Correspondence Related To Auschwitz, Poland Or The January 27 Memorial Delegation, From 23 October 2024 To 22 January 2025 ​

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Home Affairs internal correspondence from January 2025 regarding Australian delegation attendance at the 80th Anniversary Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau commemoration on January 27, 2025. The delegation was headed by Senator Susan Lines, President of the Senate, and included Benjamin Hayes (Head of Mission, Australian Embassy Warsaw), an adviser to the President of the Senate, Australia's Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, and the Deputy President of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) coordinated attendance arrangements, consulting Government House regarding the Governor-General's potential participation; the Governor-General was unavailable. Home Affairs staff exchanged emails clarifying delegation composition and media inquiry responses, with the correspondence marked OFFICIAL: Sensitive and involving coordination between Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs Division and media units.