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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Is the following included in the Australian Constitution - refer US 13th amendment 'no lawyers allowed in public office'?
Request to Attorney-General's Department by Marilyn Quirk. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
Awaiting classification.
To the applicant. My only reason for this note is to help you see the way that Right to Know shows different kinds of writing. A message from an applic...
All documents relating to special purposes prohibited importation 096IP/2017
Request to Attorney-General's Department by Dave Everett. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
Refused.
Thgis is not actually a refused application. The applicant was told that he would have to pay a processing charge. The charges were not paid. The appli...
Documents not available for download from your FOI disclosure log / reasoning
Follow up sent to Attorney-General's Department by Posty on .
Successful.
I apologise for the tardiness of my reply. I had not replied to this as I have been engaged. I’d very much still like the documents. I can’t...
Transcript of the Fair Work Decision in Hazledine vs Wakerley
Request to Attorney-General's Department by Karren Hazledine. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
Refused.
I have said that this application was refused but my reason is a bit complicated. The applicant was involved in a law suit. The suit was heard by a cou...
Government obligation to protect the public in Australia
Request to Attorney-General's Department by Eddie. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
Refused.
Unfortunately, although the request is interesting, it is too vague to be a valid request. Instead of requesting specific, identifiable documents, it a...
Decisions about publishing on the FOI Disclosure Log
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Evelyn Doyle on .
Partially successful.
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Ms Doyle   Freedom of Information Request FOI19/016   I refer to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FO...
Documents Listed on the FOI Disclosure Log National Integrity Commission
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Evelyn Doyle on .
Successful.
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Ms Doyle   Please find attached the documents you requested below for matter FOI18/197.   Yours sincerely   FOI Case O...
Court Transcripts from Hazledine vs AJG
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Karren Hazledine on .
Refused.
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Ms Hazledine,   Please find a letter, attached to this email, in which is recorded a decision in respect of your request for a...
Seeking VALID information
Response by Attorney-General's Department to kenneth stagg on .
Partially successful.
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Stagg,   Please find attached a signed decision letter in relation to your request for internal review regarding FOI17/199....
Parliament of the Commonwealth 2
Request to Attorney-General's Department by Jim Gray. Annotated by steven on .
Refused.
Exactly, spot on, perfect explanation. "thumbs up"
Submissions to consultation of Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Tim Singleton Norton on .
Partially successful.
UNCLASSIFIED   Dear Mr Singleton Norton,   FOI request: FA18/09/01316 I refer to your email dated 21 September 2018 in which you requested a...
Request for mobile communications via mobile applications
Request to Attorney-General's Department by Ben Fairless. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
Refused.
I don’t think I pursued this any further to be honest. You’re welcome to make the same or similar request if you wanted ;)
FOI Delegations
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Fairless Thank you for your request. The Attorney-General's Department has decided to release the requested documents administr...
Australia is a signatory to the International covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Human Rights
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Eddie on .
Refused.
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Kevin Thank you for your email. You have emailed the Attorney-General’s Department Freedom of Information section. The Attorney-G...
Information on Wikileaks, its Australian staff, and Julian Assange.
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Snehan Kekre on .
Refused.
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Kekre   Please find attached correspondence in respect of your request below.   Yours sincerely   FOI Case Manager...
Online Services Strategy for Royal Commissions
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Simon Victory on .
Successful.
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Victory   I refer to your email below making enquiries regarding a subdomain.   I have provided a response to your queries un...
800,000+ jobs created since July 2016......Really ?
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Vito Guzzardi on .
Information not held.
UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon I refer to your email below. Please be advised that the email address for the FOI unit in the Attorney General's Departme...
Precise salaries paid to the Department’s SES officers for FY14/15, FY15/16 and FY16/17
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Name withheld on .
Refused.
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Applicant,   Please find attached the signed decision letter in respect of your request for documents under the Freedom of Inf...
Dissemination by the FWBC of false information - ethics and accountability in the Commonwealth Public Sector
Response by Attorney-General's Department to JS on .
Information not held.
UNCLASSIFIED Dear JS Please find attached a decision in response to your request for internal review below. Yours sincerely FOI Case Manager Freed...
Documents relating to legal advice and court attendance for the Commonwealth Ministers of Health, Human Services and Assistant to the Treasurer summoned before the Victorian Supreme Court
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Richard Smith on .
Partially successful.
UNCLASSIFIED FOI17/142; 17/8681 Dear Mr Smith Please find attached a decision letter, schedule of documents and documents, and Attachments A, B and C...
2016-17 Most Expensive Trip
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Jackson Gothe-Snape on .
Long overdue.
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Gothe-Snape Freedom of Information Request FOI17/137   On 8 August 2017 you requested access to documents, specifically th...
2016-17 Most Expensive Event
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Jackson Gothe-Snape on .
Refused.
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Gothe-Snape On 8 August 2017 you requested access to documents, specifically the following:             “Can you please pro...
Article 61 Magna Carta
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Ringer on .
Information not held.
UNCLASSIFIED Good morning,   I am writing in response to your email of 18 October 2017 to the Freedom of Information and Parliamentary Section o...
Private use of social media advice provided to employees
Response by Attorney-General's Department to James Smith on .
Refused.
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Smith,   Please find attached a signed letter in respect of your Freedom of Information request.   The department’s FOI...
Indonesian Minors jailed in Australian Adult Prisons
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Asher Hirsch on .
Refused.
UNCLASSIFIED   Dear Asher Hirsch Freedom of Information Request FOI17/118 On 4 July 2017 you requested access to documents, specifically the f...

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