Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General

Part of the Prime Minister portfolio and a Federal authority

The position of Official Secretary to the Governor-General was established in 1901. The Governor-General Act 1974 was amended by Parliament in 1984 to establish the position as a statutory office. The Official Secretary and their staff provide the Governor-General with the necessary support to enable the Governor-General to carry out their constitutional, statutory, ceremonial and public duties.

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Appointments/Awards to the Order of Australia: Emeritus Professor Gillian Doreen Triggs (2025)
Response by Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General to Tyler on .
Dear Tyler, Ref: IR-FOI2025012 Please find attached the response to your request for internal review of decision. Kind regards, Freedom of Informati...
Number of HOSMs awarded to members of the Australian contingent to GE
Response by Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General to Trav S on .
Dear Trav S, Ref: FOI2025014 Please find attached response to your FOI request. Kind regards, Freedom of Information Contact Officer Office of the O...
Appointments/Awards to the Order of Australia: Professor James Richard CRAWFORD (2013)
Response by Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General to Tyler on .
Dear Tyler, Ref: IR-FOI2025004 Please find attached response to your Internal Review of FOI Decision request. Kind regards, Freedom of Information...
Appointments/Awards to the Order of Australia: The Honourable Justice Stephen John GAGELER (as was in 2017)
Response by Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General to Tyler on .
Dear Tyler, Ref: IR-FOI2025005 Please find attached response to your Internal Review of FOI Decision request. Kind regards, Freedom of Information...
OOSGG Style/Writing/Brand Guides
Response by Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General to Glenn Hamiltonshire on .
Dear Mr Hamiltonshire, Ref: FOI2024128 Please find attached response to your FOI request. Kind regards, Freedom of Information Contact Officer Offic...
Request for Administrative Information – Costs Associated with Humanitarian Overseas Service Medals for General Electric Contingent
Response by Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General to Trav S on .
Dear Trav, Ref: FOI2024122 Please find attached response to your FOI request. Kind regards, Freedom of Information Contact Officer Office of the Off...
The Honours and Awards Secretariat's fraud and corruption control plan
Response by Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General to Trav S on .
Dear Trav, Ref: FOI2024124 Please find attached response to your FOI request. Kind regards, Freedom of Information Contact Officer Office of the Off...
Agreements and Financial Transactions Involving Charles III, the Crown, and the Terra Carta
Response by Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General to : Deborah-May: Torrens on .
Dear Ms Torrens, Ref: FOI2024080 Please find attached response to your FOI request. Kind regards, Freedom of Information Contact Officer Office of t...
Correspondence relating to various pieces of legislation
Response by Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General to Alex Pentland on .
Dear Alex, Ref: FOI2024074 Please find attached response to your FOI request. Kind regards, Freedom of Information Contact Officer Office of the Off...
Documents appointing officers to administer departments of State of the Commonwealth since Scott Morrisons term
Request to Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General by C Drake. Annotated by C Drake on .
The internal review ignored everything I wrote, and simply repeated the original refusal reason, which was a gross misrepresentation of a supreme court...
Documents regarding appointment of Scott Morrison to Ministries
Response by Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General to Mark Newton on .
Dear Mr Newton   Reference: FOI2022098   Please find attached the response to your FOI request.   Kind Regards   [1]Crown &   Wattle -...
Curious Errors - Royal Great Seal of the Commonwealth 1900-1930
Response by Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General to Dean Miles on .
Dear Mr Miles   Please find attached response to your Freedom of Information request.   Yours sincerely,   [1]Crown &   Wattle - Gold Fre...
Review of COVID 19 Key Factors
Request sent to Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General by A long standing member of a religious community in Western Australia on .
Wishing you well, just hoping to get an understanding of some current topics. 1. Has the GG Office reviewed any data with regards to the novel SAR...
Requesting copy of letter from Mr R. Bosi on behalf of the Australian Public to the GovGen
Response by Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General to Margaret Hammond on .
Dear Ms Hammond   I refer to your email of 9 November 2021 to the FOI inbox which you requested   “Dear Office of the Official Secretary to th...
Requesting copy of letter from Mr R. Bosi on behalf of the Australian Public to the GovGen
Request to Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General by EstherV. Annotated by EstherV on .
Copy of this result will be sent to Mr R Bosi and link to it put in the bitchute comments for ref.
Instructions to the Governor General
Response by Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General to Dean Miles on .
Dear Mr Miles, Thank you for your email to the FOI inbox. I can confirm that the Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General is not in po...
Date of Transfer of Quarantine public service in the State of QLD transferred to the Commonwealth:
Response by Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General to Brett Wilson on .
Dear Mr Wilson, Please find attached the response to your request of 6 May 2020. Kind regards, Fiona Freedom of Information Contact Officer Offic...
Australia Act 1986
Response by Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General to Paul Smith on .
Dear Mr Smith, I refer to your request of 11 November 2019 in which you sought access under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act) to certa...
Requesting information on the Safer streets community grants
Response by Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General to Robert O'keefe on .
Dear Mr O'Keefe, The FOI Act applies to documents in possession of a Government agency or department - unfortunately, none of the below requested info...
Bronwyn Bishop resignation letter
Response by Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General to Justin Kavanagh on .
I apologise Mr Kavanagh, I found this morning that this bounced back yesterday.   Please find attached again.   regards     [1]cid:image...
Metadata information, copyright and all related FOI requests
Response by Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General to Megalfar on .
Dear Mr Megalfar, Please find attached the response to your FOI request of 17 March 2015. Regards Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-G...
Details of goods & services provided under tender contract number CN2309741
Request to Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General by Paul Wakeford. Annotated by Ben Fairless on .
In my opinion, FOI shouldn't be about asking for documents, it should be about the release of information. I wonder if Paul has got the answers to his...
List of attendees and documents from official briefing on May 27th 2014
Response by Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General to Anthony Dunbar on .
Dear Mr Dunbar With reference to your FOI request I wonder whether it has been incorrectly directed to the Office of the Official Secretary to the Gov...
FOI Request- List of policy documents
Response by Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General to Daniel Hinds on .
Dear Mr Hinds   The incorrect letter was inadvertently sent to you on 17 January.  Please find attached the decision letter for your FOI request d...
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Response by Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General to Elias Housen on .
Dear Mr Housen   I refer to your email of 24 November 2013 in which you make a request under the Commonwealth Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI...

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