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| May 2026 | 51 |
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| Jul 2026 | 14 |
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| Sep 2026 | 14 |
| Oct 2026 | 0 |
Latest releases
All 596 releases from Home Affairs, with filters-
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Procedural Instruction: Detention Services Manual – Communication and engagement – Access to communication services, dated 4 October 2024
This Department of Home Affairs Procedural Instruction DM-5275, approved 4 October 2024, sets out how detainees in immigration detention facilities may access communication services, including landline and mobile telephones, internet and email, fax, photocopying, and mail. It…
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Privacy Impact Assessments for Open Source Collection Tools and Additional Tools, dated 1 April 2025 part 1 part 2
This FOI release is a Privacy Impact Assessment prepared by Griffin Legal for the Department of Home Affairs, dated 1 April 2025 (final version v.05), covering the Department's and the Australian Border Force's use of commercial open-source collection tools for intelligence and…
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Documents relating to the Community Language Schools Grants Program – Fluency in Asian Languages, round 1 part 1 part 2
The release contains grant program documents for the Community Language Schools Grants Program – Fluency in Asian Languages, Round 1, administered by the Community Grants Hub for the Department of Home Affairs under Program 2.5 Multicultural and Citizenship. Document 1 is the…
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Citizenship Ceremonies in the ACT: Allocation Procedures, ACT Government Communications, and Ceremony Capacity/Invitation Data, 2026 part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4
The release comprises correspondence, meeting invitations, engagement reports and despatch forms concerning citizenship ceremonies run by the Office for Multicultural Affairs ACT Government, covering April to June 2026. The Department's Citizenship Ceremonies NSW team tracked…
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Documents relating to staffing arrangements, organisational structure, staff remuneration and expenditure for the Australian Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism (ASECA), 1 July 2025 to 29 May 2026
The release comprises financial and administrative records for the Australian Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism (ASECA), covering 1 July 2025 to 29 May 2026. Documents include cost centre reports for cost centre 14401 (SpecEnv Antisemitis), accounts payable pivot tables…
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Engagement Agreement and final documents relating to the Office of the Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia including funding allocation information, 1 January 2024 to 18 June 2026
The release comprises documents relating to the Office of the Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia, covering 1 January 2024 to 18 June 2026. It includes an engagement agreement for the Special Envoy with a 36-month term, requiring a Baseline security clearance and travel…
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s5G Relationships and family members: Custody (parental responsibility) for minor children and Procedural Instructions relating to international parental child abduction and long-term cross-border…
The release comprises several Department of Home Affairs procedural instructions and policy manuals rather than operational reports or statistical data. The main document, PAM3 section s5G on relationships and family members, sets out policy on custody and parental…
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Correspondence between the Office of the Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia and the Department of Education regarding the Islamophobia Education Taskforce draft Terms of Reference and Membership
The release is correspondence between the Department of Education and the office of the Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia, Aftab Malik, in July 2026 about the draft Terms of Reference and membership of the Islamophobia Education Taskforce. Mathew Johnston, Acting First…
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Organisations approved as Temporary Activity Sponsors under the Training Visa (subclass 407) program where the nominated occupation includes Enrolled Nurse (ANZSCO 411411) from 1 January 2026 to 26…
This FOI release from the Department of Home Affairs (reference FA 26/08/01403) is a single table listing organisations approved as Temporary Activity Sponsors under the Training visa (subclass 407) where the nominated occupation includes Enrolled Nurse (ANZSCO 411411) between 1…
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Home Affairs Released
Documentation regarding May 2026 Skilled Independent (subclass 189) invitation round
The release comprises internal Department of Home Affairs emails from late May to early June 2026 about the May and June 2026 Skilled Independent (subclass 189) invitation rounds under SkillSelect. The correspondence covers the decision to hold a round on 4 June 2026 for 10,000…
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Home Affairs Released
Documents relating to the implementation of recommendations and actions arising from the Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism’s Special Envoy’s Plan to Combat Antisemitism and the Special Envoy to…
The release contains ministerial briefing material and related correspondence from the Office for Multicultural Affairs concerning the Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia's report, A National Response to Islamophobia: A Strategic Framework for Inclusion, Safety and Prosperity.…
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Invitations to Home Affairs officials to Director-General of Security's Annual Threat Assessment
The release comprises emails between Home Affairs staff and related offices concerning invitations to the Director-General of Security's Annual Threat Assessment, with RSVPs and attendance arrangements for senior officials, including Deputy Secretary Brendan Dowling, First…
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Documents relating to the procurement of Voyager DarkCloud subscription software licences from Web-IQ B.V.
The release comprises procurement records for Voyager DarkCloud subscription software licences from Web-IQ B.V., a Dutch open-source intelligence provider, procured by the Intelligence Technology Section within Home Affairs. The first spending proposal, dated October 2023…
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Procedural Instruction: Public Interest Criteria (PIC) 4004 – outstanding debts to the Commonwealth
This FOI release is a Department of Home Affairs procedural instruction, dated for the 2026 release, setting out how visa decision makers under s65 of the Migration Act 1958 apply Public Interest Criterion 4004, which requires applicants to have no outstanding debts to the…
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Documents relating to the Arrival Control Determination, Iranian visitor visa information as at 25 March 2026, and visa overstay data by citizenship for financial years 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25
The release comprises ministerial submissions, draft legislative instruments, explanatory materials and visa data concerning the proposed Migration (Arrival Control) Determination 2026, made under new section 84B of the Migration Act 1958. The submissions, dated March 2026…
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Documents relating to the procurement, acquisition and use of Babel Street products or services
The release comprises procurement, privacy and email records concerning Babel Street products used by the Department of Home Affairs. The core procurement document is a May 2023 ICT spending proposal seeking additional Babel X social media analysis licences from Babel Street…
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Procedural Instruction: Biometrics for Offshore Visa Processing
This is a procedural instruction (document ID IIB-1486, approved 18 February 2020) governing the collection of biometrics, including fingerprints and facial photographs, from visa applicants at overseas posts and onshore processing centres under the Offshore Biometrics…
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Procedural Instructions: Airport CCTV – data handling; Airport CCTV – Incident response; Audiovisual Records; Policy Statement: Border Clearance; and documents regarding the Department’s Policy in…
The release comprises five procedural and policy documents from the Department of Home Affairs, mainly governing airport closed-circuit television (CCTV) operations. The Airport CCTV data handling instruction (TI-742, approved May 2018) sets rules for handling, retaining and…
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Documents relating to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion
The release comprises two documents from the Department of Home Affairs responding to notices to produce and give information issued under the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion (Notice Nos. C2026/0003 and C-2026/0048). Most of the text is redacted under…
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Number of workplace absences recorded for Department of Home Affairs staff from 22 June 2026 to 26 June 2026
This FOI release is a daily table of Department of Home Affairs workplace absences for the week of 22 to 26 June 2026, broken down by leave type and day, with the number of employees on each. Annual leave was the most common category, peaking at 1,173 employees on Friday 26…