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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communications about FOI requests
Follow up sent to Attorney-General's Department by JS on .

Successful.

Dear FOI Contact Officer Thank you. Yours sincerely, JS
Any internal communications related to the proposed 'three strikes' rulings for copyright infringement
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Daniel Nolan on .

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Mr Nolan Please find attached the Departments Statement of Reasons regarding your FOI request 14/023. Kind regards Case...
Accessibility of AGD Websites
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Brendan Molloy on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Molloy, I refer to your below request under the FOI Act for: "a) Documents pertaining to the most recent WCAG 2 compliance audi...
Incoming ministerial briefs
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Marcus Priest on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Priest Please find attached a decision letter of the Department in response to your FOI application. Yours sincerely FOI Ca...
The correct name please: 'The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia' or 'Parliament of Australia'?
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Damien Trinne on .

Partially successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Trinne   I refer to your request for access to information, received on 28 October 2013.  In your email you state:   "O...
IC plans by carriers
Response by Attorney-General's Department to G King on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr G King,   I refer to your below request for an internal review of the Department’s decision in relation to your FOI request...
ALRC Copyright Review documents in context of Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (AG)
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Brendan Molloy on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Molloy Re: AGD FOI matter no. 13/194 Referring to your FOI request of 31 October 2013 with the Attorney-General's Department, th...
List of carriers submitting IC plans
Response by Attorney-General's Department to G King on .

Refused.

For Official Use Only Dear Mr G King,   I refer to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 for: “a list of all carriers and nomi...
Security assessment for asylum seeker Ranjini
Request to Attorney-General's Department by Malcolm Blaney. Annotated by Malcolm Blaney on .

Refused.

For anyone still interested in this request, I had a call from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner today which was very helpful. Th...
National Security Hotline Correspondence
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Phil Patterson on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Patterson Please find attached a decision letter of the Department in response to your FOI application. Kind Regards FOI Conta...
I am seeking a copy of the Hansard entry or proof that Victoria's General purposes local law 2008 has been enacted into law in the Queens name
Response by Attorney-General's Department to peter weissbacher on .

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Weissbacher Please find attached a decision letter of the Department in response to your FOI application. Yours sincerely FOI...
TIA Act: General Register of Warrants
Response by Attorney-General's Department to G King on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr King,   I refer to your below request for information in relation to the General Register of Warrants  maintained by the At...
Copy of Hansard entry for Victorian Sheriff Act 2009
Response by Attorney-General's Department to peter weissbacher on .

Long overdue.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Weissbacher Please find attached a decision letter of the Department in response to your FOI application. Yours sincerely FOI...
Letters Patent 1984 with the Queens Signature
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Jim Gray on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Mr Gray   Referring to your FOI request of 17 July 2013 with this Department, the FOI decision maker's determination...
'metadata' disclosed under the TIA
Response by Attorney-General's Department to G King on .

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr King, Thank you for your email to the Department dated 12 August 2013. 2. You have referred to particular provisions of the Tele...
Cost estimate calculation and process documentation
Follow up sent to Attorney-General's Department by Brendan Molloy on .

Partially successful.

To whom it may concern, I note that Part B of this request has not been fulfilled, and instead I have been linked to the Freedom of Information Act a...
The Australian and United States Governments joint statements on intelligence sharing
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Matthew Watt on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Mr Watt I refer to your FOI request of 22 June 2013 with this Department. The FOI decision maker's determination is attached, along with...
Review of Freedom of Information laws
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer on .

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Olbrycht-Palmer   Thank you for your response. We will take your FOI request to be withdrawn and not continue to process it...
TPP and Related Documents (AG)
Follow up sent to Attorney-General's Department by Brendan Molloy on .

Partially successful.

It seems that all the documents are present and downloadable. I will get back to you on the attachment size limit. -- Regards, Brendan Molloy S...
Security assesment for assylum seeker Ranjini
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Malcolm Blaney on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Blaney Referring to your FOI request of 29 April 2013 with this Department, the FOI decision maker's decision is attached. With...
Latest Open Government Partnership documents
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Henare Degan on .

Withdrawn by the requester.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Degan You will have seen that the Hon Mark Dreyfus QC MP today announced that Australia will be joining the Open Government Partn...
Copyright legislation amendments re: AUSFTA
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Patrick Gardner on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Good morning Mr Gardner I refer to your FOI request of 10 February 2013 with this Department. My decision on this matter is attached. Pl...
Documents relating to data retention proposals
Request to Attorney-General's Department by Brendan Molloy. Annotated by Henare Degan on .

Partially successful.

More write ups: "'The elephant in the room': Data retention's controversial origins" http://www.zdnet.com/au/the-elephant-in-the-room-data-retentions...
FOI request handling and training materials
Response by Attorney-General's Department to G King on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr King   I refer to your request of 29 January 2013 for an internal review of Mr Logan Tudor’s decision made in response to y...
Intellectual property legislation changes as a result of trade agreements/treaties
Request to Attorney-General's Department by Brendan Molloy. Annotated by Brendan Molloy on .

Refused.

tl;dr: They claim for TPP, MAFTA and AJFTA, there are no documents and therefore they cannot release them. They claim that the documents found for...

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