Documents Relating To The Appointment Of The Special Envoy To Combat Islamophobia ​ ​

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Documents relating to the appointment of a Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia show interdepartmental coordination between the Department of Home Affairs, the Prime Minister and Cabinet office, and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The correspondence from September 2024 indicates Minister Burke's office requested assessment of five candidates for the position, with one additional candidate added late in the process. Home Affairs staff circulated a biography for the fifth candidate based on open source information and sought feedback from colleagues across the three departments by end of business that day. The documents are heavily redacted under section 47F(1) (Cabinet deliberations) and section 22(1)(a)(ii) (personnel information), obscuring candidate identities and substantive assessment details. A resume attachment was also withheld. The materials indicate a compressed timeframe for candidate vetting ahead of ministerial decision-making.