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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Undisclosed witness account in Report of Court of Inquiry into Crash of Army Aircraft A-14 702 at RAAF Base Pt Cook Wednesday 7 December 83
Response by Department of Defence to Linda Groves on .

Awaiting classification.

OFFICIAL Dear Linda   I refer to the email correspondence below. Thank you for sending your Freedom of Information request directly to the Depar...
Minister for Defence - Special Purpose Aircraft Travel
Internal review request sent to Department of Defence by Andorra Loom on .

Awaiting internal review.

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews. I am writing to request an internal review of Department of Defence...
Question Time Briefs
Response by Department of Defence to BE on .

Awaiting classification.

OFFICIAL Dear BE,   Please find attached the Decision and documents relating to Defence FOI 197/22/23.   Under section 54 of the FOI Act, yo...
Incoming Government Briefs
Response by Department of Defence to JH on .

Awaiting classification.

OFFICIAL Dear JH   I refer to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 for access to:   …the incoming government briefs provid...
Request to Annotate
Response by Department of Defence to Mary-Ann MARTINEK on .

Refused.

OFFICIAL Good afternoon,   Thank you for contacting Freedom of Information at the Department of Defence. Defence cannot conduct an internal re...
Request for decommissioned ships fire fighting and damage control schematic/diagram
Response by Department of Defence to Aaron de Ruiter on .

Awaiting classification.

OFFICIAL Good afternoon,   Thank you for your FOI inquiry.   Please note, The records you have requested are subject to the Archives Act 198...
List of menu items for each type (e.g. A, B, C....) of combat ration one man.
Internal review request sent to Department of Defence by Bick Rurr on .

Awaiting internal review.

Thanks for your reply. A quick Google search was able to reveal various detailed breakdowns of the contents at various stages... https://www.joint...
RMC SSO training programs 2022
Response by Department of Defence to Anna Lee on .

Awaiting classification.

OFFICIAL Good morning Anna With reference to your email below, you will be able to find information regarding Specialist Service Officer courses https...
Navy Training
Response by Department of Defence to Roger on .

Awaiting classification.

OFFICIAL Good morning Roger,   Thank you for your FOI inquiry, dated Thursday 25^th November 2021, relating to documents relation to the Navy Sc...
ADF and DVA Rehabilitation procedures and recognition of Undergraduate credits
Response by Department of Defence to Mary-Ann MARTINEK on .

Awaiting classification.

OFFICIAL Dear Mary-Ann,   Please find attached the Decision and documents relating to Defence FOI 174/21/22.    Rights of Review   Under...
FOI;request Adf recruit stats
Response by Department of Defence to Kenneth on .

Waiting clarification.

OFFICIAL Dear Kenneth,   Thank you for your email in which you requested access under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) to the follo...
Enlistment Exclusion Medical COnditions
Response by Department of Defence to Trent Morrison-Francis on .

Long overdue.

OFFICIAL Good morning Trent, The potential refusal is due to the scope of your request being substantial. I have listed below your scope, and provid...
COVID-19 Vaccine Injections on HMAS Sydney
Response by Department of Defence to Phillip Sweeney on .

Long overdue.

OFFICIAL Good morning Phillip   I would like to inquire as to whether you would consider the documents you requested on 12 March 2021 relating t...
Stats of Gender and age of recent recruits
Response by Department of Defence to Julie Anderson on .

Awaiting classification.

UNOFFICIAL Dear Ms Anderson   Please find attached the decision and document relating to Defence FOI 113/20/21.   FOI Disclosure Log In ac...
Victorian Hotel Quarantine Defence Assistance
Response by Department of Defence to John Smith on .

Awaiting classification.

OFFICIAL Good afternoon Mr Smith, The documents in scope related to your below FOI request are now in the public domain. They were voluntarily provide...
Documents relating to incidents involving Australian special forces soldiers administered the neurotoxic antimalarial drugs tafenoquine and mefloquine
Response by Department of Defence to Stuart McCarthy on .

Long overdue.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Mr McCarthy   Thank you for your FOI inquiry, dated 16 March 2020, in which you sought access to:   “documents f...
Intelligence street, Intercept circuit, Townsville. Explanation of military terminology used in new suburb's street names in Townsville.
Request sent to Department of Defence by Jessica Smith on .

Long overdue.

This is a Freedom of Information request to The Department of Defence. This request is for The Department of Defence to provide sound explanation...
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...

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