Australian Bureau of Statistics

Request to Australian Bureau of Statistics by CR. Annotated by Ben (Right to Know) on April 15, 2025.

We have hidden the name of a former public servant that was inadvertently disclosed. If you have any questions or would like to discuss further please...

List of Cities in Australia

Response by Australian Bureau of Statistics to Theodora McIntosh on November 01, 2023.

Dear Theodora, Please find attached the response from the ABS regarding your Freedom of Information request. (See attached file: ABS Response to y...

Style/Branding/Writing guides for the ABS

Request to Australian Bureau of Statistics by Alex Pentland. Annotated by CR on January 18, 2024.

The released document can be found here (Disclosure log 2023/06): https://www.abs.gov.au/about/legislation-and-policy/freedom-information/disclosure-lo...

Statistics within Brisbane.

Response by Australian Bureau of Statistics to Dave on April 06, 2020.

Dear Dave, Thank you for your recent enquiry to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and I apologise for the delay in responding. The latest...

Population of Australia statistics.

Response by Australian Bureau of Statistics to Dave on April 06, 2020.

Dear Dave, Thank you for your recent enquiry to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and I apologise for the delay in responding. Please note...

Postal survey

Response by Australian Bureau of Statistics to Jeremy Cooper-Stout on April 13, 2018.

Dear Mr Cooper-Stout Please find attached correspondence regarding your FOI request, 2184. Regards FOI Team Communications and Parl...

The number of Australians Experiencing Food Insecurity

Response by Australian Bureau of Statistics to Ken McLeod on July 13, 2018.

Dear Mr McLeod I refer to your application in which you seek access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982(FOI Act)(ABS reference FO...

ABS view on including 16 and 17 year olds in the Marriage Law Postal Survey

Response by Australian Bureau of Statistics to Chris Gentle on April 13, 2018.

Dear Mr Gentle Please find attached correspondence regarding your FOI request, 2187. Regards FOI Team Communications and Parliament...

Cost of Twitter advertising in 2017

Response by Australian Bureau of Statistics to Henare Degan on January 24, 2018.

Dear Ms Degan In response to your Freedom of Information request received on 11 November 2017, please find attached the formal response from the ABS...

Decision-making process regarding same sex marriage survey letter-sending order

Response by Australian Bureau of Statistics to David Crafti on November 10, 2017.

Dear Mr Crafti In response to your Freedom of Information request received on 15 September 2017, please find attached the formal response from the A...

Conduct of the Personal Safety Survey, 2012

Follow up sent to Australian Bureau of Statistics by Mark R. Diamond on September 05, 2017.

Many thanks to you and your team for your comprehensive response to my recent FOI request for information about the conduct of the Personal Safety S...

Employee information provided to ballot agents in Enterprise Agreement bargaining

Response by Australian Bureau of Statistics to James Smith on March 20, 2017.

Dear Mr Smith In response to your Freedom of Information request received on 16 February 2017, please find attached the formal response from the ABS...

Enterprise bargaining - what information is provided to department about employees' votes?

Response by Australian Bureau of Statistics to James Smith on March 30, 2017.

Dear Mr Smith, In response to your FOI request received on 26 February 2017, please find attached the formal response from the ABS. Should you hav...

Methods for linking datasets without individual identification

Response by Australian Bureau of Statistics to Justin Warren on January 20, 2017.

Dear Mr Warren In response to your FOI request received on 8 November 2016, please find attached the formal response from the ABS. Should you have...

Server log files

Response by Australian Bureau of Statistics to Jackson Gothe-Snape on December 13, 2016.

Our reference: RQ16/05402 Agency reference: FOI 12492 By email: [1][FOI #2118 email] Dear Mr Gothe-Snape Extension of time request under s1...

Indexed list of agency files

Response by Australian Bureau of Statistics to Brendan Molloy on January 03, 2017.

Dear Mr Molloy, I refer to your email on 28 December 2016 in which you sought access to the Indexed lists of departmental and agency files required...

FOI Delegations - 2016

Response by Australian Bureau of Statistics to Ben Fairless on December 14, 2016.

Dear Mr Fairless, In response to your request for an internal review on 1 December 2016, please find attached the formal response from the ABS. Sh...

Any and all information given to Census workers regarding their rights and responsibilities

Response by Australian Bureau of Statistics to William Pettersson on November 11, 2016.

Dear Mr Pettersson, In response to your FOI request received on 23 September 2016, please find attached the formal response from the ABS. Should y...

Request for unredacted documents in FOI 201516/07 - 'Census retention decision and ABS use of data'

Response by Australian Bureau of Statistics to James Smith on September 13, 2016.

Dear Mr Smith The ABS has conduct a search for the document you have sought access to in your revised Freedom of Information request received by the...

Census - how will ABS deal with those who refuse to complete Census?

Response by Australian Bureau of Statistics to James Smith on September 12, 2016.

Dear Mr Smith - apologies, I attached a prior FOI response. Correct version is attached (See attached file: 201617-08 _ Request response.pdf) Reg...

Census 2016 planning and agency response

Response by Australian Bureau of Statistics to James Smith on September 27, 2016.

Dear Mr Smith, In response to your FOI request received on 26 August 2016, please find attached the formal response from the ABS. (See attached fi...

Census retention decision and ABS use of data

Follow up sent to Australian Bureau of Statistics by James Smith on May 31, 2016.

Thank you for providing the requested information. Yours sincerely, James Smith

Social media policy

Response by Australian Bureau of Statistics to James Smith on May 13, 2016.

Dear Mr Smith, The ABS has conduct a search for the document you have sought access to in your Freedom of Information request received by the ABS on...

Current 8 Month Census

Follow up sent to Australian Bureau of Statistics by Ken McLeod on May 07, 2015.

The largest portion of the information you have provided has black lines drawn through it. The information I have sought under the FOI Act is not th...

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