Department of Home Affairs

Part of the Immigration & Border Protection portfolio and a Federal authority

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responsible for immigration and customs border policy, as well as:

  • National security and law enforcement policy
  • Emergency management, including crisis management and disaster recovery
  • Counter terrorism policy and coordination
  • Cyber security policy and coordination
  • Countering foreign interference
  • Critical infrastructure protection
  • Multicultural affairs
  • Countering violent extremism programs
  • Transport Security

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Restriction of Visits to One-on-One only at MITA detention centre
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Karl Palmer on .

Partially successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 18/01/00495; ADF2018/7189 Dear Mr Palmer I refer to your FOI request received on 13 January 2018 seeking access to...
Naming and identity information
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Jay Doe on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 18/01/00498; ADF2018/7211   Dear Mr Doe   I refer to your FOI request received on 15 January 2018, seeking ac...
Use of specific pathway sequences by longer term temporary visa holders.
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Ken Macleod on .

Partially successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 17/09/00682; ADF2017/100047   Dear Mr Macleod   I refer to your FOI request received on 14 September 2017 and...
Use of janusSEAL and Correspondence around same
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Ben Fairless on .

Partially successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 16/11/00189-R1; ADF2016/65920   Dear Mr Fairless   I refer to your application for an Internal Review receive...
Number of partner visa applications in Jordan
Response by Department of Home Affairs to GIPAboy on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 17/05/01279; ADF2017/55513   Dear Merhej E   I refer to your FOI request received on 24 May 2017, seeking acc...
Offshore resettlement places referred through UNHCR
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Asher Hirsch on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 17/07/01158; ADF2017/54209   Dear Mr Hirsch,   I refer to your FOI request received on 16 May 2016, seeking a...
Statistics on health waivers in the Refugee and Humanitarian Program
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Asher Hirsch on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 17/05/01274; ADF2017/55443   Dear Mr Hirsch,   I refer to your FOI request received on22 May 2017, seeking ac...
Labour Agreements
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Jackson Gothe-Snape on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 17/01/00475; ADF2017/5083   Dear Mr Gothe-Snape   I refer to your FOI request received on 4 January 2017, see...
Information regarding granting of 457 visas
Request to Department of Home Affairs by Robert Hudson. Annotated by Verity Pane on .

Partially successful.

The agency's decision here raises some issues worth commenting on. Parts 1 and 3 of the Applicant's FOI request were given a practical refusal reason...
Contract IHMS on Nauru
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Dan West on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr West,   Further to the advice below, as we did not receive a response from you this FOI request has now been withdrawn.  ...
Direct information related to Peter Dutton's tax payer funded trip to the Australian Monarchist League on March 10, 2017.
Request to Department of Home Affairs by Vito Guzzardi. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .

Successful.

The redactions from the document were of irrelevant material. For this reason I have marked the request as completely successful.
Medical conditions & visa grants
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Louise Staden on .

Partially successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 17/02/00489; ADF2017/20704   Dear Ms Staden   I refer to your FOI request received on 31 January 2017, seekin...
2016/17 Additional Estimates Topics
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Jackson Gothe-Snape on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 17/03/01114; ADF2017/34580   Dear Mr Gothe-Snape,   I refer to your FOI request received on 28 March 2017, se...
Enterprise bargaining - what information is provided to department about employees' votes?
Response by Department of Home Affairs to James Smith on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 17/02/00939; ADF2017/23632   Dear Mr Smith,   I refer to your FOI request received on 26 February 2017, seeki...
Employee information provided to ballot agents in Enterprise Agreement bargaining
Response by Department of Home Affairs to James Smith on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 17/02/00726 ; ADF2017/22343   Dear Mr Smith,   I refer to your FOI request received on 16 February 2017, seek...
Statistics regarding mandatory drug and alcohol screening
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Jake Fessier on .

Successful.

Link: [1]File-List UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 16/10/02057; ADF2016/62548   Dear Mr Fessier   I refer to your FOI request received on 1...
Visa applicants from syria
Response by Department of Home Affairs to GIPAboy on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 16/11/01500 ; ADF2016/71711   Dear GIPAboy   I refer to your FOI request received on 17 November 2016, seekin...
Supplementary Budget Estimates topics
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Jackson Gothe-Snape on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 16/11/01268; ADF2016/70577   Dear Mr Gothe-Snape,   I refer to your FOI request received on 15 November 2016,...
Contact for Save the Children on Nauru
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Asher Hirsch on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 16/11/00706; ADF2016/68260   Dear Mr Hirsch   I refer to your FOI request received on 10 November 2016, seeki...
Contract for Salvation Army on Nauru and Manus Island
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Asher Hirsch on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 16/11/00868; ADF2016/68559   Dear Mr Hirsch   I refer to your FOI request received on 10 November 2016, seeki...
Number of Visa Applications approved for the year 2016 as per the ANZSCO codes
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Concerned Citizen on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 16/10/00171; ADF2016/56974   Dear Nav   I refer to your FOI request received on 21 September 2016, and re-sco...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Ben Fairless on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 16/11/00184; ADF2016/65885   Dear Mr Fairless   The Department has finalised a decision on your FOI request....
Documents from previous FOI request 2014/010940
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Asher Hirsch on .

Successful.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION Your email has been received by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection’s Freedom of Information (FOI) Section. Pl...
Deaths of Asylum seekers in Australia or travelling to Australia
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Patrick Staveley on .

Partially successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 16/03/00084; ADF2016/9643   Dear Mr Stavely,   I refer to your FOI request received on 25 February 2016, seek...
Social media policy
Response by Department of Home Affairs to James Smith on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 16/04/01254; ADF2016/16398   Dear Mr Brewski,   I refer to your FOI request received on 15 April 2016, seekin...

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