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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Administrative arrangements and/or measures with Nauru
Request to Department of Home Affairs by Dan West. Annotated by James Henstridge on .
This request was referenced in the following Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/oct/04/australia-jointly-responsible-f...
Count of Pending citizenship Applications
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Notification on .
UNCLASSIFIED   FOI request FA 18/05/00125   I refer to your FOI request received on 2 May 2018, seeking access to the following: 'The number...
Serco - Incident Logs Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Centre
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Monique on .
UNCLASSIFIED Good morning Ms O’Reilly   We refer to your request received on 18 June 2018, in relation the incident logs for the past 5 years fo...
Serco Immigration Contract- Present
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Monique on .
UNCLASSIFIED In reply please quote: FOI Request:         FA 18/06/00688 File Number:          ADF2018/90435     Dear Ms O'Reilly   I re...
Feedback from the public consultation on the paper "Strengthening the test for Australian Citizenship"
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Kieren Crossland on .
UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 17/06/00398-R1; ADF2017/61807   Dear Mr Crossland   Thank you for your FOI request received on 12 June 2017 f...
Boats/clients affected by DBD16
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Jay Doe on .
UNCLASSIFIED Good morning FOI request FA 18/07/00699 I refer to your FOI request received on 13 July 2018, seeking access to the following: 1. a li...
Delegations for IAA and AAT decision makers
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Jay Doe on .
Dear Mr Doe,   I refer to your email below.   As your request was partially transferred to the AAT, please find attached our Notice of Decisio...
Reporting on the Legal Services Directions
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Charles Powers on .
UNCLASSIFIED   Dear Mr Powers,   Freedom of Information Request FA17/12/00568 I refer to your email dated 14 December 2017 in which you reque...
Complaints to MARA
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Elise Potaka on .
Our references: FA 17/11/00943; ADF2017/125823   Dear Ms Potaka,   I refer to your FOI request received on 23 November 2017, seeking access to...
Documents related to recruitment agency
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Elise Potaka on .
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Ms Potaka   FOI request FA 17/11/00958; ADF2017/125931   I refer to your FOI request received on 23 November 2017, seeking...
Partner Visa, All Previous Requests Via Email Ignored
Request to Department of Home Affairs by nguyen1988. Annotated by Jay Doe on .
Hi Hau Go through the proper procedures to apply for your records. If they provide a response and you are not happy with the reply then you can reque...
Labour agreements correspondence and minutes
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Jackson Gothe-Snape on .
UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 17/08/00344; ADF2017/84923   Dear Mr Gothe-Snape   I refer to your FOI request received on 8 August 2017, see...
Final risk assessment of the "Security Risk Assessment Tool" project
Request to Department of Home Affairs by Bill Tarte. Annotated by Asher Hirsch on .
Seek an internal review. Try to explain why you disagree with their decision (can be in plain words). Then if they still refuse you can appeal to the I...
New visa risk assessment digital capability
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Asher Hirsch on .
UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 17/07/00782; ADF2017/78803   Dear Mr Hirsch,   I refer to your FOI request received on 24 Jul 2017, seeking a...
Use of specific pathway sequences by temporary migrants to permanent residency
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Ken Macleod on .
UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 17/09/00676; ADF2017/99992   Dear Mr Macleod,   I refer to your FOI request received on 14 September 2017, se...
documents relate to US and Australia agreement resettle persons in offshore detention
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Margaret Anderson on .
UNCLASSIFIED Good morning Margaret, Thank you for your email. For information and an update regarding the resettlement arrangements please see the Mi...
Documents relating to Protection of the Environment - Christmas Island Immigration Detention Centre
Follow up sent to Department of Home Affairs by Richard Smith on .
RE: FOI request number FA 17/03/00899 Thank you for taking the time to clarify the work behind the scenes that the Department has undertaken in re...
Enterprise Agreement ballots - were employees informed of what data about them was used in the ballot?
Response by Department of Home Affairs to James Smith on .
UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 17/04/00249; ADF2017/37844   Dear Mr Smith   I refer to your FOI request received on 4 April 2017, seeking ac...
Justification of Enterprise Bargaining ballot decisions
Response by Department of Home Affairs to James Smith on .
UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 17/05/01168; ADF2017/54377   Dear Mr Smith,   I refer to your FOI request received on 20 May 2017, seeking ac...
Communications with (representatives of) the Nauruan government about visa applications to Nauru
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Dan West on .
UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 17/04/00501; ADF2017/40087   Dear Mr West,   I refer to your FOI request received on 17 April 2017, seeking a...
Retention period of online meta data held by the department
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Rodney Malone on .
UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 17/02/00156; ADF2017/18276   Dear Mr Malone,   I refer to your FOI request received on 30 December 2016, seek...
Rules relating to who can fill in citizenship by descent forms in 1981
Response by Department of Home Affairs to tony magrathea on .
UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 17/03/00191; ADF2017/25794   Dear Mr Magrathea   I refer to your FOI request received on 5 March 2017, seekin...
Conditions for a Russian citizen to visit Australia
Response by Department of Home Affairs to john rawson on .
Good afternoon Your email below is not a valid request for the purposes of the FOI Act. Some information regarding Visiting Australia can be found on...
Communication with UNHCR regarding US refugee resettlement deal
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Asher Hirsch on .
UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 16/11/01170; ADF2016/70137   Dear Mr Hirsch,   Thank you for your FOI request received on 14 November 2016 fo...
Processing of FOI requests
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Ben Fairless on .
UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 16/11/00182; ADF2016/65888   Dear Mr Fairless,   Thank you for your FOI request received on 2 November 2016 f...

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