding the DAT Act and Scheme is available with the Office of the National Data Commissioner.