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| Home Affairs | Ministerial Submission And Supporting Documents Related To Statement To Parliament Admin25/155 | 9 | This disclosure contains a ministerial submission and draft parliamentary statement concerning the Minister's exercise of… | 05/05/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Ministerial Submission And Supporting Documents Related To Statement To Parliament Admin25/154 | 11 | This FOI disclosure relates to a ministerial submission and supporting documents for a Parliamentary statement concerning the… | 05/05/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Ministerial Submission And Supporting Documents Related To Statement To Parliament Admin25/153 | 11 | This ministerial submission and supporting documents relate to a parliamentary statement on the exercise of ministerial… | 05/05/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Ministerial Submission And Supporting Documents Related To Statement To Parliament Admin25/088 | 10 | This ministerial submission and supporting documents related to a parliamentary statement have been released with substantial… | 05/05/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Documents Relating To The 13 May 2025 Administrative Arrangements Order, Including The Transfer Of Law Enforcement… | 48 | This submission to the Minister for Home Affairs from July 2025 seeks approval for urgent amendments to the controlled… | 29/04/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Transitory Persons In Australia As At 19 March 2026 | 1 | As of 19 March 2026, the Department of Home Affairs reported 768 transitory persons in Australia across multiple nationalities,… | 23/04/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Criminal Code (state Sponsor Of Terrorism - Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) Regulations 2025 | 4 | These regulations, made by Governor-General Sam Mostyn on 27 November 2025 and released 21 April 2026, formally designate the… | 21/04/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Template Used For Claims Under The Scheme For Compensation For Detriment Caused By Defective Administration (cdda… | 6 | This document is a template for ministerial consideration of compensation claims under the Scheme for Compensation for Detriment… | 17/04/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Meeting Agendas And Outcomes Relating To The Multiagency Group On Synthetic Biology And AI Held On 3 April 2025 And 26… | 21 | The Department of Home Affairs, co-chairing with the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, convened an inter-agency… | 16/04/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Current Policy And Procedural Documentation For Protection Visa Applications, Including Processing Requirements,… | 75 | This Standard Operating Procedure from Home Affairs establishes protocols for managing unaccompanied minors (UMAs) and… | 15/04/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Background And Thematic Brief Relating To Cyber Matters In The UK And Eu, And Meeting Brief For Oracle Government… | 13 | The Department of Home Affairs released a background brief and meeting brief on cybersecurity risks relating to UK and EU… | 15/04/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Number Of Permanent Residence (skilled Regional) (subclass 191) Visa Applications Lodged, Finalised, And Visa… | 2 | From 1 July 2025 to 31 January 2026, the Department of Home Affairs processed subclass 191 Permanent Residence (Skilled… | 14/04/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Documents Relating To The Appointment Of The Special Envoy To Combat Islamophobia | 72 | Documents relating to the appointment of a Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia show interdepartmental coordination between the… | 10/04/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Correspondence Containing The Term “osposttarget”, For The Period 1 September 2025 To 25 February 2026 | 24 | This FOI disclosure contains internal Department of Home Affairs correspondence regarding a Freedom of Information request… | 09/04/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | LEGEND Notes For Guidance Papers, 2017 To 2024 | 2 | This document is a publishing schedule table from the Department of Home Affairs showing Notes for Guidance (NfG) papers on the… | 08/04/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Correspondence With State And Territory Governments Regarding Skilled Nominated (subclass 190) Visa And Skilled Work… | 77 | Assistant Minister for Citizenship Julian Hill sought input from state and territory governments on nomination allocations for… | 02/04/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Feedback Submissions And Related Correspondence Referred By The Global Feedback Unit To The Responsible Business Area… | 249 | This disclosure contains a complaint lodged on 18 August 2025 through the Department of Home Affairs website regarding delays in… | 01/04/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Documents Relating To NSW And Victoria Establishment Of A National Database To Track Antisemitic Crime, Incidents And… | 124 | The disclosure contains correspondence from the Attorney-General's Department's National Security Information Branch regarding… | 01/04/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Correspondence Relating To The Defence And Security Media Advisory (dsma) Committee And The D‑notice System | 25 | The Department of Home Affairs released correspondence from September 2023 regarding media monitoring and D-notice systems. The… | 27/03/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Standard Operating Procedure For Conferral Applicants Residing Overseas, Approval Date 6 August 2020 | 34 | This Standard Operating Procedure (VM-6619) establishes protocols for processing Australian citizenship conferral applications… | 26/03/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Meeting Papers And Minutes For The Firearms And Weapons Policy Working Group (fwpwg), From 1 July 2023 To 11 November… | 81 | These meeting papers document the Firearms and Weapons Policy Working Group's discussions from September 2023, held in Darwin.… | 25/03/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Panamanian Citizens In Australia Holding A Permanent Or Temporary Visa Recorded By Gender As At 12 March 2026 | 1 | As of 12 March 2026, there were 172 Panamanian citizens in Australia holding permanent or temporary visas. The largest cohorts… | 25/03/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Flow Chart And Procedure For Processing S501 Referrals (cancellations And Refusals) For Administrative Review Tribunal… | 16 | This document outlines the Department of Home Affairs' internal procedural flowchart for processing section 501 visa… | 23/03/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Document Containing General Information On Vietnam | 14 | This document released by the Department of Home Affairs contains general background information on Vietnam covering national… | 20/03/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Red Notice 2020/14 – Determinations To Delay An Applicant From Taking The Pledge Under Section 26(3) Of The Australian… | 2 | Red Notice 2020/14 issued by the Department of Home Affairs' Citizenship Identity & Character Helpdesk on 31 July 2020 provides… | 19/03/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Documents Related To The Safe And Together Community Grants Program | 45 | The Department of Home Affairs released grant opportunity guidelines for the Safe and Together Community Grants Program,… | 16/03/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | National Wildlife Detections Concerning Managed Goods From 1 November 2019 To 18 December 2025 | 12 | This FOI disclosure documents wildlife product detections at Australia's borders under managed goods legislation from November… | 13/03/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Visa Processing Times For Skilled Independent (subclass 189) Visa And Permanent Residence (skilled Regional) (subclass… | 2 | The Department of Home Affairs released visa processing time data for Hong Kong applicants under the Skilled Independent… | 12/03/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Goods Description Information Included In Export Declaration Forms For Exports To Israel For The Period 13 August 2025… | 98 | This document lists goods descriptions from Australian export declarations to Israel covering 13 August 2025 to 14 December… | 12/03/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Contract Between Attorney General’s Department And Breakthrough Media Network Pty Ltd Relating To Communication… | 38 | The Attorney-General's Department contracted Breakthrough Media Network Pty Ltd for communication services against violent… | 11/03/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Documents Relating To The Migration And Mobility Partnership Agreement Between Australia And India | 37 | This submission briefs the Ministers for Home Affairs and Cyber Security ahead of a Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCOT)… | 10/03/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Number Of Visas Cancelled After The Visa Holder Entered Australia Including A Breakdown By Visa Category, Legislative… | 4 | During 2025, the Department of Home Affairs cancelled 5,158 onshore visas after visa holders had entered Australia. Student… | 09/03/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Status Resolution Officers And Cancellations Procedural Instruction | 4 | This procedural instruction governs how Status Resolution Officers (SROs) exercise discretion when considering visa… | 05/03/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Documents Referring To Canary Mission From 1 January 2021 To 22 December 2025 | 4 | This FOI disclosure contains Department of Home Affairs documents relating to an individual associated with "Canary Mission"… | 04/03/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Number Of Bridging Visa R’s Granted Since 24 October 2025 And Number Of Bridging Visa R Holders Who Have Been Removed… | 3 | Since 24 October 2025, the Department of Home Affairs granted 132 Bridging Visa R (BVR) visas. Between 22 October 2025 and 30… | 04/03/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Statutory Declaration Form | 3 | The Department of Home Affairs released a statutory declaration form used in Australian citizenship and visa processing. The… | 04/03/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Documents Relating To ASECA University Report Card Procurement | 36 | The Australian Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism sought to procure an independent audit of Universities Australia members'… | 27/02/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Airport CCTV Procedural Instructions And Department Policy On Retention Of CCTV Vision At Perth International Airport | 25 | Home Affairs released procedural instructions governing Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) data handling at Australian airports,… | 26/02/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Number Of South Sudanese With Visa Cancellations Under S501, No S197c Protection Finding, Detention Status And BVR… | 1 | As of 30 November 2023, fewer than five unlawful non-citizens from South Sudan were in detention in Australia who had… | 26/02/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Correspondence And Documents Relating To The Renaming Of The Cultural Precinct Thomas Street, Dandenong | 66 | A Department of Home Affairs Community Liaison Officer engagement report documents a meeting involving federal and state… | 26/02/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Documents Used By The Australian Border Force In Relation To Asbestos Testing Methods For Imported Materials | 31 | The Australian Border Force released internal guidance documents on asbestos testing methods for imported materials, managed by… | 13/02/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Documents In Relation To The Removal Of Officer Names From Departmental Correspondence | 17 | From 1 July 2025, the Department of Home Affairs removed immigration officer names from departmental correspondence signature… | 12/02/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Ministerial Intervention (mi) Requests Affected By New Ministerial Intervention Changes Under Sections 351 And 48b Of… | 2 | Between 4 September 2025 and 18 January 2026, the Department of Home Affairs received 1,930 ministerial intervention (MI)… | 06/02/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Understanding Antisemitism Report, 18 December 2024 Part 1 Part 2 | 103 | The Department of Home Affairs released a comprehensive report on antisemitism in Australia prepared by the Special Envoy to… | 05/02/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Correspondence Related To The Planning And Implementation Of The Skilled Independent (subclass 189) And Skilled Work… | 88 | Correspondence from October-November 2025 regarding planning and implementation of invitation rounds for Skilled Independent… | 05/02/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Estimated Number Of Unlawful Non-Citizens (unc) By Length Of Overstay, As At 30 June 2011 | 1 | As of 30 June 2011, the Department of Home Affairs estimated 58,400 unlawful non-citizens (UNCs) in Australia. The… | 05/02/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Number Of Permanent Residency Visas Granted To Citizens Of Italy Where The Client Held A Temporary Graduate (subclass… | 2 | Between 1 July 2018 and 23 January 2026, the Department of Home Affairs granted 677 permanent residency visas to Italian… | 05/02/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Minute Paper For The Executive Council, Criminal Code (state Sponsor Of Terrorism – Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps)… | 1 | This minute paper documents Executive Council approval on 27 November 2025 of the Criminal Code (State Sponsor of… | 04/02/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | The Ceiling For Each Occupation Under All Four Tiers Of The Skilled Independent (subclass 189) Visa In Financial Year… | 6 | The Department of Home Affairs released occupation ceiling allocations for the Skilled Independent (subclass 189) visa program… | 02/02/26 | View |
| Home Affairs | Australian Border Force Vessel Management Plan, Volume 1 Approved 8 December 2023 And Marine Unit Notice 02/22 Onboard… | 18 | The Australian Border Force Vessel Management Plan Volume 1 (approved December 2023) establishes operational and safety… | 30/01/26 | View |
Home Affairs
Ministerial Submission And Supporting Documents Related To Statement To Parliament Admin25/155
This disclosure contains a ministerial submission and draft parliamentary statement concerning the Minister's exercise of…
New
Home Affairs
Ministerial Submission And Supporting Documents Related To Statement To Parliament Admin25/154
This FOI disclosure relates to a ministerial submission and supporting documents for a Parliamentary statement concerning the…
New
Home Affairs
Ministerial Submission And Supporting Documents Related To Statement To Parliament Admin25/153
This ministerial submission and supporting documents relate to a parliamentary statement on the exercise of ministerial…
New
Home Affairs
Ministerial Submission And Supporting Documents Related To Statement To Parliament Admin25/088
This ministerial submission and supporting documents related to a parliamentary statement have been released with substantial…
New
Home Affairs
Documents Relating To The 13 May 2025 Administrative Arrangements Order, Including The Transfer Of Law Enforcement…
This submission to the Minister for Home Affairs from July 2025 seeks approval for urgent amendments to the controlled…
New
Home Affairs
Transitory Persons In Australia As At 19 March 2026
As of 19 March 2026, the Department of Home Affairs reported 768 transitory persons in Australia across multiple nationalities,…
New
Home Affairs
Criminal Code (state Sponsor Of Terrorism - Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) Regulations 2025
These regulations, made by Governor-General Sam Mostyn on 27 November 2025 and released 21 April 2026, formally designate the…
New
Home Affairs
Template Used For Claims Under The Scheme For Compensation For Detriment Caused By Defective Administration (cdda…
This document is a template for ministerial consideration of compensation claims under the Scheme for Compensation for Detriment…
New
Home Affairs
Meeting Agendas And Outcomes Relating To The Multiagency Group On Synthetic Biology And AI Held On 3 April 2025 And 26…
The Department of Home Affairs, co-chairing with the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, convened an inter-agency…
New
Home Affairs
Current Policy And Procedural Documentation For Protection Visa Applications, Including Processing Requirements,…
This Standard Operating Procedure from Home Affairs establishes protocols for managing unaccompanied minors (UMAs) and…
New
Home Affairs
Background And Thematic Brief Relating To Cyber Matters In The UK And Eu, And Meeting Brief For Oracle Government…
The Department of Home Affairs released a background brief and meeting brief on cybersecurity risks relating to UK and EU…
New
Home Affairs
Number Of Permanent Residence (skilled Regional) (subclass 191) Visa Applications Lodged, Finalised, And Visa…
From 1 July 2025 to 31 January 2026, the Department of Home Affairs processed subclass 191 Permanent Residence (Skilled…
New
Home Affairs
Documents Relating To The Appointment Of The Special Envoy To Combat Islamophobia
Documents relating to the appointment of a Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia show interdepartmental coordination between the…
New
Home Affairs
Correspondence Containing The Term “osposttarget”, For The Period 1 September 2025 To 25 February 2026
This FOI disclosure contains internal Department of Home Affairs correspondence regarding a Freedom of Information request…
New
Home Affairs
LEGEND Notes For Guidance Papers, 2017 To 2024
This document is a publishing schedule table from the Department of Home Affairs showing Notes for Guidance (NfG) papers on the…
New
Home Affairs
Correspondence With State And Territory Governments Regarding Skilled Nominated (subclass 190) Visa And Skilled Work…
Assistant Minister for Citizenship Julian Hill sought input from state and territory governments on nomination allocations for…
New
Home Affairs
Feedback Submissions And Related Correspondence Referred By The Global Feedback Unit To The Responsible Business Area…
This disclosure contains a complaint lodged on 18 August 2025 through the Department of Home Affairs website regarding delays in…
New
Home Affairs
Documents Relating To NSW And Victoria Establishment Of A National Database To Track Antisemitic Crime, Incidents And…
The disclosure contains correspondence from the Attorney-General's Department's National Security Information Branch regarding…
New
Home Affairs
Correspondence Relating To The Defence And Security Media Advisory (dsma) Committee And The D‑notice System
The Department of Home Affairs released correspondence from September 2023 regarding media monitoring and D-notice systems. The…
New
Home Affairs
Standard Operating Procedure For Conferral Applicants Residing Overseas, Approval Date 6 August 2020
This Standard Operating Procedure (VM-6619) establishes protocols for processing Australian citizenship conferral applications…
New
Home Affairs
Meeting Papers And Minutes For The Firearms And Weapons Policy Working Group (fwpwg), From 1 July 2023 To 11 November…
These meeting papers document the Firearms and Weapons Policy Working Group's discussions from September 2023, held in Darwin.…
New
Home Affairs
Panamanian Citizens In Australia Holding A Permanent Or Temporary Visa Recorded By Gender As At 12 March 2026
As of 12 March 2026, there were 172 Panamanian citizens in Australia holding permanent or temporary visas. The largest cohorts…
New
Home Affairs
Flow Chart And Procedure For Processing S501 Referrals (cancellations And Refusals) For Administrative Review Tribunal…
This document outlines the Department of Home Affairs' internal procedural flowchart for processing section 501 visa…
New
Home Affairs
Document Containing General Information On Vietnam
This document released by the Department of Home Affairs contains general background information on Vietnam covering national…
New
Home Affairs
Red Notice 2020/14 – Determinations To Delay An Applicant From Taking The Pledge Under Section 26(3) Of The Australian…
Red Notice 2020/14 issued by the Department of Home Affairs' Citizenship Identity & Character Helpdesk on 31 July 2020 provides…
New
Home Affairs
Documents Related To The Safe And Together Community Grants Program
The Department of Home Affairs released grant opportunity guidelines for the Safe and Together Community Grants Program,…
New
Home Affairs
National Wildlife Detections Concerning Managed Goods From 1 November 2019 To 18 December 2025
This FOI disclosure documents wildlife product detections at Australia's borders under managed goods legislation from November…
New
Home Affairs
Visa Processing Times For Skilled Independent (subclass 189) Visa And Permanent Residence (skilled Regional) (subclass…
The Department of Home Affairs released visa processing time data for Hong Kong applicants under the Skilled Independent…
New
Home Affairs
Goods Description Information Included In Export Declaration Forms For Exports To Israel For The Period 13 August 2025…
This document lists goods descriptions from Australian export declarations to Israel covering 13 August 2025 to 14 December…
New
Home Affairs
Contract Between Attorney General’s Department And Breakthrough Media Network Pty Ltd Relating To Communication…
The Attorney-General's Department contracted Breakthrough Media Network Pty Ltd for communication services against violent…
New
Home Affairs
Documents Relating To The Migration And Mobility Partnership Agreement Between Australia And India
This submission briefs the Ministers for Home Affairs and Cyber Security ahead of a Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCOT)…
New
Home Affairs
Number Of Visas Cancelled After The Visa Holder Entered Australia Including A Breakdown By Visa Category, Legislative…
During 2025, the Department of Home Affairs cancelled 5,158 onshore visas after visa holders had entered Australia. Student…
New
Home Affairs
Status Resolution Officers And Cancellations Procedural Instruction
This procedural instruction governs how Status Resolution Officers (SROs) exercise discretion when considering visa…
New
Home Affairs
Documents Referring To Canary Mission From 1 January 2021 To 22 December 2025
This FOI disclosure contains Department of Home Affairs documents relating to an individual associated with "Canary Mission"…
New
Home Affairs
Number Of Bridging Visa R’s Granted Since 24 October 2025 And Number Of Bridging Visa R Holders Who Have Been Removed…
Since 24 October 2025, the Department of Home Affairs granted 132 Bridging Visa R (BVR) visas. Between 22 October 2025 and 30…
New
Home Affairs
Statutory Declaration Form
The Department of Home Affairs released a statutory declaration form used in Australian citizenship and visa processing. The…
New
Home Affairs
Documents Relating To ASECA University Report Card Procurement
The Australian Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism sought to procure an independent audit of Universities Australia members'…
New
Home Affairs
Airport CCTV Procedural Instructions And Department Policy On Retention Of CCTV Vision At Perth International Airport
Home Affairs released procedural instructions governing Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) data handling at Australian airports,…
New
Home Affairs
Number Of South Sudanese With Visa Cancellations Under S501, No S197c Protection Finding, Detention Status And BVR…
As of 30 November 2023, fewer than five unlawful non-citizens from South Sudan were in detention in Australia who had…
New
Home Affairs
Correspondence And Documents Relating To The Renaming Of The Cultural Precinct Thomas Street, Dandenong
A Department of Home Affairs Community Liaison Officer engagement report documents a meeting involving federal and state…
New
Home Affairs
Documents Used By The Australian Border Force In Relation To Asbestos Testing Methods For Imported Materials
The Australian Border Force released internal guidance documents on asbestos testing methods for imported materials, managed by…
New
Home Affairs
Documents In Relation To The Removal Of Officer Names From Departmental Correspondence
From 1 July 2025, the Department of Home Affairs removed immigration officer names from departmental correspondence signature…
New
Home Affairs
Ministerial Intervention (mi) Requests Affected By New Ministerial Intervention Changes Under Sections 351 And 48b Of…
Between 4 September 2025 and 18 January 2026, the Department of Home Affairs received 1,930 ministerial intervention (MI)…
New
Home Affairs
Understanding Antisemitism Report, 18 December 2024 Part 1 Part 2
The Department of Home Affairs released a comprehensive report on antisemitism in Australia prepared by the Special Envoy to…
New
Home Affairs
Correspondence Related To The Planning And Implementation Of The Skilled Independent (subclass 189) And Skilled Work…
Correspondence from October-November 2025 regarding planning and implementation of invitation rounds for Skilled Independent…
New
Home Affairs
Estimated Number Of Unlawful Non-Citizens (unc) By Length Of Overstay, As At 30 June 2011
As of 30 June 2011, the Department of Home Affairs estimated 58,400 unlawful non-citizens (UNCs) in Australia. The…
New
Home Affairs
Number Of Permanent Residency Visas Granted To Citizens Of Italy Where The Client Held A Temporary Graduate (subclass…
Between 1 July 2018 and 23 January 2026, the Department of Home Affairs granted 677 permanent residency visas to Italian…
New
Home Affairs
Minute Paper For The Executive Council, Criminal Code (state Sponsor Of Terrorism – Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps)…
This minute paper documents Executive Council approval on 27 November 2025 of the Criminal Code (State Sponsor of…
New
Home Affairs
The Ceiling For Each Occupation Under All Four Tiers Of The Skilled Independent (subclass 189) Visa In Financial Year…
The Department of Home Affairs released occupation ceiling allocations for the Skilled Independent (subclass 189) visa program…
New
Home Affairs
Australian Border Force Vessel Management Plan, Volume 1 Approved 8 December 2023 And Marine Unit Notice 02/22 Onboard…
The Australian Border Force Vessel Management Plan Volume 1 (approved December 2023) establishes operational and safety…
New