Australian Border Force

Part of the Immigration & Border Protection portfolio and a Federal authority, also called ABF

On 1 July 2015 Australian Customs and Border Protection Service was integrated into the Department of Immigration and Border Protection. This includes the Australian Border Force agency which was established to deliver front-line operations.

Requests prior to 1 July 2015 were sent to the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS). Requests are processed by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection.

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Cause of failure at passport control gates - 15 July 2019
Response by Australian Border Force to Sean on .

Partially successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Sean   FOI request FA 19/07/00943   I refer to your FOI request received on 15 July 2019, seeking access to the following:...
Social Media Policy
Response by Australian Border Force to Regina Jefferies on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Ms Jefferies   Thank you for your Freedom of Information request 19 June 2019 where you requested the following documents:  ...
DIBP support for Assisted Voluntary Returns by IOM Indonesia
Response by Australian Border Force to Cam on .

Partially successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 17/07/00010; ADF2017/70280   Dear Mr Doig,   I refer to your FOI request received on 2 July 2017, seeking acc...
Variable Outgoings Dampier Office
Response by Australian Border Force to Gary Davies on .

Long overdue.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr G Davies   FOI request FA 19/01/00172   I refer to your FOI request received on 3 January 2019, seeking access to the f...
Algorithms in use to determine threat risk to asylum seekers
Response by Australian Border Force to Tim Singleton Norton on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Singleton Norton   FOI request FA 18/08/00495   I refer to your FOI request received on 7 August 2018, seeking access to...
Resettle Agreement between Australia and USA
Response by Australian Border Force to Margaret Anderson on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 17/09/00969; ADF2017/102556   Dear Ms Anderson   Further to the advice below, as we did not receive a respons...
Private use of social media advice provided to employees
Response by Australian Border Force to James Smith on .

Refused.

Good morning Mr Smith The Department notes that you have submitted the below request to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (the Depar...
FOI Delegations
Response by Australian Border Force to Ben Fairless on .

Withdrawn by the requester.

** This is an automated response. Please do not reply to this email ** IMPORTANT INFORMATION   Your email has been received by the Department of...
Health undertaking grated for TB
Response by Australian Border Force to Mark evans on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Evans   FOI request FA 18/07/01040   I refer to your FOI request received on 20 July 2018, seeking access to the follow...
Manual for the Coordinated Handling of People Smuggling: Interceptions, Investigations and Prosecutions in Indonesia
Response by Australian Border Force to Asher Hirsch on .

Refused.

For-Official-Use-Only In reply please quote: FOI Request:      FA 17/06/00884-R1 File Number:      ADF2017/68753   Dear Mr Hirsch   The D...
Reporting on the Legal Services Directions
Response by Australian Border Force to Charles Powers on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Good morning Mr Powers I refer to your email below, addressed to the Australian Border Force (ABF). I note that you have submitted a dupl...
Customs criteria on what "substantially duplicates a military firearm" that makes it banned from importation
Response by Australian Border Force to Bob on .

Successful.

Good afternoon   FOI request FA 16/11/01635   I refer to your FOI request received on 21 November 2016, seeking access to documents relating t...
Border turnarounds
Response by Australian Border Force to Jason Bqwerty on .

Partially successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 17/02/00562; ADF2017/21215   Dear Mr Bqwerty,   I refer to your FOI request received on 10 February 2017, see...
Purpose and budget of new Border Force podcast
Follow up sent to Australian Border Force by Luke Bacon on .

Successful.

Thanks very much Katie, Best wishes, Luke Bacon
Number of serving personnel with criminal convictions and the nature/types of those convictions
Request to Australian Border Force by Citizen. Annotated by Citizen on .

Information not held.

Interesting that Australian Border Force do not have at their ready disposal information regarding the criminal convictions of staff. I shall write to...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Australian Border Force to Ben Fairless on .

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Fairless I refer to your request to access documents addressed to the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service. On 1 Ju...
ACBPS activities tier 1 prohibited goods (performance enhancing) 2010-2015
Response by Australian Border Force to ajuni on .

Refused.

Dear Uni Student AJ   The purpose of this email is to advise that your request has been closed as invalid and the Department is no longer processi...
Cocos Island Surveillance System
Request to Australian Border Force by CD. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .

Partially successful.

Departmental Policies are weird, but I'll try to explain it. A "File" is simply a folder (either digitally or physically) with a reference number tha...
Cocos Island Surveillance System - Trials/Reports
Response by Australian Border Force to CD on .

Information not held.

Good morning CD   Request for access to documents – Freedom of Information Act 1982   Please find attached a Notice of Decision in relation to...
FOI request for contract regarding CMO039650
Response by Australian Border Force to CD on .

Successful.

Good morning Request for access to documents – Freedom of Information Act 1982 I refer to my email of yesterday's date, and confirm that the outstand...
Terrorist Vicken Hovsepian's Entry to Australia
Response by Australian Border Force to Pinar Yilmaz on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Pinar Yilmaz Thank you for your e-mail. I apologise if my email to you of 27 February 2015 (below) was not clear. The request that...
Delegation's Schedule
Response by Australian Border Force to Red on .

Successful.

Good afternoon Request for access to documents – Freedom of Information Act 1982 Please find attached a Notice of Decision from the Australian Custom...
Incident reports related to deaths/injuries at sea
Response by Australian Border Force to Ben Fairless on .

Information not held.

Good morning Mr Fairless Request for access to documents – Freedom of Information Act 1982 Please find attached a Notice of Decision from the Austral...
Border Force Logo Design
Response by Australian Border Force to Daniel on .

Refused.

Good morning   I refer to my emails to you of 28 July and 15 July respectively, and note that I have not received a response to you.   As such...
Documents containing the phrase "Operation Sovereign Murders"
Response by Australian Border Force to Robin de Garis on .

Information not held.

Good morning Mr de Garis Request for access to documents – Freedom of Information Act 1982 Please find attached a Notice of Decision from the Austral...

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