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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/09/01008
7 pages
PDF
The Department of Home Affairs released policy advice clarifying that skilled regional visa holders (subclass 489, 491, and 494) employed in the transport industry may substantially comply with regional residency conditions (8579, 8539, and 8549) while travelling outside…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/08/01345
85 pages
PDF
The Australian Border Force's Regulated Goods Analysis Unit provided data on engineered stone and crystalline silica enforcement actions during the January-June 2025 period following the prohibition implementation on 1 January 2025. Internal correspondence from August-September…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/09/00483
2 pages
PDF
Ms Jillian Segal AO signed a conflict of interest declaration on 8 July 2024 upon appointment as Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism within the Department of Home Affairs' National Security & Resilience Group. The declaration confirms her awareness of obligations to act with…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/07/01437
8 pages
PDF
Ms Jillian Segal AO signed a conflict of interest declaration on 8 July 2024 for her appointment as Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism within the Department of Home Affairs' National Security & Resilience Group. The declaration outlines standard obligations including honest…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/09/00833
2 pages
PDF
Ms Jillian Segal AO signed a conflict of interest declaration on 18 July 2024 upon appointment as Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism within the Department of Home Affairs' National Security & Resilience Group. The declaration outlines her obligations to act with honesty and…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/07/01708
2 pages
PDF
Correspondence between Department of Home Affairs and the Office of the Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism regarding attendance at the 2025 Australian Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism scheduled for 3-5 September on the Gold Coast. An Acting Director from the Envoy Support…
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HA
Home Affairs
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FA 25/09/00558
2 pages
PDF
From January 2020 to June 2025, Iranian citizens lodged 47,905 visitor visa applications across three streams: 35,497 tourist visas, 10,711 sponsored family visas, and 1,697 business visitor visas. Grant rates for Iranian applicants were 75.91% (tourist), 65.31% (sponsored…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/08/01932
14 pages
PDF
From July 2011 to July 2025, 7,863 partner visa applicants accessed family violence provisions under Australian immigration law. Subclass 820/801 (temporary partner visas) comprised the majority of claims, increasing from 479 in 2011-12 to 901 in 2024-25, while standalone…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/09/00522
46 pages
PDF
This disclosure documents Freedom of Information requests received by the Department of Home Affairs between 1 April and 30 June 2025 that resulted in exemptions. The table lists FOI decisions on personal documents requested, primarily from April 2024 onwards, with closure dates…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/09/01909
49 pages
PDF
The Department of Home Affairs released its Working Hours and Arrangements Policy Statement (PPN HR-7185), approved 20 March 2025, governing employment conditions for non-SES employees across Home Affairs and the Australian Border Force, excluding sea-going and National…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/07/00572
13 pages
PDF
This correspondence from June 2025 concerns Department of Home Affairs planning for Skilled Independent (subclass 189) and Skilled Work Regional (provisional) family-sponsored (subclass 491) visa invitation rounds for the 2025-2026 program year. An Assistant Director from the…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/07/01036
2 pages
PDF
Ms Jillian Segal AO completed a conflict of interest declaration form dated 18 July 2024 upon appointment as Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism within the Department of Home Affairs' National Security & Resilience Group. The declaration confirms Segal's awareness of…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/09/00307
6 pages
PDF
Between August 2012 and March 2020, the Department of Home Affairs facilitated 1,848 medical transfers from offshore detention facilities in Nauru and Papua New Guinea to Australia. Peak transfers occurred in 2018 with 417 cases (predominantly from Nauru), followed by 2014 with…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/09/00941
2 pages
PDF
Between August 2024 and July 2025, US citizens lodged 26 Protection (subclass 866) visa applications with the Department of Home Affairs, with lodgements increasing from fewer than five per month through February 2025 to 14 in July 2025. However, no Protection visas were granted…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/08/01604
4 pages
PDF
This organisational chart released by the Department of Home Affairs details the Immigration Group structure as of 17 July 2025, showing reporting lines under Head of Immigration Clare Sharp PSM. The structure comprises two Deputy Secretary positions overseeing Immigration…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/08/02170
4 pages
PDF
The Department of Home Affairs released a list of 40 businesses holding valid commercial permits to import tobacco under Regulation 4DA of the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956 for the period 15 September 2024 to 15 September 2025. The list includes major tobacco…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/09/00128
1 page
PDF
Between June and 1 September 2025, entities submitted seven reports under the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 to the Department of Home Affairs. Submissions were highest in July with four reports, followed by two in June and one in August, with no reports submitted…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/08/01551
3 pages
PDF
Between 7 October 2023 and 20 August 2025, the Department of Home Affairs processed 59,480 travellers from Israel, Palestinian Territories, Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria, refusing immigration clearance to 37 individuals. Refusals were predominantly from Israeli travellers…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/07/02160
28 pages
PDF
The Hosting Certification Framework (HCF) is a standardised security and risk management framework developed by the Department of Home Affairs to certify data centre providers (DCPs) and cloud service providers (CSPs) handling security-classified government information. The…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/08/01434
23 pages
PDF
This Standard Operating Procedure (Document ID VM-6653, approved 29 November 2023) outlines processes for calculating general residence requirements under the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 for citizenship conferral applicants under subsections 21(2), 21(3), and 21(4). The…