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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OFFICIAL   Dear Mr Hollingworth   The OAIC will have written to you to advise they have declined the extension of time for your request. The d...
OFFICIAL Dear Applicant Freedom of Information Request FOI25/402 I refer to your request to the Attorney-General's Department (the department) under th...
OFFICIAL Dear Applicant Freedom of Information Request FOI25/401 I refer to your request to the Attorney-General's Department (the department) under th...
OFFICIAL Dear Applicant Freedom of Information Request FOI25/399 I refer to your request to the Attorney-General's Department (the department) under...
OFFICIAL   FOI Request: LEX 12853 and LEX 12856   Dear Applicant   Thank you for your email dated 18 September 2025 seeking access to docu...
OFFICIAL Dear Mr Hamiltonshire,   Thank you for your request, which was received by the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department (the departme...
Thank you for contacting the Freedom of Information (FOI) team at the Attorney-General’s Department (the department). We get a high volume of emails...
Thank you for contacting the Freedom of Information (FOI) team at the Attorney-General’s Department (the department). We get a high volume of emails...
Thank you for contacting the Freedom of Information (FOI) team at the Attorney-General’s Department (the department). We get a high volume of emails...
OFFICIAL   Dear applicant   Freedom of Information Request FOI24/587 I refer to your request to the Attorney-General's Department (the depar...
OFFICIAL   OAIC ref: MR23/01376 Our ref: FOI23/463-IC     Dear Mr Lupinski   I write further to your Information Commissioner (IC) revi...
OFFICIAL   Dear John   Freedom of Information Request FOI24/077-IR   I refer to your request to the Attorney-General's Department (the dep...
OFFICIAL Dear Thomas   Freedom of Information Request FOI23/417   I refer to your request to the Attorney-General's Department (the departme...
OFFICIAL Dear Deborah-May As advised, the Attorney-General’s Department transferred your FOI request to the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NI...
Thank you for contacting the Freedom of Information (FOI) team at the Attorney-General’s Department (the department). We get a high volume of emails...
Ministerial Submissions
Response by Attorney-General's Department to CB on .
Dear CB   I refer to your FOI request, FOI23/548. I am writing to advise you that the department has treated your request as withdrawn and it is n...
Federal agency jurisdiction
Clarification sent to Attorney-General's Department by Josephine on .
Thanks for your reply. I have looked at the Parliamentary Education Office website and it has information about rights in Australia which is what I a...
Thank you for acknowledging "if the legislation you describe exists". Extensive searches indicate it does not exist, therefore the cestui que trust "...
Dear Mr Beckinsale I refer to your FOI request, FOI24/161. The purpose of this email is to advise you that the department is treating your request as...
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...
OFFICIAL   Dear Christian Fletcher,   Freedom of Information Request FOI23/301   I am writing in regards to your Freedom of Information req...
OFFICIAL   Dear Watson Norwood Freedom of Information Request FOI23/247 - finalised s 24AB(7) - Attorney-General's Department I refer to your...
OFFICIAL   Dear Gareth Smith   Freedom of Information Request FOI23/223   Please find attached your decision letter, including your review...
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...
OFFICIAL Dear Mathieu Thank you for applying to the Attorney-General's Department (the department) for access to documents under the Freedom of Inform...

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