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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/09/01553
11 pages
PDF
The Department of Home Affairs released a factsheet detailing its biometrics collection and exchange program. The Offshore Biometric Collection Program (OBCP), launched in December 2010, currently collects fingerprints and facial images from visa applicants in 53 countries…
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HA
Home Affairs
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FA 25/09/01563
67 pages
PDF
The Department of Home Affairs released a Standard Operating Procedure (IIB-1530) dated 5 March 2025 detailing interpretation of Migration Five (M5) biometric match results. M5 is a consortium of immigration agencies from Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United…
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HA
Home Affairs
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FA 25/10/01376
1 page
PDF
The Department of Home Affairs disclosed its methodology for calculating occupation ceilings under the skilled migration program for 2025–26. Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teachers (ANZSCO 2411), classified as a Tier 2 occupation, have a 2.0% multiplier applied to the ABS…
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HA
Home Affairs
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FA 25/10/01937
1 page
PDF
Between 30 May and 24 October 2025, the Department of Home Affairs received 46 reports from entities with annual turnover of AUD $3 million or more regarding ransomware payments made in connection with cyber security incidents. Reports were submitted monthly as follows: 11 in…
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HA
Home Affairs
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FA 25/10/0659
56 pages
PDF
The Department of Home Affairs released a Country of Origin Information Services Section (COISS) compilation on the People's Republic of China, effective from 14 April 2023 and current to 1 January 2025. The document provides country of origin information to support…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/09/00344
6 pages
PDF
The Department of Home Affairs released skilled visa program talking points from July 2025 and ministerial correspondence from February 2024. Key disclosures include: Ministerial Direction 105 (effective 15 December 2023) prioritises Employer Sponsored visas for regional…
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HA
Home Affairs
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FA 25/07/01135
103 pages
PDF
This disclosure contains correspondence and meeting documentation regarding Australian Government engagement with the UK Defence and Security Media Advisory (DSMA) Committee in March-May 2022. The documents detail a meeting between Australian officials and Brigadier Geoffrey…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 24/10/00850
36 pages
PDF
The Australian Border Force sought Commissioner approval in October 2024 for a Customs Information Technology Requirements Amendment Determination to implement the Australia Travel Declaration (ATD) system ahead of trial commencement on 21 October 2024. The 2024 Determination…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 24/07/01025
53 pages
PDF
Ms Jillian Segal AO was confirmed to the position of Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism within the Department of Home Affairs' National Security & Resilience Group. The disclosure documents contain her conflict of interest declaration dated 8 June 2024, in which she…
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HA
Home Affairs
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FA 25/09/00406
24 pages
PDF
The Department of Home Affairs approved travel and accommodation expenses for a staff member supporting Australia's Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism at the 2025 Australian Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism on the Gold Coast (3-5 September 2025). The approval covered flights…
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HA
Home Affairs
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FA 25/07/00147
57 pages
PDF
Australian Border Force briefing materials for a Victorian Parliamentary inquiry hearing (29 April 2024) on vaping product import controls. The brief outlines ABF enforcement actions under new prohibitions introduced 1 January 2024 (disposable vapes) and 1 March 2024 (reusable…
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HA
Home Affairs
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FA 25/09/01105
1 page
PDF
From 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2025, Australia imported goods classified under HS code 8705.90.00 (special purpose motor vehicles) from Italy and Germany. Italy accounted for 340 import declarations valued at $177.3 million, while Germany recorded 98 declarations valued at $63.8…
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HA
Home Affairs
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FA 25/08/00915
50 pages
PDF
This FOI release contains correspondence between the Department of Home Affairs and the Minister's office from July-August 2025 regarding permanent residency offers to Palestinian nationals holding Subclass 786 visas. Three ministerial submissions (MS25-002434, MS25-002335…
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HA
Home Affairs
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FA 25/08/00557
62 pages
PDF
The Department of Home Affairs released a comprehensive review of the Australian Citizenship Test's language and design, conducted by assessment specialists in August 2023. The document examines the test's dual purposes: assessing applicants' basic English proficiency and…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/09/02223
19 pages
PDF
This document is the Australian Border Force Vessel Management Plan for Cape Class vessels, originally signed November 2016 and updated to version 2.1 in August 2024. The plan establishes safety and operational standards for Cape Class cutters used in border protection…
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HA
Home Affairs
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FA 25/10/00677
2 pages
PDF
Australia has formalized a Third Country Reception Arrangement with Nauru through a Memorandum of Understanding signed 29 August 2025 to facilitate removal of non-citizens with no legal right to remain in Australia who cannot be returned to their home countries. The arrangement…
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HA
Home Affairs
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FA 25/09/01773
2 pages
PDF
Home Affairs disclosed four years of grounds maintenance expenditure for facilities managed under the Whole of Australian Government Property Service Provider Arrangement. Total annual costs ranged from $560,326 (2022-23) to $783,539 (2023-24), declining to $687,100 in 2024-25.…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/07/00944
36 pages
PDF
Ms Jillian Segal AO was appointed as Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism by the Department of Home Affairs under a non-statutory individual contract, effective 9 July 2024. The appointment letter from Secretary Stephanie Foster outlines her role advising the Prime Minister and…
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HA
Home Affairs
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FA 25/09/01559
43 pages
PDF
This disclosure contains Copilot AI-generated analysis commissioned by the Head of National Security examining Australia's critical infrastructure evolution and vulnerabilities from 1980 to present. The document traces the sectoral transformation from 1980s state-owned physical…
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HA
Home Affairs
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FA 25/10/00585
24 pages
PDF
This is a company-specific labour agreement between the Commonwealth of Australia and Al Siraat College Inc, executed under the Migration Act 1958. The agreement enables Al Siraat College to recruit and employ overseas workers through the Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) and…