238 releases from DFAT

1. DFAT DFAT Released 25 Jul 2025

   final agreements between the Australian Government and UNRWA from 30 December 2024 to the date of this request and any documents mentioning Fathi al-Sharif excluding draft documents from 27 January…

   LEX12537 7 pages PDF

   The release comprises a cover page and a redacted 2025-2027 Strategic Partnership Framework between DFAT and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), with pages 2-23 withheld under sections 33(a)(iii) and 33(b). It also includes…

2. DFAT DFAT Released 23 Jul 2025

   All documents concerning the May 19, 2025 Joint statement from the leaders of the United Kingdom, France and Canada on the situation in Gaza and the West Bank, this includes emails, media briefs and…

   LEX12473 33 pages PDF

   This FOI release from DFAT, covering 101 pages, concerns the 19 May 2025 joint statement by the leaders of the United Kingdom, France and Canada on the situation in Gaza and the West Bank. Most documents are withheld in full or in part under sections 33 (international…

3. DFAT DFAT Released 18 Jul 2025

   Copies of the 2020 and 2024 funding agreements for the Building Capacity for Evidence Based Sustainable Vector Surveillance and Control in the Pacific or similar – The 2020 agreement was numbered…

   LEX12278 143 pages PDF

   This FOI release contains two DFAT Complex Grant Agreements for vector surveillance and control in the Pacific. The first, grant agreement 75894 signed in March 2020, is between DFAT and James Cook University for the project "Building Capacity for Evidence Based Sustainable…

4. DFAT DFAT Released 18 Jul 2025

   Any documentation including, but not limited to briefing/noting/approval documents; email exchanges; phone exchanges including on chat-groups; and draft and actual media communications; within the…

   LEX12514 28 pages PDF

   The release is a partly redacted set of DFAT and Minister's Office material concerning critical minerals in the context of India, covering the period from 4 May 2025. It includes a reproduced 2 June 2025 article in The Australian reporting that India is seeking preferential…

5. DFAT DFAT Released 16 Jul 2025

   The funding and support provided by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) – through the PacificAus Sports initiative – to the Kaiviti Silktails Rugby League Football Club. I refer…

   LEX12376 281 pages PDF

   This FOI release comprises a large bundle (around 298 pages, numbered documents 1 to 18 in the excerpt) relating to the PacificAus Sports program, a $52 million flagship initiative under the Pacific Step-up and Sports Diplomacy 2030 strategy. The core record is a Commonwealth…

6. DFAT DFAT Released 14 Jul 2025

   All communications between DFAT (including Australian High Commission to London officials) and the Defence and Security Media Advisory (DSMA) Committee in the United Kingdom or any of its individual…

   LEX12483 5 pages PDF

   The release is a partially exempt set of DFAT records concerning the UK Defence and Security Media Advisory (DSMA) Committee, which manages D-notices to guide media on defence and security stories. Pages 1 to 4 are withheld in full under section 22(1)(a)(ii), and several…

7. DFAT DFAT Released 11 Jul 2025

   Any briefings or updates provided to the secretary or the Minister's office regarding the investigation that commenced in May 2024 following the communication of the ANAO's findings into procurement…

   LEX12458 49 pages PDF

   The release contains DFAT Secretary minutes and related investigation material concerning procurement practices within the Australian Passport Office, following an Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) performance audit. A minute dated 30 July 2024 reports that the Chief…

8. DFAT DFAT Released 11 Jul 2025

   Any documents or policies held by the department relating to the issuance of passports to Australian Protected Persons, including the data page (without any identifying information) of the most…

   LEX12522 5 pages PDF

   The release comprises two internal DFAT passport-assessment documents (LEX 12522), consisting of a policy extract on Australian citizenship for people born in Papua or New Guinea, and an assessment work instruction for handling applications from such people. The policy states…

9. DFAT DFAT Released 10 Jul 2025

   documents held by the Office of Senator the Hon Penny Wong, Minister for Foreign Affairs, relating to Australia’s engagement with the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and the…

   LEX12420 39 pages PDF

   The release comprises cables, a ministerial submission, email correspondence, background briefs and talking points held by the Office of Foreign Minister Penny Wong concerning Australia's engagement with the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). Records cover…

10. DFAT DFAT Released 10 Jul 2025

    Any ministerial submissions provided to the Foreign Minister, other advice or briefings provided to the Foreign Minister’s Office, and DFAT talking points related to one or both of the following: The…

    LEX12479 19 pages PDF

    This FOI release from DFAT contains emails, a joint donor statement and media talking points concerning Gaza humanitarian aid. The emails (20 to 21 May 2025) show Australia confirming it would join a joint donor statement, published on the Foreign Minister's website with a 19…

11. DFAT DFAT Released 9 Jul 2025

    All documents relating to the transfer of DFAT funds to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

    LEX12339 62 pages PDF

    The release comprises DFAT minutes, delegate approvals, email correspondence, a delegated cooperation arrangement and attached activity proposal concerning a co-funded water, sanitation and climate resilience program in Indonesia. The core record is a November 2024 minute…

12. DFAT DFAT Released 7 Jul 2025

    Any internal documents, policies, guidelines, procedures, training materials, or communications held by DFAT that relate to the issuance, recognition, or internal instruction on the legal effect of…

    LEX12510 13 pages PDF

    The release comprises extracts from DFAT's internal consular policy manual, chapters 5.3.3 to 5.3.5, covering legalisation of foreign and Australian documents for passport and notarial purposes. It explains that under the Passports Determination, an apostille applies to foreign…

13. DFAT DFAT Released 7 Jul 2025

    The current agreement between the Federal and South Australian government that facilitates the housing of the Office of the South Australian Agent-General in the Australia Centre. Any complaints or…

    LEX12484 34 pages PDF

    This FOI release comprises a 2024 market rent and service charge review notice from Jones Lang LaSalle on behalf of DFAT's Overseas Property Office to the State of South Australia, followed by the full lease for the Office of the South Australian Agent-General at the Australia…

14. DFAT DFAT Released 4 Jul 2025

    - All correspondence to (not from) foreign diplomatic missions in Australia regarding infringe-ment of traffic rules in diplomatic-plated vehicles. - Please exclude duplicate documents - Please limit…

    LEX10370 630 pages PDF

    The release comprises correspondence from DFAT's Protocol Branch to diplomatic missions in Canberra about outstanding traffic infringements on diplomatic-plated vehicles, covering 2022 and 2023. Letters from Chief of Protocol Ian McConville, dated May 2022, May 2023 and late…

15. DFAT DFAT Released 4 Jul 2025

    … briefings and/or reports for portfolio ministers and the Consular and Crisis Management Division, and any documents that capture statistics, such as databases or spreadsheets, without identifying…

    LEX12472 18 pages PDF

    This FOI release comprises an email chain and attached data tables between Consular Communications and Policy Branch staff within DFAT's Consular and Crisis Management Division, dated March to May 2025, concerning immigration detention and refusal-of-entry cases involving…

16. DFAT DFAT Released 4 Jul 2025

    Documents, photos and video footage, produced from 1 January 2024 to 12 March 2025 relating to: Traffic infringements, including speeding, drink driving and parking fines for diplomats in Canberra

    LEX12474 28 pages PDF

    The release comprises correspondence from DFAT's Protocol Branch, principally demerit warning letters and notifications sent to diplomatic staff accredited to foreign embassies and high commissions in Canberra, including those of the United States, Jordan, Italy, Canada and El…

17. DFAT DFAT Released 4 Jul 2025

    All documents or correspondence created, received, or held between 01 January 2025 and 11 June 2025 inclusive relating to the Smartraveller advice level for the United States of America (USA) -…

    LEX12534 37 pages PDF

    The release consists of internal DFAT emails, a scheduled review covering template and travel advice extracts relating to the United States, dated February to April 2025. The correspondence concerns the Smartraveller advice for the USA, prepared by the Travel Advice Section with…

18. DFAT DFAT Released 4 Jul 2025

    One set of trivia questions prepared by and for the Department's legal team … from any date

    LEX12803 3 pages PDF

    The release is a single trivia quiz, titled "LGD Quiz Questions", prepared for the Department's legal team (LGD) and comprising 11 questions with an answer key and a tie-breaker. Subjects include international law figures, the Australia–Tuvalu Falepili Union treaty, Antarctic…

19. DFAT DFAT Released 2 Jul 2025

    ... the most recent DFAT submissions/ briefings to the Minister for Foreign Affairs that relates substantively to the Greater Sunrise

    LEX12525 8 pages PDF

    The release consists mostly of withheld pages, with exemptions cited under sections 33(a)(iii), 33(b), 47 and 47E(d) of the FOI Act, covering material relating to international relations and commercial value. The one substantive record released is a joint statement dated 21…

20. DFAT DFAT Released 30 Jun 2025

    Correspondence (emails, letters, reports) between the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) from 1st October 2024 until the 13th March…

    LEX12293 32 pages PDF

    The release is a partial disclosure of 80 pages, most of which are redacted under sections 22 and 47E, and it is mainly Home Affairs whole-of-government talking points rather than DFAT-authored correspondence. The surviving material covers government responses to rising…

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