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| Department | Title | Pages | Summary | Date ▼ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attorney-General's | Documents Prepared By The Department For A Minister Or Their Office That Mention A Royal Commission Relating To The… | 2 | The Attorney-General's Department released internal correspondence from 21 December 2025 regarding Commonwealth coordination… | 11/02/26 | View |
| Attorney-General's | The Original Signed Copy Of The Criminal Code Amendment (state Sponsors Of Terrorism) Commencement Proclamation 2025… | 1 | The original signed Commencement Proclamation for the Criminal Code Amendment (State Sponsors of Terrorism) Act 2025, issued by… | 11/02/26 | View |
| Attorney-General's | All Correspondence Between 1 September 2025 – 27 October 2025 Related To The National Anti-Corruption Commissioner’s… | 15 | The Attorney-General's Department's correspondence from September-October 2025 addresses potential conflicts of interest… | 11/02/26 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Delegations, Appointment Instruments & Commonwealth Authority Frameworks Held By The Attorney-General’s Department,… | 237 | This disclosure contains financial delegation instruments from the Attorney-General's Department establishing CFO-to-prescribed… | 10/02/26 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Decision-Making Documents Between 1 January 2020 – 25 August 2025 That Outline How The Attorney-General’s Department… | 55 | This disclosure contains a Statement of Reasons from the Department of Home Affairs documenting the listing of Islamic State… | 06/02/26 | View |
| Attorney-General's | The Research Governance Framework For The Royal Commission Into Institutional Responses To Child Sexual Abuse. | 5 | The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse established a research governance framework to support… | 05/02/26 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Documents That Mention The Website "canary Mission" Or Its Domain Name Canarymission.org From 1 January 2021 To 22… | 2 | The Attorney-General's Department released a Guardian Australia news article dated 30 January 2024 reporting on Shirion… | 03/02/26 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Documents Regarding The Appointment And Retirement Of Judge Timothy Heffernan To The Federal Circuit Court Of Australia. | 13 | The Attorney-General's Department released Executive Council documents concerning the appointment of Judge Timothy Heffernan and… | 30/01/26 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Briefs Provided To Attorney-General Michelle Rowland Or Her Office On Freedom Of Information Laws. | 9 | A submission to Attorney-General Michelle Rowland seeking approval for the Freedom of Information Amendment Bill 2025, scheduled… | 30/01/26 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Documents, Including But Not Limited To Advice Or Briefing Material, Provided By The Attorney-General's Department To… | 42 | The Attorney-General's Department released briefing material and talking points (dated August 2025) prepared for ministers… | 30/01/26 | View |
| Attorney-General's | 1. Documents From 1 January 2023 Referring To Or Describing: A. “ai Bots”, “automated FOI Requests”, Or “foreign… | 164 | This disclosure comprises internal Attorney-General's Department correspondence (April 2025) discussing AI and FOI systems,… | 30/01/26 | View |
| Attorney-General's | All Documents Held By The Department Relating To AI Bots Submitting FOI Requests And FOI Requests Being Linked To… | 151 | The Attorney-General's Department released a policy paper from April 2025 examining artificial intelligence's implications for… | 30/01/26 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Documents From The Attorney-General Michelle Rowland Or Her Office Tasking The Department With Developing Changes To… | 1 | This email from Shervin Rafizadeh, Chief of Staff to the Attorney-General, requests discussion of new legislative proposals… | 30/01/26 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Documents In Relation To The Contract And Work Performed Under Contract Between The Attorney-General’s Department And… | 283 | The Attorney-General's Department contracted with The Quantium Group Pty Ltd to provide data and analytics support to the Royal… | 30/01/26 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Submissions On The Public Interest Disclosure And Other Legislation Amendment (whistleblower Protections) Bill 2025. | 43 | This submission from the Fusion Party of Australia addresses the Public Interest Disclosure and Other Legislation Amendment… | 28/01/26 | View |
| Attorney-General's | The Attorney-General’s Department’s Existing Security Chief Executive Instructions And Guidelines And The Application… | 70 | The Attorney-General's Department released its Security Plan (2023–2025) outlining internal security governance and risk… | 27/01/26 | View |
| Attorney-General's | A Copy Of Australia's 7th Periodic Report Under The ICCPR To The UN Human Rights Committee That Australia Has Provided… | 202 | This disclosure contains correspondence between the Attorney-General's Department and the Department of the Prime Minister and… | 27/01/26 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Documents Relating To The May 2025 Administrative Arrangements Order Transferring AFP Functions To Home Affairs. | 8 | Attorney-General's Department staff exchanged internal advice in May-June 2025 regarding the Administrative Arrangements Order… | 23/01/26 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Documents Regarding The International Court Of Justice's Advisory Opinion On The Obligations Of States In Respect Of… | 14 | This release contains DFAT talking points prepared for media distribution following the International Court of Justice's July… | 22/01/26 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Documents Containing Conflict Of Interest Information And Related Discussions From The Royal Commission Into… | 25 | This disclosure contains a curriculum vitae and professional history for Leah Bromfield, who served as Professorial Fellow with… | 08/01/26 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Total Number Of Prosecutions For Offences Against The Crimes (biological Weapons) Act 1976. | 1 | The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions confirmed that no charges have ever been prosecuted under the Crimes… | 24/12/25 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Communications Between The Department And The Australian Law Reform Commission While Conducting Its Inquiry Into… | 5 | The Attorney-General's Department provided the Australian Law Reform Commission with proposed terms of reference for a surrogacy… | 24/12/25 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Documents Regarding Australia’s Arms Exports To Israel. | 70 | This disclosure comprises correspondence from a Commonwealth MP to the Attorney-General dated 1 January 2024, urging legal… | 22/12/25 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Documents Relating To The Payment Of Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison's Legal Costs Post 16 June 2023. | 10 | The Attorney-General's Department approved legal costs totalling $461,445 (GST exclusive) for former Prime Minister Scott… | 22/12/25 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Briefings Provided To The Attorney-General Between 1 January 2024 - 3 November 2025 Regarding Ethical Guidelines,… | 3 | Talking points prepared for the Standing Council of Attorneys-General meeting on 14 November 2025 regarding AI use in the… | 11/12/25 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Final Evaluation Reports, Selection Panel Recommendations, Ministerial Or Departmental Briefings, And… | 48 | This disclosure contains tender evaluation documentation for a National Assistance Program (NAP 21) contract award to Jesuit… | 09/12/25 | View |
| Attorney-General's | A Copy Of The Foi25/468 Internal Review Request And Decision. | 10 | This is an internal review request challenging an October 2025 decision by the Attorney-General's Department that refused access… | 08/12/25 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Services Australia’s Submission To The Attorney-General’s Department’s Automated Decision-Making Review Between 1… | 2 | Services Australia submitted a formal response to the Attorney-General's Department's consultation on automated decision-making… | 04/12/25 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Documents Created Between 1 January 2020 – 31 December 2021 That Relate To Sovereign Citizens. | 2 | The Attorney-General's Department released briefing materials prepared for the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and… | 04/12/25 | View |
| Attorney-General's | All Documents Provided To The Attorney-General And Her Office For The Purpose Of Meetings With News Corp Australia… | 32 | The Attorney-General's Department released internal correspondence regarding a meeting request from News Corp Australia under… | 03/12/25 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Documents Dated Between 8 October 2023 – 25 September 2025 Regarding Australian Citizens Who Have Gone To Israel For… | 1 | The Attorney-General's Department released documents concerning Australian citizens who travelled to Israel to serve with the… | 02/12/25 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Copyright Reform Correspondence Held By AGD From Screenrights From 1 July 2024 To 30 September 2025. | 54 | Screenrights, the copyright collective administering statutory education licences, submitted a position paper to… | 01/12/25 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Documents In Relation To The Judicial Appointment Of The Honourable Justice Michael Wigney As A Judge Of The Federal… | 57 | These documents relate to background vetting conducted during Justice Michael Wigney's Federal Court appointment process in June… | 01/12/25 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Documents In Relation To The Appointment Of The Honourable Justice Natalie Charlesworth As A Judge Of The Federal… | 43 | These documents relate to pre-appointment vetting conducted by the Attorney-General's Department in December 2015 for Justice… | 01/12/25 | View |
| Attorney-General's | The Signed Copy Of The ‘instruments Update (autumn 2024) Regulations 2024’. | 14 | This disclosure contains the signed Instruments Update (Autumn 2024) Regulations 2024, made by the Governor-General on 29… | 28/11/25 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Advice Or Briefing Material Provided By The Department To The Attorney-General's Office In Relation To The Use Of AI… | 27 | The Attorney-General's Department released briefing material and talking points (dated 30 August 2025) prepared for the… | 20/11/25 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Arrangements For Brittany Higgins' Compensation And Copy Of Agreement. | Unknown | Document text unavailable or too short for summarization. | 17/11/25 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Documents Containing Final Submissions Received By Attorney-General Michelle Rowland And The Department, And Final… | 9 | This disclosure contains a cabinet submission from the Attorney-General's Department to Attorney-General Michelle Rowland… | 14/11/25 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Documents That Analyse The Decision Of The Federal Court In Pabai V Commonwealth Of Australia (no 2) [2025] 796 On 15… | 2 | The Attorney-General's Department released analysis of the Federal Court decision in Pabai v Commonwealth of Australia (No 2)… | 14/11/25 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Briefing Papers Relating To Freedom Of Information That Were Prepared For Ministers Or Officials Attending The Legal… | 61 | This briefing paper prepared for Senate estimates outlines the government's Freedom of Information Amendment Bill 2025,… | 13/11/25 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Documents From 1 July 2025 Relating To Proposed Changes To The Freedom Of Information Act 1982. Limited To… | 11 | This document provides a statistical snapshot of Freedom of Information request activity across Australian Government agencies… | 11/11/25 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Additional Guidance Material Regarding Amendments To The Marriage Act 1961. | 6 | This is guidance material (not legal advice) issued by the Attorney-General's Department clarifying mandatory procedural… | 07/11/25 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Documents Related To The Authority By Which The Family Court Of WA May Compel The Forced Sale Of A Residential Property. | 13 | This disclosure contains statutory provisions from the Federal Court Act 1976 and Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia… | 07/11/25 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Ministerial Submissions, Briefings, Question Time Briefs, Talking Points, Correspondence Or Other Documents Provided… | 6 | The Attorney-General's Department released a Question Time brief (QB25-000073) dated 24 July 2025 regarding Australia's position… | 06/11/25 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Advice Or Briefing Material Provided By The Department To The Attorney-General's Office In Relation To The Use Of AI… | 27 | The Attorney-General's Department released briefing material and talking points (dated 30 August 2025) addressing concerns about… | 03/11/25 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Documents Provided By The Attorney-General’s Department To Either The Attorney-General Or The Prime Minister Between 1… | 35 | The Attorney-General's Department released a diplomatic communication from the Saudi Arabian and French UN Permanent Missions,… | 03/11/25 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Meeting Minutes Or Emails Received Or Sent By The Attorney-General’s Department To Dfat, AFP Or The AGO Which Show The… | 15 | These documents relate to a request for a public interest certificate under the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975… | 27/10/25 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Document Relating To The Use Of External Consultants By The Department Since May 2022. | 3 | The Attorney-General's Department disclosed a contract register detailing external consultant engagements from May 2022 onwards.… | 24/10/25 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Documents Relating To The Agency 'screenrights' Including Complaints, Gifts And Benefits, And Conflict Of Interest… | 1 | The Attorney-General's Department released documents in response to FOI25/378-IR concerning Screenrights, a copyright management… | 22/10/25 | View |
| Attorney-General's | Documents Relied On Or Relevant To The Attorney-General’s Media Statements On 2 And 3 September About Time Taken By… | 272 | The released documents support the Attorney-General's September 2025 media statements regarding FOI processing delays. They… | 16/10/25 | View |
Attorney-General's
Documents Prepared By The Department For A Minister Or Their Office That Mention A Royal Commission Relating To The…
The Attorney-General's Department released internal correspondence from 21 December 2025 regarding Commonwealth coordination…
New
Attorney-General's
The Original Signed Copy Of The Criminal Code Amendment (state Sponsors Of Terrorism) Commencement Proclamation 2025…
The original signed Commencement Proclamation for the Criminal Code Amendment (State Sponsors of Terrorism) Act 2025, issued by…
New
Attorney-General's
All Correspondence Between 1 September 2025 – 27 October 2025 Related To The National Anti-Corruption Commissioner’s…
The Attorney-General's Department's correspondence from September-October 2025 addresses potential conflicts of interest…
New
Attorney-General's
Delegations, Appointment Instruments & Commonwealth Authority Frameworks Held By The Attorney-General’s Department,…
This disclosure contains financial delegation instruments from the Attorney-General's Department establishing CFO-to-prescribed…
New
Attorney-General's
Decision-Making Documents Between 1 January 2020 – 25 August 2025 That Outline How The Attorney-General’s Department…
This disclosure contains a Statement of Reasons from the Department of Home Affairs documenting the listing of Islamic State…
New
Attorney-General's
The Research Governance Framework For The Royal Commission Into Institutional Responses To Child Sexual Abuse.
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse established a research governance framework to support…
New
Attorney-General's
Documents That Mention The Website "canary Mission" Or Its Domain Name Canarymission.org From 1 January 2021 To 22…
The Attorney-General's Department released a Guardian Australia news article dated 30 January 2024 reporting on Shirion…
New
Attorney-General's
Documents Regarding The Appointment And Retirement Of Judge Timothy Heffernan To The Federal Circuit Court Of Australia.
The Attorney-General's Department released Executive Council documents concerning the appointment of Judge Timothy Heffernan and…
New
Attorney-General's
Briefs Provided To Attorney-General Michelle Rowland Or Her Office On Freedom Of Information Laws.
A submission to Attorney-General Michelle Rowland seeking approval for the Freedom of Information Amendment Bill 2025, scheduled…
New
Attorney-General's
Documents, Including But Not Limited To Advice Or Briefing Material, Provided By The Attorney-General's Department To…
The Attorney-General's Department released briefing material and talking points (dated August 2025) prepared for ministers…
New
Attorney-General's
1. Documents From 1 January 2023 Referring To Or Describing: A. “ai Bots”, “automated FOI Requests”, Or “foreign…
This disclosure comprises internal Attorney-General's Department correspondence (April 2025) discussing AI and FOI systems,…
New
Attorney-General's
All Documents Held By The Department Relating To AI Bots Submitting FOI Requests And FOI Requests Being Linked To…
The Attorney-General's Department released a policy paper from April 2025 examining artificial intelligence's implications for…
New
Attorney-General's
Documents From The Attorney-General Michelle Rowland Or Her Office Tasking The Department With Developing Changes To…
This email from Shervin Rafizadeh, Chief of Staff to the Attorney-General, requests discussion of new legislative proposals…
New
Attorney-General's
Documents In Relation To The Contract And Work Performed Under Contract Between The Attorney-General’s Department And…
The Attorney-General's Department contracted with The Quantium Group Pty Ltd to provide data and analytics support to the Royal…
New
Attorney-General's
Submissions On The Public Interest Disclosure And Other Legislation Amendment (whistleblower Protections) Bill 2025.
This submission from the Fusion Party of Australia addresses the Public Interest Disclosure and Other Legislation Amendment…
New
Attorney-General's
The Attorney-General’s Department’s Existing Security Chief Executive Instructions And Guidelines And The Application…
The Attorney-General's Department released its Security Plan (2023–2025) outlining internal security governance and risk…
New
Attorney-General's
A Copy Of Australia's 7th Periodic Report Under The ICCPR To The UN Human Rights Committee That Australia Has Provided…
This disclosure contains correspondence between the Attorney-General's Department and the Department of the Prime Minister and…
New
Attorney-General's
Documents Relating To The May 2025 Administrative Arrangements Order Transferring AFP Functions To Home Affairs.
Attorney-General's Department staff exchanged internal advice in May-June 2025 regarding the Administrative Arrangements Order…
New
Attorney-General's
Documents Regarding The International Court Of Justice's Advisory Opinion On The Obligations Of States In Respect Of…
This release contains DFAT talking points prepared for media distribution following the International Court of Justice's July…
New
Attorney-General's
Documents Containing Conflict Of Interest Information And Related Discussions From The Royal Commission Into…
This disclosure contains a curriculum vitae and professional history for Leah Bromfield, who served as Professorial Fellow with…
New
Attorney-General's
Total Number Of Prosecutions For Offences Against The Crimes (biological Weapons) Act 1976.
The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions confirmed that no charges have ever been prosecuted under the Crimes…
New
Attorney-General's
Communications Between The Department And The Australian Law Reform Commission While Conducting Its Inquiry Into…
The Attorney-General's Department provided the Australian Law Reform Commission with proposed terms of reference for a surrogacy…
New
Attorney-General's
Documents Regarding Australia’s Arms Exports To Israel.
This disclosure comprises correspondence from a Commonwealth MP to the Attorney-General dated 1 January 2024, urging legal…
New
Attorney-General's
Documents Relating To The Payment Of Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison's Legal Costs Post 16 June 2023.
The Attorney-General's Department approved legal costs totalling $461,445 (GST exclusive) for former Prime Minister Scott…
New
Attorney-General's
Briefings Provided To The Attorney-General Between 1 January 2024 - 3 November 2025 Regarding Ethical Guidelines,…
Talking points prepared for the Standing Council of Attorneys-General meeting on 14 November 2025 regarding AI use in the…
New
Attorney-General's
Final Evaluation Reports, Selection Panel Recommendations, Ministerial Or Departmental Briefings, And…
This disclosure contains tender evaluation documentation for a National Assistance Program (NAP 21) contract award to Jesuit…
New
Attorney-General's
A Copy Of The Foi25/468 Internal Review Request And Decision.
This is an internal review request challenging an October 2025 decision by the Attorney-General's Department that refused access…
New
Attorney-General's
Services Australia’s Submission To The Attorney-General’s Department’s Automated Decision-Making Review Between 1…
Services Australia submitted a formal response to the Attorney-General's Department's consultation on automated decision-making…
New
Attorney-General's
Documents Created Between 1 January 2020 – 31 December 2021 That Relate To Sovereign Citizens.
The Attorney-General's Department released briefing materials prepared for the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and…
New
Attorney-General's
All Documents Provided To The Attorney-General And Her Office For The Purpose Of Meetings With News Corp Australia…
The Attorney-General's Department released internal correspondence regarding a meeting request from News Corp Australia under…
New
Attorney-General's
Documents Dated Between 8 October 2023 – 25 September 2025 Regarding Australian Citizens Who Have Gone To Israel For…
The Attorney-General's Department released documents concerning Australian citizens who travelled to Israel to serve with the…
New
Attorney-General's
Copyright Reform Correspondence Held By AGD From Screenrights From 1 July 2024 To 30 September 2025.
Screenrights, the copyright collective administering statutory education licences, submitted a position paper to…
New
Attorney-General's
Documents In Relation To The Judicial Appointment Of The Honourable Justice Michael Wigney As A Judge Of The Federal…
These documents relate to background vetting conducted during Justice Michael Wigney's Federal Court appointment process in June…
New
Attorney-General's
Documents In Relation To The Appointment Of The Honourable Justice Natalie Charlesworth As A Judge Of The Federal…
These documents relate to pre-appointment vetting conducted by the Attorney-General's Department in December 2015 for Justice…
New
Attorney-General's
The Signed Copy Of The ‘instruments Update (autumn 2024) Regulations 2024’.
This disclosure contains the signed Instruments Update (Autumn 2024) Regulations 2024, made by the Governor-General on 29…
New
Attorney-General's
Advice Or Briefing Material Provided By The Department To The Attorney-General's Office In Relation To The Use Of AI…
The Attorney-General's Department released briefing material and talking points (dated 30 August 2025) prepared for the…
New
Attorney-General's
Arrangements For Brittany Higgins' Compensation And Copy Of Agreement.
Document text unavailable or too short for summarization.
New
Attorney-General's
Documents Containing Final Submissions Received By Attorney-General Michelle Rowland And The Department, And Final…
This disclosure contains a cabinet submission from the Attorney-General's Department to Attorney-General Michelle Rowland…
New
Attorney-General's
Documents That Analyse The Decision Of The Federal Court In Pabai V Commonwealth Of Australia (no 2) [2025] 796 On 15…
The Attorney-General's Department released analysis of the Federal Court decision in Pabai v Commonwealth of Australia (No 2)…
New
Attorney-General's
Briefing Papers Relating To Freedom Of Information That Were Prepared For Ministers Or Officials Attending The Legal…
This briefing paper prepared for Senate estimates outlines the government's Freedom of Information Amendment Bill 2025,…
New
Attorney-General's
Documents From 1 July 2025 Relating To Proposed Changes To The Freedom Of Information Act 1982. Limited To…
This document provides a statistical snapshot of Freedom of Information request activity across Australian Government agencies…
New
Attorney-General's
Additional Guidance Material Regarding Amendments To The Marriage Act 1961.
This is guidance material (not legal advice) issued by the Attorney-General's Department clarifying mandatory procedural…
New
Attorney-General's
Documents Related To The Authority By Which The Family Court Of WA May Compel The Forced Sale Of A Residential Property.
This disclosure contains statutory provisions from the Federal Court Act 1976 and Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia…
New
Attorney-General's
Ministerial Submissions, Briefings, Question Time Briefs, Talking Points, Correspondence Or Other Documents Provided…
The Attorney-General's Department released a Question Time brief (QB25-000073) dated 24 July 2025 regarding Australia's position…
New
Attorney-General's
Advice Or Briefing Material Provided By The Department To The Attorney-General's Office In Relation To The Use Of AI…
The Attorney-General's Department released briefing material and talking points (dated 30 August 2025) addressing concerns about…
New
Attorney-General's
Documents Provided By The Attorney-General’s Department To Either The Attorney-General Or The Prime Minister Between 1…
The Attorney-General's Department released a diplomatic communication from the Saudi Arabian and French UN Permanent Missions,…
New
Attorney-General's
Meeting Minutes Or Emails Received Or Sent By The Attorney-General’s Department To Dfat, AFP Or The AGO Which Show The…
These documents relate to a request for a public interest certificate under the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975…
New
Attorney-General's
Document Relating To The Use Of External Consultants By The Department Since May 2022.
The Attorney-General's Department disclosed a contract register detailing external consultant engagements from May 2022 onwards.…
New
Attorney-General's
Documents Relating To The Agency 'screenrights' Including Complaints, Gifts And Benefits, And Conflict Of Interest…
The Attorney-General's Department released documents in response to FOI25/378-IR concerning Screenrights, a copyright management…
New
Attorney-General's
Documents Relied On Or Relevant To The Attorney-General’s Media Statements On 2 And 3 September About Time Taken By…
The released documents support the Attorney-General's September 2025 media statements regarding FOI processing delays. They…
New