238 releases from DFAT

1. DFAT DFAT Released 24 Oct 2025

   The diary of Minister Penny Wong, from 4 August 2025 to 24 August 2025

   LEX12784 - request to Minister for… 21 pages PDF

   The release is the diary of Foreign Minister Penny Wong for 4 to 24 August 2025, covering scheduled meetings, calls, interviews and travel. Key entries include a Cabinet session, a weekly meeting with the DFAT Secretary, introductory and bilateral calls with the Republic of…

2. DFAT DFAT Released 20 Oct 2025

   The diary of the foreign minister Penny Wong for the period 14 July to 14 September (current as of 8 August 2025)

   LEX12707 63 pages PDF

   This FOI release is a partially redacted ministerial diary for Foreign Minister Penny Wong covering 14 July to 14 September 2025, current as of 8 August. It consists of daily schedules listing meetings, briefings, Question Time preparation, Senate sittings and travel. Key…

3. DFAT DFAT Released 15 Oct 2025

   All briefing and correspondence held by the Department in relation to the visit by Aaron Keyak ( the US Deputy Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism) to Australia in May 2024

   LEX12743 11 pages PDF

   The release is an email chain from late April to May 2024 between DFAT, the Attorney-General's Department (AGD) and DFAT's Israel-Gaza Taskforce about a meeting on 8 May 2024 between AGD and US Deputy Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism Aaron Keyak, who was visiting…

4. DFAT DFAT Released 14 Oct 2025

   For the period 16 to 19 October 2023 – Documents provided to the Foreign Minister Penny Wong that contain a finding or conclusion that Israel was not responsible for the explosion on 17 October 2023…

   LEX12797 48 pages PDF

   The release comprises partially redacted DFAT briefing material and reporting cables covering 16 to 19 October 2023, provided to Foreign Minister Penny Wong. Most pages are withheld under section 22 as out of scope, and many passages are redacted under sections 33(a)(iii) and…

5. DFAT DFAT Released 9 Oct 2025

   We seek access, by way of application for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (the FOI Act), to the following documents created between 10 December 2024 and 8 August 2025: a).…

   LEX12714 11 pages PDF

   The release comprises correspondence relating to the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, routed through DFAT's Permanent Delegation to UNESCO in Paris. It includes a 5 March 2025 letter from the UNESCO World Heritage Centre to the Australian Ambassador, forwarding a…

6. DFAT DFAT Released 9 Oct 2025

   Documents that relate to the visit by the Minister for Resources, the Hon Madeleine King MP, to Japan in October 2024, including but not limited to briefing papers, talking points, itineraries or…

   LEX12745 60 pages PDF

   The release comprises DFAT cables, email chains and attachments relating to Resources Minister Madeleine King's October 2024 visit to Japan. The main records are a Tokyo cable on the 61st Australia-Japan Joint Business Conference in Nagoya (23-25 October 2024), a post-visit…

7. DFAT DFAT Released 7 Oct 2025

   Final briefing materials presented to the foreign affairs minister and minister of the Pacific updating them about the progress of any treaty negotiations with the Kiribati government and any…

   LEX12753 66 pages PDF

   The release comprises a 66-page set of DFAT briefing materials, mainly "backpocket" and key-message briefs on the Kiribati bilateral relationship, prepared within the North Pacific Branch of the Pacific Division and dated March 2025. The released text states Australia is…

8. DFAT DFAT Released 3 Oct 2025

   Any documents and/or correspondence regarding Philippines Vice-President Sara Duterte's visit to Australia in June. In particular, any emails or other correspondence regarding Ms Duterte's request to…

   LEX12636 170 pages PDF

   The release comprises email chains, visa-processing correspondence, media enquiry clearances and draft talking points, mostly from DFAT's Philippines post and Southeast Asia divisions, with Department of Home Affairs staff copied in. The records concern Philippine Vice-President…

9. DFAT DFAT Released 30 Sep 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…

   LEX12648 1 page PDF

   This FOI release is a single table of Australian official development assistance (ODA) to United Nations bodies and related multilateral organisations across financial years 2022-23 to 2024-25. It covers around 40 entities, including UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA, UNHCR, WFP, UN Women…

10. DFAT DFAT Released 26 Sep 2025

    Briefing notes given to the Prime Minister’s office/Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet around the situation in Gaza/Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories from the 21st to the 31st of…

    LEX12683 105 pages PDF

    The release comprises partially redacted DFAT briefing material on the Gaza and Israel situation, including talking points, media Q&A and handling notes prepared for the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and the Prime Minister's office, with correspondence on the…

11. DFAT DFAT Released 26 Sep 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…

    LEX12721– request to Minister for… 10 pages PDF

    The release comprises email correspondence between former NSW Premier and Foreign Minister Bob Carr and DFAT staff or the Office of the Foreign Minister, Penny Wong, covering October 2023 to August 2025. It includes Carr's October 2023 social media posts on Gaza and his…

12. DFAT DFAT Released 23 Sep 2025

    All briefing/correspondence/speaking notes (including invitation and photographs) held by the department associated with the Australian High Commission's participation/attendance at a function that…

    LEX12662 3 pages PDF

    The release consists of a short April 2019 email chain, sent by Chris Hartley, Chairman of the Organising Committee of The King's Cup, to Australian diplomatic officials, with Commodore Guy Holthouse copied. The email, addressed to former Australian High Commissioner George…

13. DFAT DFAT Released 19 Sep 2025

    The contract between the Dept of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and Palladium International Pty Ltd (ABN 23 010 020201) for the implementation of the Pacific Labour Mobility Support Program…

    LEX12490 72 pages PDF

    This FOI release is a goods and services contract between DFAT and Palladium International Pty Ltd for implementing the Pacific Labour Mobility Support Program (PLMSP), contract number 79825, signed in September and October 2024. The program supports Pacific island countries and…

14. DFAT DFAT Released 19 Sep 2025

    Briefing provided to the Minister for Foreign Affairs relating to correspondence to or from the Prime Minister of Israel, prepared in the period commencing 1 July 2025 until 21 August 2025

    LEX12762 4 pages PDF

    This FOI release from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade covers a briefing for the Minister for Foreign Affairs on correspondence to or from the Israeli Prime Minister, prepared between 1 July and 21 August 2025. The visible content is a short internal email dated 20…

15. DFAT DFAT Released 18 Sep 2025

    Documents relating to the World Central Kitchen convoy

    LEX12756 27 pages PDF

    The release comprises a DFAT-held copy of a Special Adviser public report, dated 2 August 2024 and authored by Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin AC, on Israel's response to the Israel Defence Forces strike on World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza on 1 April 2024. The strike…

16. DFAT DFAT Released 15 Sep 2025

    All documents exchanged between DFAT and the FM or her office about the appointment of the incoming Australian Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Stephen Jones (announced on 6 July 2025) to the…

    LEX12638 27 pages PDF

    The release comprises ministerial submissions, a letter from Foreign Minister Penny Wong to the Prime Minister, internal emails, Executive Council minute papers, a draft commission of appointment, and a draft media release concerning the appointment of the Hon Stephen Jones as…

17. DFAT DFAT Released 15 Sep 2025

    … regarding Minister for Trade and Tourism Don Farrell’s visit to Japan in October 2023. I am seeking access to meeting briefings prepared for the Minister relating to his visit to Japan in October…

    LEX12719 30 pages PDF

    The release comprises a DFAT ministerial brief prepared for Trade and Tourism Minister Don Farrell ahead of his October 2023 visit to Japan, which took in the G7 Trade Ministers' Meeting in Osaka (28-29 October). The brief contains event briefs covering a visit to the Expo 2025…

18. DFAT DFAT Released 15 Sep 2025

    Correspondence and briefing held by DFAT between DFAT and the USA Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism associated with the creation of an Australian Special Envoy to Combat…

    LEX12739 2 pages PDF

    This FOI release consists of a single page of a DFAT cable, dated 5 July 2024 and sent from Canberra to the Embassy in Washington with copies to Posts, titled "Australia Endorses the Global Guidelines for Countering Antisemitism." It reports on a 25 June follow-up meeting…

19. DFAT DFAT Released 11 Sep 2025

    The UN Allegation Tracker on page 24-25 of the documents released in LEX 12537

    LEX12724 2 pages PDF

    The document is a two-page tracker titled "UNRWA Allegation Tracker", released under LEX12537. It logs allegations concerning the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), with entries giving the source, a date and a short description. Listed items…

20. DFAT DFAT Released 10 Sep 2025

    DFAT documents that include any discussion or mention of alleged casualty incidents (injuries or deaths) at or around Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid sites in Gaza, for the time period 26 May…

    LEX12625 145 pages PDF

    The release comprises DFAT situation reports, a June 2025 Middle East key development tracker, media talking points, a Gaza and West Bank monitoring table, GHF operational updates, UN Security Council correspondence from the Palestinian Permanent Observer Mission, an NGO letter…

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