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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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...
Group Certificates/PAYG payment summaries of the Department’s SES staff - FY2013/14, FY2014/15 and FY2015/16
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Name withheld on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Sir/Madam, Thank you for your email dated 25 July 2017. The department has considered your query and can offer the following inform...
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...
Agendas or briefing documents relating to the Five Eyes meeting in Queenstown, New Zealand in April 2017.
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Greg McDonald on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr McDonald,   Please find attached a decision with respect to your Freedom of Information request, received by the department...
Enterprise bargaining - what information is provided to department about employees' votes?
Request to Attorney-General's Department by James Smith. Annotated by Verity Pane on .

Partially successful.

On 26 Feb 2017 Applicant made a FOI request to AGD (FOI 17/042), of which decision was issued 30 March 2017. The Applicant sought internal review on 31...
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...
2016/17 Additional Estimates Topics
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Jackson Gothe-Snape on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Gothe-Snape   Please find attached the signed decision letter and document released in respect of your Freedom of Informati...
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...
List of entities with access to telecom data
Follow up sent to Attorney-General's Department by Craig Davis on .

Successful.

Thanks for your message, it does indeed answer my query. Best regards, Craig
Employee information provided to ballot agents in Enterprise Agreement bargaining
Response by Attorney-General's Department to James Smith on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Smith Please find attached the document containing the information you requested from the Attorney-General’s department on 16...
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.
Supplementary Budget Estimates topics
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Jackson Gothe-Snape on .

Partially successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Jackson Gothe-Snape,   Freedom of Information request – FOI16/177   Please find attached the decision in relation to your F...
Are Australians in the Israeli Defence Force and Israelis migrating to Australia vetted for possible human rights abuses committed by them in the Occupied Palestinian Territories?
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Gareth William Smith on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 17/01/00801; ADF2017/7150   Dear Mr Smith,   I refer to your FOI request received from the Attorney-General’s...
Outcome of recruitment process 493127/AGD - First Assistant Secretary - Senior Executive Service Band 2
Follow up sent to Attorney-General's Department by JPK on .

Successful.

Thank you Yours sincerely, JPK

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