238 releases from DFAT

1. DFAT DFAT Released 28 Nov 2025

   Internal communications - including emails, text messages and other forms of communication - in the Department and Australian embassy in the US, referring to confirmation of a meeting between Prime…

   LEX12885 10 pages PDF

   The release comprises internal DFAT email correspondence from September 2025 concerning the arrangement of a visit by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to the White House on Monday, 20 October, for a meeting with President Donald Trump. Kevin Rudd, then the Ambassador in…

2. DFAT DFAT Released 27 Nov 2025

   Documents that outline the number of Full Time Equivalent employees working for the department to fulfil a DEI-related role over FY 2024-25

   LEX12857 1 page PDF

   This FOI release from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, released on 27 November 2025 under reference LEX 12875, is a short table of staff numbers rather than policy material. It lists APS staff from APS5 to EL2 who worked on inclusion and diversity during FY2024/25.…

3. DFAT DFAT Released 26 Nov 2025

   1. All documents relating to the list of “Treaty Villages” in Papua New Guinea (PNG) produced between November 24, 2005 (i.e., not including the 15th JAC meeting) and December 31, 2007. I am…

   LEX13067 20 pages PDF

   The release is a partial set of DFAT records under the Freedom of Information Act relating to the Torres Strait Treaty with Papua New Guinea, dated 2007. It includes a draft agenda for the Treaty Liaison Meeting (19 November 2007), a draft agenda for the 16th Joint Advisory…

4. DFAT DFAT Released 21 Nov 2025

   Submissions from Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia (FECCA) to DFAT from 2015 to 2025

   LEX12875 3 pages PDF

   The release comprises two sets of written submissions, both dated 21 May 2015, from the Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia (FECCA) to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on draft reports under international human rights treaties. One responds to the…

5. DFAT DFAT Released 21 Nov 2025

   Information held by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (the Department) regarding Australian citizens who have gone to Israel for the purpose of joining the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) to…

   LEX12954 22 pages PDF

   The release comprises DFAT talking points, cleared briefs and Senate Estimates and Budget Estimates question-and-answer sheets, mostly dated January and February 2024 with a February 2025 estimates update, all dealing with Australian citizens serving in the Israeli Defence Force…

6. DFAT DFAT Released 20 Nov 2025

   The 10 most recent documents relating to whether Hamas beheaded babies or children on 7 October 2023 excluding any documents that are subject to legal professional privilege. The 10 most recent…

   LEX12864 179 pages PDF

   This DFAT release, dated 20 November 2025, responds to four requests covering the ten most recent documents on alleged Hamas beheading and burning of babies or children on 7 October 2023, Israeli claims that Hamas operates from Gaza hospitals, and Israel's plans to displace Gaza…

7. DFAT DFAT Released 17 Nov 2025

   A FOI request is sought for any correspondence to DFAT from 1 October 2023 to 1 October 2025 that references that document (Detailed analysis of the 2023 Voice to Parliament Referendum and related…

   LEX13011 12 pages PDF

   This DFAT release (LEX 13011, released 17 November 2025) consists of internal email exchanges and material forwarded from external newsletters and subscriptions, covering October 2023 to October 2025. Staff in a DFAT trade analysis section circulated a link to an ANU Centre for…

8. DFAT DFAT Released 14 Nov 2025

   I request all the following documents since September 10 about the death of Charlie Kirk: briefing notes, talking points, and Q&A documents prepared by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for…

   LEX12847 39 pages PDF

   The release comprises partially redacted DFAT records from September 2025 concerning the shooting of US conservative activist Charlie Kirk on 10 September. These include internal emails among DFAT, the Prime Minister's Office and PM&C advising that Consulates-General be alert to…

9. DFAT DFAT Released 14 Nov 2025

   Any internal correspondence - including briefs - relating to whether DFAT bureaucrats would attend the prime minister's recent speech to the UK Labour Party conference

   LEX12925 11 pages PDF

   The release comprises email chains and an attached costing table from DFAT's Australian High Commission in London, covering 2024 and 2025 requests for approval under section 23 of the PGPA Act to fund attendance at the UK Labour and Conservative party conferences. Approvals were…

10. DFAT DFAT Released 10 Nov 2025

    Any document which explains the different conclusions reached in the 2025 [Country Information Report] about women and the capacity of the PNG state to protect them from violence. Noting particularly…

    LEX12790 23 pages PDF

    This FOI release from DFAT comprises 186 pages of largely redacted material relating to the Country Information Report on Papua New Guinea. The records include a December 2023 email exchange between DFAT officers in Port Moresby about an indicative program for a visit to support…

11. DFAT DFAT Released 10 Nov 2025

    Please compile a document containing all data communicated by UNRWA in relation to its obligations to DFAT, as described in the background section. The document should include the following: The…

    LEX13010 5 pages PDF

    This FOI release is a chronology compiled from DFAT records, covering July 2024 to February 2025, of engagements between Australian officials and the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). Entries record meetings, briefings, Advisory Committee and…

12. DFAT DFAT Released 7 Nov 2025

    All documents (including but not limited to meeting minutes, talking points, ministerial briefs) related to meetings (physical, phone and virtual) the Australian Government (including but not limited…

    LEX12792 19 pages PDF

    The release comprises seven numbered documents from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Israel-Gaza Taskforce and Middle East Branch, dated between May and August 2025. They include internal email chains about meetings with the Israeli Ambassador and the Israeli…

13. DFAT DFAT Released 6 Nov 2025

    Costs in relation to the maintenance of plants, flowers, and other decorative greenery in and around DFAT’s office in Canberra from 1 May 2022 to 23 September 2025

    LEX12882 23 pages PDF

    This FOI release from DFAT is a schedule of costs for maintaining plants, flowers and other decorative greenery in and around the department's Canberra office, covering 1 May 2022 to 23 September 2025. The excerpt lists numbered line items, each with a document date and an…

14. DFAT DFAT Released 5 Nov 2025

    Documents that relate to coal exports from the Newcastle Coal Export Facility (Newcastle Port) to Israel, for the period 01 January 2020 to the present (14 August 2025)

    LEX12738 23 pages PDF

    This partial FOI release from DFAT comprises email correspondence, largely repeated, concerning reported Australian coal shipments from Newcastle to Hadera port in Israel. Most pages are redacted under s 22. The unredacted material includes a Guardian political reporter's…

15. DFAT DFAT Released 3 Nov 2025

    … any and all records pertaining to calls, meetings, and/or correspondence between Minister Penny Wong or her staff, including (former) Chief of Staff Thomas Mooney and (current) Deputy Chief of…

    LEX12779 - request to Foreign Ministers… 16 pages PDF

    This release contains email chains, a meeting brief and a letter from Santos concerning requests for meetings with Foreign Minister Penny Wong. Santos CEO Kevin Gallagher wrote on 27 May 2025 congratulating the Minister on her reappointment and inviting her to visit operations…

16. DFAT DFAT Released 3 Nov 2025

    Correspondence and documents relating to Austender contract notice CN4181598, along with related media inquiry responses

    LEX12859 26 pages PDF

    The release comprises a Secretary's delegation instrument under the PGPA Act, extracts from DFAT's Overseas Visits Guidelines for portfolio ministers (version 2, August 2025), the Guidelines on public diplomacy expenditure at post (July 2025), a Special Visits Program guide, and…

17. DFAT DFAT Released 29 Oct 2025

    Communications within the department regarding the Smartraveller rating for the United States and any discussions about updating the website rating from November 8, 2024 to 1 September 2025

    LEX12923 42 pages PDF

    The release comprises email chains, scheduled-review approval correspondence and a Washington cable concerning the Smartraveller travel advice for the United States, held by DFAT's Consular Communications and Policy Branch. The correspondence runs from February to June 2025 and…

18. DFAT DFAT Released 28 Oct 2025

    Copies of emails, text messages or other electronic or written communications between Mr Robert J Carr or Bob Carr of Sydney, Australia and the Office of the Foreign Minister or the Foreign Minister…

    LEX12813 - request to Foreign Affairs 4 pages PDF

    The release comprises two items. The first is a published opinion piece by former NSW Premier and former Foreign Minister Bob Carr, titled "Taiwan Oped," which argues against automatic Australian participation in a US-China conflict over Taiwan. It cites the Menzies government's…

19. DFAT DFAT Released 27 Oct 2025

    Correspondence and documents relating to Austender contract notice CN4181598, along with related media inquiry responses

    LEX12777 93 pages PDF

    The release comprises email correspondence, contract addenda, hotel terms and internal approval chains concerning accommodation for DFAT's senior delegation to the UN General Assembly High Level Week in New York, 21 to 26 September 2025, at the InterContinental Barclay hotel.…

20. DFAT DFAT Released 27 Oct 2025

    A list of catering related expenses incurred by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, including the event or meeting attached to the catering, the date of the event or meeting, the number of…

    LEX12867 1 page PDF

    This FOI release from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is a short itemised table of catering expenses for the period 4 May to 19 September 2025, covering three events. The largest is The 2025 Kangaroo Cup on 14 September 2025, with 300 guests recorded (between 350 and…

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