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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Stradford (a pseudonym) v Judge Vasta [2023] FCA 1020
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Waldek on .

Awaiting classification.

OFFICIAL   Dear Waldek   Freedom of Information Request FOI23/463 and FOI23/500   I refer to your requests to the Attorney-General's Depart...
Consent of the governed
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Matt Beckinsale on .

Awaiting classification.

OFFICIAL OFFICIAL Dear Mr Beckinsale I write to follow up on my email of 3 April 2024 below. I note we are yet to receive a response from you. We are...
Briefs and Talking Points provided for a Presser involving the Attorney general
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Alex Pentland on .

Long overdue.

OFFICIAL Dear Mr Pentland, Thank you for your email. I apologise for the delay in processing, the Department is continuing with your request and hope...
Public interest disclosures
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Brutus on .

Awaiting classification.

OFFICIAL   Dear Applicant   Freedom of Information Request FOI24/469-IC   I refer to your request to the Attorney-General's Department (the...
Ministerial Submissions
Response by Attorney-General's Department to CB on .

Awaiting classification.

OFFICIAL   Dear Applicant Thank you for your email. The department apologises for the delay in getting this decision to you and thanks you for a...
Counsel Fees and Government Policy
Response by Attorney-General's Department to John B on .

Awaiting classification.

OFFICIAL   Dear John B   Freedom of Information Request FOI24/077   I refer to your request to the Attorney-General's Department (the depa...
Uluru Statement from the Heart
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Thomas on .

Waiting clarification.

OFFICIAL   Good afternoon Thomas,   I am just following up on the email I sent to you on 1 December 2023.   I will be grateful if you could...
Records relating to Ministerial Correspondence
Response by Attorney-General's Department to (Not the real) Bob Neil on .

Long overdue.

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...
Letter patent
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Chris Fletcher on .

Awaiting classification.

OFFICIAL   Dear Christian Fletcher,   Freedom of Information Request FOI23/301   I am writing in regards to your Freedom of Information req...
Support for Israel and the Apartheid Convention
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Gareth William Smith on .

Awaiting classification.

OFFICIAL   Dear Gareth Smith   Freedom of Information Request FOI23/223   Please find attached your decision letter, including your review...
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...
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...
Can authorities bash the public?
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Jone brone on .

Long overdue.

Dear J Pemberton   Thank you for your email to the Attorney-General’s Department Freedom of Information (FOI) section.   Your correspondence rel...
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...
Contempt of court - Hunt, Tudge, Sukkar
Follow up sent to Attorney-General's Department by Voting Public on .

Long overdue.

Still awaiting a response to my FOI request. Yours faithfully, Voting Public
Letter to the Solicitor-General
Request sent to Attorney-General's Department by Phillip Sweeney on .

Long overdue.

The document I seek is a copy of a letter sent to the Commonwealth Solicitor-General sated 27 September 2016 titled: "Re: Evidence for a Royal Commi...
Metadata retention scheme exemption
Request to Attorney-General's Department by Rodney Malone. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .

Waiting clarification.

Note to the applicant: It might be helpful to consider whether you can introduce any criteria that would reduce the number of discovered documents. Pos...
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child application outcomes
Clarification sent to Attorney-General's Department by Michael Cohen on .

Long overdue.

I have emailed [email address] directly with a revised request with a narrower scope of only detailed information regarding incoming and outgoing Ha...
George Brandis' appointment diary for 20 Feb 2017
Follow up sent to Attorney-General's Department by Mark Newton on .

Long overdue.

On Feb 28 2017, you referred an FOI request from me to the Attorney-General's Office. Since then, I have not received any response pursuant to my...
Enterprise Agreement ballots - were employees informed of what data about them was used in the ballot?
Response by Attorney-General's Department to James Smith on .

Long overdue.

UNCLASSIFIED FOI17/066; 17/4330     7 April 2017 Mr James Smith By email: [FOI #3339 email]   Dear Mr Smith   Freedom of Information Re...
Informal request for information
Request to Attorney-General's Department by Wayne Morgan. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .

Long overdue.

Thank you Mr Wayne Morgan for the extra information to rest my curiosity.
Repeal of the Australian Courts Act (1828)
Request to Attorney-General's Department by Wayne Morgan. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .

Long overdue.

For general informatoin see the Wikipedia page on the law of Australia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Australia ). The Australian Courts Act 9...
Request concerning possible future encryption illegality
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Ralph Wiggum on .

Waiting clarification.

For Official Use Only Dear Mr Wiggum, Freedom of Information Request FOI16/179 – Invalidity of request I refer to your request made to the Atto...
The Attorney General's appointment calendar related to meetings regarding online copyright
Follow up sent to Attorney-General's Department by Mark Newton on .

Awaiting internal review.

In light of the Attorney-General's loss in the Federal Court today, I expect and require that you will give this FOI application the most expeditiou...
Court results resulting from Charges laid by S/C R. Bennett 13/07/15 event number E 59129563
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Carl Slattery on .

Long overdue.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Slattery,   I refer to your email of yesterday, 30 March 2016, seeking information about an unidentified defendant's name,...

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