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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Response by Attorney-General's Department to faustus on .

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OFFICIAL   Dear Faustus   Freedom of Information Request FOI21/144   I refer to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI...
All documentation regarding services from contractor "Shred-It" in South Australia during July 2021
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Dan Monceaux on .

Information not held.

Dear Mr Monceaux   Freedom of Information Request: FOI21/121   I refer to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) for...
Ministers authority to appoint Comminisioner of Taxation and Deputy Commissioner of Taxation
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Elle Jay on .

Refused.

OFFICIAL   Dear Ms Jay   Freedom of Information Request FOI21/013   I refer to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI...
Parliament of the Commonwealth
Request to Attorney-General's Department by Jim Gray. Annotated by Rob Eddowes on .

Refused.

Brett, The action has started... https://commonlaw.earth/affidavit-michael-thomas-holt/ Affidavit Michael Thomas Holt Public Notice of Affidavit...
The instrument that authorizes the Minister to appoint a person to act in the office of Commissioner of Taxation and Deputy Commissioner of Taxation
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Elle Jay on .

Refused.

Dear Ms Jay   Freedom of Information Request FOI20/226   I refer to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) for acces...
Sri Lanka-Australia Joint Working Group
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Elias Ross on .

Information not held.

OFFICIAL   Dear Mr Ross   Freedom of Information Request FOI20/222                 I refer to your request under the Freedom of Information...
Non-ASL staff - Position titles
Response by Attorney-General's Department to John Smith on .

Refused.

Dear Mr Smith   Freedom of Information Request FOI20/125   I refer to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) for acc...
Non-ASL public service staff
Response by Attorney-General's Department to John Smith on .

Refused.

Dear Mr Smith   Freedom of Information Request FOI20/095   I refer to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) for acc...
Arrests
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Jone brone on .

Refused.

Dear J Pemberton Thank you for your email to the Attorney-General’s Department Freedom of Information (FOI) section. Your correspondence relates to...
Marital Status
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Nate on .

Refused.

Dear Nate   Freedom of Information Request FOI20/003 – Request Consultation Process   I refer to the below email sent to you on 20 January 20...
Trial by Jury
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Chris H on .

Refused.

Dear Chris H   Freedom of Information Request FOI19/283   I refer to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) for acce...
The Australian Government's shameful attitude to my allegations.
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Greg Cadwallader on .

Refused.

Dear Mr Cadwallader The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry has now concluded and handed i...
Is the following included in the Australian Constitution - refer US 13th amendment 'no lawyers allowed in public office'?
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Marilyn Quirk on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Marilyn Quirk, I refer to your request under the Freedom of information Act 1982 (FOI Act) to the Commonwealth Attorney General’s...
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...
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...
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...
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"
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 ;)
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...
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...
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...

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