Attorney-General's Department

Part of the Attorney-General portfolio and a Federal authority, also called AGD

The Attorney-General's Department was one of the original departments established at Federation in 1901. It serves the Attorney-General's and the Minister for Home Affairs and provides policy advice and services to the Commonwealth in the following main areas: administrative, constitutional, civil, family and international law, international crime cooperation, Indigenous legal justice, law reform, bankruptcy estate administration and regulation, Commonwealth courts and tribunals, legal aid, native title, national and international human rights issues, censorship, criminal law and law enforcement, national security, emergency management, some aspects of customs and border control.

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Correspondence with the Cabinet Secretary
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Not Rex Patrick on .

Refused.

OFFICIAL   Good afternoon   Please find attached a decision letter, incorporating a statement of reasons, regarding your request for documents...
Bernard Collaery decision
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Alex Sullivan on .

Awaiting classification.

Your email has been received by the Freedom of Information and Privacy Section of the Attorney-General's Department. Please note that we will only ac...
Establishment of Anti Corruption Commission
Response by Attorney-General's Department to MB on .

Awaiting response.

OFFICIAL   Dear MB Freedom of Information Request FOI23/040 I refer to your request to the Attorney-General's Department (the department) unde...
FOI Request - Senate Estimates Briefing Index
Follow up sent to Attorney-General's Department by Andorra Loom on .

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Thank you for your email and for the final decision on this application. Please provide my thanks to the decisionmaker. Regards, Andorra
Sia Lagos warned on job rule sidestep by her General Counsel
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Velan on .

Refused.

OFFICIAL   Dear Velan   Freedom of Information Request FOI22/092   I refer to your request to the Attorney-General's Department (the depar...
Federal integrity agency
Response by Attorney-General's Department to John Smith on .

Successful.

OFFICIAL Dear Mr Smith Freedom of Information Request FOI22/233 I refer to your request to the Attorney-General's Department (the department) under th...
Documents relating to authority and right over man or woman
Response by Attorney-General's Department to i: a man; Shaun on .

Awaiting classification.

Dear Shaun   Thank you for your email, which was received by the Attorney-General's Department (the department) on 28 October 2022. In your email...
Question Time Briefs
Response by Attorney-General's Department to BE on .

Refused.

OFFICIAL   Dear BE   Freedom of Information Request FOI22/182 I refer to your request to the Attorney-General's Department (the department)...
Documents relating to certain positions in AGD
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Stoyan on .

Refused.

OFFICIAL   Dear Stoyan   Freedom of Information Request FOI22/019-IR I refer to your request for internal review of the department’s decision...
Request of NGA Lindy LEE Ouroboros for $14 M Budget
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Mathieu Briand on .

Awaiting classification.

OFFICIAL Dear Mathieu Thank you for applying to the Attorney-General's Department (the department) for access to documents under the Freedom of Inform...
Voluntary palliative sedation
Response by Attorney-General's Department to John Smith on .

Information not held.

OFFICIAL   Dear Mr Smith   Freedom of Information Request FOI22/222 I refer to your request to the Attorney-General's Department (the departme...
Questionable employment practices in the Federal Court
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Alex on .

Partially successful.

OAIC reference: MR22/00986 Agency reference: FOI22/034-IR Ms Alexander Doyle By email to: [1][FOI #8480 email] Dear Ms Doyle Thank you for you...
Documents relating to sanctions for breaches of Code of Conduct
Follow up sent to Attorney-General's Department by raphael on .

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Thank you for providing Ms Dawson's decision and the relevant documents. Please pass my thanks to Ms Dawson too. Yours sincerely, raphael
Documents relating to vetting of reports prepared for the Attorney-General with a view to the reports being presented to the Parliament
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Marek on .

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Your email has been received by the Freedom of Information and Privacy Section of the Attorney-General's Department. Please note that we will only ac...
Correspondence relating to an article in The Australian about an investigation by the Commonwealth Ombudsman into a PID investigation conducted by Kate McMullan
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Alex on .

Partially successful.

OFFICIAL   Dear Alex   Freedom of Information Request FOI22/088   I refer to your request to the Attorney-General's Department (the depart...
• Legal advice provided by the Attorney Generals Department to the Federal Government related to both the closure and the subsequent re-opening of Australia's International borders
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Dominic Peter Manganaro on .

Refused.

OFFICIAL   Dear Mr Manganaro Freedom of Information Request FOI22/043-IR I refer to your request for an Internal Review of FOI22/043.   Ple...
Release of Commonwealth offenders on parole under Crimes Act 1914
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Caitlin on .

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OFFICIAL   Dear Joanna Freedom of Information Request FOI22/107 I refer to your request to the Attorney-General's Department (the department)...
Broadbanding across EL2 and senior executive bands - vacancy VN-0703389 published on pages 420 - 422 in Public Service Gazette PS 14 Weekly Gazette - Thursday, 7 April 2022
Response by Attorney-General's Department to raphael on .

Refused.

Dear Raphael Freedom of Information Request FOI22/081-IR I refer to your request to the Attorney-General's Department (the department) under the F...
Factsheets - Notice of intended marriage
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Scott on .

Awaiting classification.

OFFICIAL   Dear Scott Freedom of Information Request FOI22/108 I refer to your request to the Attorney-General's Department (the department) u...
Records designating the Principal Registry and District Registries of the Federal Court of Australia
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Jake S on .

Successful.

Your email has been received by the Freedom of Information and Privacy Section of the Attorney-General's Department. Please note that we will only ac...
Request for documents in relation to the investigation of suspected breaches of s 65 of the PID Act, and about prosecution of suspected offences
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Marcus on .

Partially successful.

OFFICIAL   Dear Marcus Freedom of Information Request FOI22/078 I refer to your request to the Attorney-General's Department (the department)...
Internal Correspondants and Documents regarding Petition EN3533
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Alex Pentland on .

Successful.

OFFICIAL   Dear Mr Pentland   Freedom of Information Request FOI22/086 I refer to your request to the Attorney-General's Department (the dep...
Australian Public Service Commissioner's power of veto over SES selection processes
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Stork on .

Refused.

OFFICIAL   Dear Applicant Freedom of Information Request FOI22/048 I refer to your request to the Attorney-General's Department (the departmen...
Dodging a dodgy veto
Follow up sent to Attorney-General's Department by Ray B1 on .

Refused.

Dear Ms Baker I acknowledge Ms Chen's refusal decision under s 24A of the FOI Act. Please pass my thanks to Ms Chen for confirming that the Attorne...
Consideration of the numbers of capped SES positions in the evaluation of classification for roles in the AGD
Follow up sent to Attorney-General's Department by Ray B1 on .

Refused.

I acknowledge Ms Dawson's refusal decision under s 24A of the FOI Act. Please pass on my thanks to Ms Dawson for confirming that the Attorney-Gene...

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