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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Record of Consultations Undertaken with CFO Group for assessing production of requested financial transactional information
Follow up sent to Department of Defence by Verity Pane on .

Partially successful.

Thank you for your decision, and your decision to waive the charges initially sought, which is consistent with the s 93A Guidelines issued by the Au...
Top 10 Highest Transactional Value Expenditures in CMS for SES(E) level card holders, for FY 2016/2017
Follow up sent to Department of Defence by Verity Pane on .

Partially successful.

Thank you for your decision today, and all your documents did come through the first time (including the SOR). No further action required, you may n...
Military gifts to Indonesia
Response by Department of Defence to Asher Hirsch on .

Partially successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Please find attached the Statement of Reasons and document relating to FOI 059/17/18. FOI Disclosure Log In accord...
Private use of social media advice provided to employees
Response by Department of Defence to James Smith on .

Partially successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Please find attached the documents and Statement of Reasons relating to FOI 084/17/18.  FOI Disclosure Log In acco...
2016-17 Most Expensive Trip
Response by Department of Defence to Jackson Gothe-Snape on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Mr Gothe-Snape, As before, your revised request below is too large to process. It is likely to attract a practical refus...
All files relating to the so-called ABC arrests and trials from 1977-1978
Response by Department of Defence to Phil Chamberlain on .

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED Hi Phil, Thanks for getting back to me. As the records you are seeking are in the open access period, they will be held at the National...
Schedule of Special Purpose Flights
Request to Department of Defence by alan cole. Annotated by Verity Pane on .

Refused.

From no documents identified in the original decision of Nicola Viney to 37 documents identified in the Internal Review highlights the common abuse by...
Exected change in recruitment policy on granting exemption of "Australian Citizenship" requirement for permanent residents in light of new immigration rules
Response by Department of Defence to Harpreet Singh Gill on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Good morning Thank you for your email dated 13 June 2017. The Department of Defence has prepared the following response in relation to y...
Privacy training in the Defence Department
Request to Department of Defence by Verity Pane. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .

Successful.

I agree with the applicant; the response from the agency was very informative. Also, it was prompt, and managed administratively without the machinery...
Privacy Complaint Statistics
Follow up sent to Department of Defence by Verity Pane on .

Partially successful.

Thank you for your response (although I am unsure why a copy of the Unacceptable Behaviour Defence Instruction was included, given it has no relevan...
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...
"Nuclear-powered submarines for the Royal Australian Navy? : a paper" (1991)
Request to Department of Defence by Dan Monceaux. Annotated by Verity Pane on .

Successful.

The agency's claim "Your request is not considered to be a valid request under the FOI Act as you have sought access to publicly available information"...
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...
2016/17 Additional Estimates Topics
Response by Department of Defence to Jackson Gothe-Snape on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Mr Gothe-Snape,   Please find attached the Statement of Reasons relating to FOI 279/16/17.  I decided not to impose an...
Approved faith groups for chaplains
Follow up sent to Department of Defence by Anonymous User on .

Successful.

Thank you so much for providing me the information. Yours sincerely, Anonymous User
Maps Showing the Location of Bunkers under Newcastle NSW
Response by Department of Defence to Jonathan B on .

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Jonathan Unfortunately our office is unable to assist you with your request. The documents you seek are in the open acces...
Enterprise bargaining - what information is provided to department about employees' votes?
Response by Department of Defence to James Smith on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Thanks James. Melanie Dr Melanie Beacroft Case Manager, Freedom of Information Information Management and Access Governance and Refor...
Budget and Schedule for Garrison and Estate Management System (GEMS). Requesting both the original Plan and the Actual for both these items.
Response by Department of Defence to Jacobus Janse van Rensburg on .

Partially successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Thank you for your email seeking access to documents for the "Budget and Schedule for Garrison and Estate Management Sys...
Employee information provided to ballot agents in Enterprise Agreement bargaining
Response by Department of Defence to James Smith on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Good morning Mr Smith I refer to your email dated 16 February 2017 where you sought information regarding Defence's Enterprise Agreement...
"Environmental considerations of visits of nuclear powered warships to Australia" (1976)
Response by Department of Defence to Dan Monceaux on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Good morning Mr Monceaux Thank you for your email. Unfortunately our office is unable to assist you with your request as the document yo...
Supplementary Budget Estimates topics
Response by Department of Defence to Jackson Gothe-Snape on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Mr Gothe-Snape,   Please find attached the Statement of Reasons relating to FOI 142/16/17.  A copy of the document in...
Minutes of all meetings of the Australian Maritime Defence Council (1982-present)
Response by Department of Defence to Dan Monceaux on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Good morning Dan,   My apologies, the schedule was left off the email that was sent to you yesterday.   Please find it attached.  ...

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