238 releases from DFAT

1. DFAT DFAT Released 10 Sep 2025

   All correspondence, memos, briefings and reports sent and received by head of the Humanitarian Preparedness and Response Branch (HMB), between May 20, 2025 and August 5, 2025, which address, or are…

   LEX12718 3 pages PDF

   The release consists of a 3 August 2025 email forwarding a DFAT cable from Washington to Canberra, copied to posts across Europe, the Middle East, the UN in New York, the Security Council, the Americas and the Indo-Pacific, marked Priority and for information only. The cable…

2. DFAT DFAT Released 8 Sep 2025

   “…the Minister’s calendar/diary entries for the date of his 2022 and 2023 visits to the United Kingdom.”

   LEX12747 12 pages PDF

   The release consists of extracted pages from a Minister's calendar covering 15 to 21 September 2022 and 20 to 24 February 2023, the periods of the Minister's visits to the United Kingdom. The 2022 entries record a Sydney-London VIP flight departing on 15 September, a media…

3. DFAT DFAT Released 5 Sep 2025

   All documents related to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's attempts to meet with US president Donald Trump at the G7 conference. Please include documents related to attempts (from the department or…

   LEX12553 56 pages PDF

   The release comprises email chains and a short instant-message exchange, mostly from June 2025, concerning efforts to arrange bilateral meetings for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Canada. The correspondence runs between DFAT officials…

4. DFAT DFAT Released 5 Sep 2025

   Any document, spreadsheet, email, log, or summary report containing daily counts of public correspondence (including emails, letters, or submissions) referencing Israel, Gaza, Hamas, or Palestine…

   LEX12695 1 page PDF

   The release is a DFAT tally of public correspondence received about the Israel–Hamas conflict, referencing Israel, Gaza, Hamas or Palestine, from 1 October 2023 to 5 August 2025, drawn from the Parliamentary Document Management System as at 19 August 2025. Monthly volumes peaked…

5. DFAT DFAT Released 5 Sep 2025

   A list of how many Internal Reviews of Decisions by a delegate of the Minister relating to Passport Applications have been submitted to the Department since01/01/2023; A list of how many of those…

   LEX12715 13 pages PDF

   This FOI release from DFAT comprises 13 pages across two documents: "Internal Reviews" (three pages) and "Child Reviews" (ten pages). The request sought the number of internal reviews of passport-application decisions made by a delegate of the Minister since 1 January 2023, and…

6. DFAT DFAT Released 4 Sep 2025

   ‘……copies of the policies, procedures and guidelines used by the Australian Passport Office (APO) to assess child passport applications under ‘special circumstances’ described in: subsection 11(2) of…

   LEX12673 149 pages PDF

   This DFAT release, dated 4 September 2025 under reference LEX 12673, comprises extracts from the Australian Passport Office's internal policy manual (Chapter 13 on child passport provisions, running to 356 pages). It sets out how child travel document applications are assessed…

7. DFAT DFAT Released 22 Aug 2025

   All final briefing materials prepared for the foreign affairs minister about Australia's action against the Taliban/Afghanistan under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination…

   LEX12656 17 pages PDF

   This FOI release from DFAT contains a small number of unredacted records, most of which are exempt or partly removed under section 33(a)(iii) of the FOI Act (international relations). The disclosed material includes an event brief for a 25 September 2024 launch in New York…

8. DFAT DFAT Released 18 Aug 2025

   Cables from Australia’s Embassy in Washington DC to and/or from the Foreign Minister and/or her office and/or her Department relating to or concerning Gaza from 1 January 2025 to date

   LEX12464 170 pages PDF

   The release comprises cables from Australia's Embassy in Washington to Canberra concerning Gaza from January 2025, with many passages redacted under sections 22(1)(a)(ii), 33(a)(iii) and 47E(d). Records include daily or periodic "first days" situation reports on the Trump…

9. DFAT DFAT Released 15 Aug 2025

   ... any briefing documents or correspondence between the department and the foreign minister's office providing an update on negotiations of a bilateral agreement with Kiribati between December 1…

   LEX12502 19 pages PDF

   This DFAT release comprises a 19-page set of Kiribati bilateral briefing material, including a fact sheet, talking points, a security activities summary as at March 2025, a bilateral meeting brief for the Speaker of Parliament Willie Tokataake, and email chains between…

10. DFAT DFAT Released 13 Aug 2025

    All AusAID/DFAT project documentation relating to the construction or renovation of the theatre/community centre in Baetov, Kyrgyzstan, including: The final approved project proposal or related…

    LEX12631 3 pages PDF

    This release is a single cable from the Australian post in Moscow to Canberra, titled "Direct Aid Program (DAP): Moscow end of year report," covering 2005-06. It reports that Moscow received an AUD 45,000 DAP allocation, used to fund four projects in Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan and…

11. DFAT DFAT Released 13 Aug 2025

    The Memorandum of Understanding on implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area that Assistant Minister Thistlethwaite announced on 19 June 2025

    LEX12669 10 pages PDF

    The released document is a signed Memorandum of Understanding between the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat and the Australian Government, represented by DFAT, on supporting implementation of the AfCFTA. It was signed on 18 June 2025 by AfCFTA…

12. DFAT DFAT Released 12 Aug 2025

    All briefing notes, talking points, and Q&A documents prepared for the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Secretary of DFAT, and other senior officials Any records of communication between DFAT…

    LEX12628 17 pages PDF

    This FOI release comprises four extracts from DFAT's daily "United States: Trump Administration Headlines" digests, prepared by the Washington post and sent to Canberra with copies to regional posts. The digests cover 10 and 11 July 2025 and are marked routine and for…

13. DFAT DFAT Released 11 Aug 2025

    Snapshots of the file tree (as displayed in the Department’s file management software interface such as SAP, for example, and in keeping with prior decisions of the Department, including in matter…

    LEX12561 9 pages PDF

    The release comprises DFAT email chains, a February 2025 minute seeking Section 23 PGPA Act approval, a draft travel program, a concept note, and a file tree listing for the COALAR-funded media visit to Latin America. The minute, dated 12 February 2025 and addressed to John…

14. DFAT DFAT Released 7 Aug 2025

    All direct communications -- including emails and relevant attachments, letters and faxes – be-tween Gina Rinehart and Hancock Prospecting and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade including…

    LEX12404 19 pages PDF

    The release comprises email chains and attachments between DFAT officials (including the New Delhi, Riyadh and Washington embassies) and representatives of Hancock Prospecting, the company associated with Gina Rinehart, covering January to August 2025 and late 2024. Topics…

15. DFAT DFAT Released 4 Aug 2025

    Any ministerial submissions provided to the Foreign Minister, other advice or briefings pro-vided to the Foreign Minister’s Office, and DFAT talking points related to any of the following: (a) The…

    LEX12581 171 pages PDF

    The release comprises DFAT media talking points on the Israel-Iran conflict, numbered versions 1 to 11 and dated from 14 to 22 June 2025, with later versions covering assisted departures from Tehran and Locally Engaged Staff. The talking points address Australia's concern at…

16. DFAT DFAT Released 4 Aug 2025

    … the department's communications in relation to the protests relating to the Greek train tragedy on February 28 2025. Specifically: - Correspondence relating to updating the Smart traveller website…

    LEX12600 153 pages PDF

    The release comprises email chains, social media drafts and published posts from the Australian Embassy in Athens, along with Smartraveller travel advice updates for Greece, dated February to March 2025. The correspondence, mostly between embassy public diplomacy and security…

17. DFAT DFAT Released 31 Jul 2025

    Any record of when Ms Templeman last communicated with the Foreign Minister on this issue [Palestine or Gaza], including the date and content of that communication. This request is made in light of…

    LEX12590 6 pages PDF

    The release contains three items of ministerial correspondence concerning Palestine and Gaza, all bearing the marker LEX12590. The first is a House of Representatives Petitions Committee referral dated 27 March 2025 (petition PN0637, 1,188 signatures), chaired by Ms Susan…

18. DFAT DFAT Released 30 Jul 2025

    The itinerary/agenda for Minister Wong’s trip to the United States starting June 30, 2025

    LEX12588 12 pages PDF

    This FOI release is the program, or itinerary, for Foreign Minister Penny Wong's visit to the United States from 30 June to 4 July 2025, current as at 28 June 2025 and described as a guide only. The document lists flights and transfers between Adelaide, Sydney, Dallas…

19. DFAT DFAT Released 28 Jul 2025

    The current DFAT Overseas Conditions of Service, as determined by the Secretary or their delegate … [as] referred to in the DFAT Enterprise Agreement 2024 Section 35

    LEX12564 279 pages PDF

    The release is a 279-page DFAT policy manual, the Overseas Conditions of Service (HRM Volume 2), made under clause 35 of the department's 2024 Enterprise Agreement and section 24(1) of the Public Service Act 1999. It sets out the terms and conditions for employees serving…

20. DFAT DFAT Released 28 Jul 2025

    Copies of emails, memoranda, ministerial submissions, talking points, briefs relating to the press conference held by Foreign Minister Penny Wong (and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese) on 23 June 2025…

    LEX12584 63 pages PDF

    The release comprises email chains, draft media talking points, a situation report (sitrep), a transcript excerpt and an ministerial adviser query from DFAT, relating to the press conference by Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on 23 June 2025…

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