Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Part of the Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio and a Federal authority, also called DFAT

External Affairs, including: relations and communications with overseas governments; treaties, including trade agreements; bilateral, regional and multilateral trade policy; international trade and commodity negotiations; trade promotion; international development co-operation; diplomatic and consular missions; international security issues, including disarmament, arms control and nuclear non-proliferation; public diplomacy, including information and cultural programs; international expositions; provision of secure travel identification to Australian citizens ; provision of consular services to Australian citizens abroad; overseas property management, including acquisition, ownership and disposal of real property.

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Precise salaries paid to the Department’s SES officers for FY14/15, FY15/16 and FY16/17
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Name withheld on .
Awaiting classification.
UNCLASSIFIED   Dear Name Withheld,   Thank you for your below e-mail rescoping your request to:   DFAT's SES Band 3 staff salaries for FY14...
Whether Julie Bishop has acquired a diplomatic spousal passport for David Panton
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Vito Guzzardi on .
Awaiting classification.
UNCLASSIFIED   Dear Mr Guzzardi   I refer to your email of 2 March with the below enquiry:   “Please advise whether MP Julie Bishop has acq...
Aid-for-trade projects 2013-2018
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Olivia Henderson on .
Refused.
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Ms Henderson I have been advised by the relevant line areas, including the Australian High Commission in Port Moresby, that your re...
Julie Bishop travel / accommodation expenses to Melbourne on November 4th, 2017.
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Vito Guzzardi on .
Refused.
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Guzzardi, As the Department is not responsible for the Foreign Minister's domestic travel arrangements, we are unable to satisfy...
Communications between DFAT and Woodside entites regarding security situation in Myanmar
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Brynn O'Brien on .
Awaiting classification.
UNCLASSIFIED   Dear Ms O’Brien,   Please find attached the charges letter in relation to this FOI request.   Yours sincerely, DFAT FOI Te...
2016-17 Most Expensive Event
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Jackson Gothe-Snape on .
Refused.
UNCLASSIFIED   Dear Mr Gothe-Snape,   Please find attached correspondence in relation to your Freedom of Information request.   Yours sinc...
Australian support for Assisted Voluntary Returns from Indonesia
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Cam on .
Refused.
UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 17/06/00891; ADF2017/68822   Dear Mr Doig,   I refer to your FOI request received by the Department of Immigr...
Private use of social media advice provided to employees
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to James Smith on .
Refused.
UNCLASSIFIED   Dear Mr Smith,   Please find attached a letter information you of the processing charges associated with your current FOI Reque...
2016-17 Most Expensive Trip
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Jackson Gothe-Snape on .
Refused.
UNCLASSIFIED   Dear Mr Gothe-Snape,   Please find attached correspondence in relation to your Freedom of Information request.   Yours sinc...
Communications with Nauruan authorities about visa applications
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Dan West on .
Long overdue.
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr West Thank you for your proposal to narrow the scope of your request to: "I would like to request all communications between (r...
Implementation Framework for Cooperation to Combat People Smuggling and Trafficking in Persons
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Asher Hirsch on .
Refused.
UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 17/08/01064; ADF2017/91937   Dear Mr Hirsch   I refer to your FOI request received on 22 August 2017, seeking...
Indonesian Minors jailed in Australian Adult Prisons
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Asher Hirsch on .
Withdrawn by the requester.
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Hirsch Please find attached the Department's response to your request for a waiver of the processing charges associated with you...
DFAT funding to UNHCR Indonesia
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Cam on .
Refused.
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Doig I refer to your two FOI requests dated 30 July 2017 seeking access to: “Please provide any documents related to the amount...
Australian Funding of UNHCR Asia-Pacific
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Cam on .
Refused.
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Doig I refer to your two FOI requests dated 30 July 2017 seeking access to: “Please provide any documents related to the amount...
Request for the 2001 Regional Cooperation Agreement with IOM and Indonesia
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Asher Hirsch on .
Information not held.
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Hirsch, As per the decision record, 'no copy of a Regional Cooperation Arrangement between Australia, Indonesia and the Internat...
Corrospondence concerning the appointment of Philip Ruddock to special envoy role
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Nigel Gladstone on .
Information not held.
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Gladstone   Please find attached the decision on your FOI request that was transferred from the Department of Foreign Affai...
Foreign aid to Papua New Guinea - break down
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Kate Bettes on .
Successful.
UNCLASSIFIED
Agendas or briefing documents relating to the Five Eyes meeting in Queenstown, New Zealand in April 2017.
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Greg McDonald on .
Long overdue.
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr McDonald As advised to you previously, you are not able to seek access to documents of named intelligence agencies pursuant to s...
International Aid amount to Papua New Guinea
Request sent to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Kate Bettes on .
Long overdue.
Please could you provide me with a document/chart that shows how much foreign aid has gone to Papua New Guinea 2007-17 from Australia. If possible...
Negotiations with Indonesia about our Live Cattle Exports
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Rebecca Varney on .
Refused.
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Ms Varney, As you have not responded to the charges letter which we sent on 10 March, your request has been deemed to be withdrawn,...
2016/17 Additional Estimates Topics
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Jackson Gothe-Snape on .
Refused.
UNCLASSIFIED   File No: 17/9182 Our Ref: 1703-F1667   Dear Mr Gothe-Snape   As you have not responded to the Department's e-mail of 29 Ma...
Employee information provided to ballot agents in Enterprise Agreement bargaining
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to James Smith on .
Long overdue.
UNCLASSIFIED   Dear Mr Smith   Please find attached the charges letter in relation to this FOI request.   Yours sincerely   FOI Team Departme...
Enterprise bargaining - what information is provided to department about employees' votes?
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to James Smith on .
Long overdue.
UNCLASSIFIED   Dear Mr Smith   Please find attached the charges letter in relation to this FOI request.     Yours sincerely   FOI Team Depar...
Funding of Study Tour by Yassmin Abdel-Magied
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Phillip Sweeney on .
Successful.
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Sweeney, Thank you for your email dated 16 February 2017, requesting documents that would disclose the cost of sending Yassmin A...
Disposable equipment expenditure
Request to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Christopher Flynn. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
Refused.
I think that you have the right of it, Mr Baldwin --- at least for the way I originally read the refusal letter. I am sure you are correct to say that...

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