Department of Defence

Part of the Defence portfolio and a Federal authority, also called Defence

The Defence mission is to defend Australia and its national interests. It is accountable to the Commonwealth Parliament, on behalf of the Australian people, for the efficiency and effectiveness with which it carries out the Government's defence policy.

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Documents not available for download from your FOI log or reasoning
Follow up sent to Department of Defence by Posty on .
Awaiting classification.
I have mixed feelings to this response, but it is overall ending as positive. If you go to this request on right to know, you will see that I res...
Briefings - civilian casualties in 2017
Response by Department of Defence to Freedom Fighter of Information on .
Waiting clarification.
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Freedom Fighter of Information,   Please find attached the preliminary assessment of charges for your request FOI 323 18/19....
Mefloquine and doxycycline malaria prophylaxis in Australian soldiers in East Timor, April 2001–October 2001 and October 2001–May 2002
Response by Department of Defence to Scott McCormick on .
Long overdue.
UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Mr McCormick   Thank you for submitting a request for access to information you believe to be held by the Department...
Code of Conduct Complaint Statistics
Response by Department of Defence to Verity Pane on .
Long overdue.
Link: [1]File-List UNCLASSIFIED Dear Verity Pane,   I have just realised that your name was misspelt in my decision on the release of document...
FOI Processing/Management Policy & Procedural Documents
Follow up sent to Department of Defence by Verity Pane on .
Long overdue.
I can’t say thank for your decision, the reasons for which given were ridiculously opaque. “Upon internal review, I sought a sample of the documen...
Documents Relating to U.S. Department of Defense Research into Neurotoxicity and/or Adverse Neuropsychiatric Effects of the Anti-malarial Drug Mefloquine
Request to Department of Defence by Stuart McCarthy. Annotated by Verity Pane on .
Waiting clarification.
It would be worth reminding this agency that where charges sought are typically less $100, the Information Commissioner has generally been of the view...
Airsoft in the defence force
Request to Department of Defence by Mark Mildenhall. Annotated by Verity Pane on .
Waiting clarification.
This appears to be notification of intention to make a practical refusal decision, on the grounds the work involved in processing the request would sub...
Airsoft in the defence force
Request to Department of Defence by Mark Mildenhall. Annotated by Verity Pane on .
Waiting clarification.
Given the vast bulk of the preliminary estimate of charges is for "assessing" the documents sought (the agency only estimates 2 hours to conduct the se...
Statistics on the whole of ADF IR status and medical restrictions
Request to Department of Defence by John Alexander. Annotated by Verity Pane on .
Waiting clarification.
There may be some merit to a claim of "security risk" in providing 10 years of historical Individual Readiness statistics, but it does seem a bit of a...
Nepotism and patronage in Defence
Request to Department of Defence by Sarah Van Winkle. Annotated by Verity Pane on .
Long overdue.
Defence's response here has initiated what is know as a request consultation process. Under s 24 an agency may require an applicant to engage in a requ...
Results of Army Malaria Institute Tafenoquine Anti-malarial Study in 3 RAR Soldiers Returning from Timor Leste c. February 2000
Response by Department of Defence to Stuart McCarthy on .
Waiting clarification.
UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Mr McCarthy,   Please find attached a decision notice in respect to your request for waiver of the charges.   Kind r...
All-staff emails
Response by Department of Defence to Keith Wolverton on .
Waiting clarification.
UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Mr Wolverton Thank you for your response and the additional clarification. Unfortunately, the scope of your request is s...
Reports on Mutiny and Dissent
Response by Department of Defence to Winston Smith on .
Long overdue.
UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Mr Smith Please find attached your Preliminary Assessment of Charges for your FOI request FOI 231/15/16. Regards FOI...
Manifests for special purpose flights between NOV 1st & DEC 2nd 2015
Response by Department of Defence to alan cole on .
Waiting clarification.
UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Mr Cole,   Please find attached the decision on your request for review of the charges associated with FOI 173/15/16. ...
Maryborough QLD RIFLE range
Response by Department of Defence to Gordon A Simmons on .
Waiting clarification.
UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Mr Simmons Thank you for your email. Unfortunately our office is unable to assist you with your request. Your request...
Documents summarising or analysing data on subjects in Army Malaria Institute tafenoquine and mefloquine clinical trials during the period 1998-2002
Response by Department of Defence to Stuart McCarthy on .
Waiting clarification.
UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Mr McCarthy,   I write in regards to the five FOI requests you have recently submitted via the Right to Know website,...
Maryborough QLD RIFLE range
Response by Department of Defence to Gordon A Simmons on .
Waiting clarification.
UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Mr Simmons Thank you for your email. Unfortunately our office is unable to assist you with your request. Your request in...
Quick Assessment 7 NOV 2011
Follow up sent to Department of Defence by Mal Sipou on .
Long overdue.
I have receiced everything I requested via other sources. Yours sincerely, Mal Sipou
Drug trafficking
Response by Department of Defence to SOHAIR ADAS on .
Long overdue.
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Adas,           Your Freedom of Information Request   I refer to your application dated 1 October 2015 to the Department...
Purchase of Japanese Submarines
Response by Department of Defence to Lisa Solinareos on .
Waiting clarification.
UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Ms Solinareos, Thank you for your email below clarifying the scope of your request. Unfortunately, the information you h...
1971 report of Judge Rapke into the conduct of the Junior Recruit Training Establishment H.M.A.S. Leeuwin
Request to Department of Defence by 110404. Annotated by Ray Montey on .
Long overdue.
I believe there is a copy of this report in the Federal Parliment Library but I have been able to get a copy. If there is nothing to hide in the repor...
Palantir software licensing contract CN1402001
Response by Department of Defence to Goku Mane on .
Waiting clarification.
UNCLASSIFIED Our reference: FOI 414/12/13 Goku Mane By email: [FOI #129 email] Dear Mr Mane NOTICE OF PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF CHARGES 1. I refer...

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