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...
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...
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 -...
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...
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...
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...
Terry Romaro's Order Of Australia.
Response by Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General to Andrew Laughton on .
Dear Mr Laughton,   As outlined in my email to you of April 10, please find attached the Office’s response to your request for internal review.  ...
Cancellation or Termination of Order of Australia Awards
Response by Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General to Luke Mansillo on .
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