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HA
Home Affairs
Released
DA 25/04/00131
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The release is a data access response (reference DA25/04/00131) reporting the number of National Innovation (subclass 858) visa Expression of Interests (EOIs) invited between 7 December 2024 and 1 April 2025. A total of 70 EOIs were invited over that period. Broken down by…
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HA
Home Affairs
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FA 25/03/00309
8 pages
PDF
In response to the Hamas-Israel conflict, the Australian Government established a temporary humanitarian visa pathway for Palestinian and Israeli temporary visa holders in Australia, modeled on the Ukrainian cohort scheme. The Minister for Home Affairs met with representatives…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/03/00053
18 pages
PDF
The Department of Home Affairs released case studies documenting foreign interference attempts targeting Australian universities. The document describes methods including inappropriate influence over course content and research directions, intellectual property theft…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
DA 25/04/00132
4 pages
PDF
This FOI release is a Department of Home Affairs data access response (DA25/04/00132) containing visa processing statistics for subclass 189 (Skilled Independent), subclass 190 (Skilled Nominated) and subclass 491 (Skilled Work Regional, Family Sponsored and State/Territory…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/03/00308
8 pages
PDF
This ministerial brief details Home Affairs' review of Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) and Administrative Review Tribunal (ART) decisions under five Ministerial Directions (MD 65, 79, 90, 99, 110). Between May and October 2024, 223 cases were identified for potential…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/03/01725
83 pages
PDF
The Department of Home Affairs released internal records management and ICT security policy statements dated April 2023. These procedural documents establish mandatory guidelines for all Home Affairs staff and Australian Border Force personnel regarding creation, capture…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/03/00310
13 pages
PDF
Operation Sovereign Borders (OSB) has prevented maritime people smuggling since its establishment on 18 September 2013, with no successful ventures reaching Australia for nearly 11 years (since December 2013) and no associated deaths at sea during that period. As of 30 September…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/02/00296
169 pages
PDF
The Department of Home Affairs entered into a contract with UK-based Buddi Ltd (ABN 62 153 640 202) for electronic monitoring services, effective 1 December 2024 under contract number SM-07969-FC9. This is a Category 2 Commercial Off-the-Shelf Software licensing arrangement…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/03/00879
52 pages
PDF
This standard operating procedure guides Australian Border Force removal officers in assessing whether illegal foreign fishers (IFFs) or suspected foreign offenders requesting removal under Migration Act section 198(1) are available for removal. The guide covers assessment…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 24/12/01198
12 pages
PDF
The Department of Home Affairs entered into a Commonwealth Standard Grant Agreement with Australian Associated Press Ltd (ABN 94 641 582 121) under the 2023 grant framework. The agreement establishes the terms under which Home Affairs will provide grant funding to assist AAP in…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/03/00521
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PDF
This briefing pack prepared by the Department of Home Affairs documents travel arrangements for Australia's Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism to the United States in 2025. The document provides briefing materials to support the envoy's diplomatic engagement in the US, likely…
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HA
Home Affairs
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FA 25/03/01953
90 pages
PDF
The Department of Home Affairs released export declaration data showing goods exported to Israel between 7 October 2023 and 29 March 2025. The dataset lists 185 categorized export items by frequency. Leading exports include various packaged food products (Sunwhite Shukha Camolin…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/03/01260
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PDF
The National Innovation Visa (NIV) replaced the Global Talent Visa effective 6 December 2024, following legislative changes made through Migration (Arrangements for certain business skills visas) Amendment (LIN 24/078) Instrument 2024 and Migration Amendment (National Innovation…
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HA
Home Affairs
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FA 25/03/00807
3 pages
PDF
The Department of Home Affairs disclosed changes to Condition 8107 for Temporary Activity (subclass 408) visas issued for Australian Government endorsed COVID-19 pandemic events. A temporary less restrictive employment policy was implemented allowing visa holders to change…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/02/01741
4 pages
PDF
This document is an index of briefs prepared for the Department of Home Affairs Additional Senate Estimates 2024-25, released in February 2025. It catalogues 22 key briefing topics across multiple divisions, covering portfolio budget and resourcing, SES recruitment, census…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 24/12/00618
22 pages
PDF
The Department of Home Affairs sought ministerial approval to recommend to the Prime Minister that a 17 May 2024 shooting attack on foreign tourists in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan be declared an 'overseas terrorist act' under the Australian Victim of Terrorism Overseas Payment…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 24/11/01462
77 pages
PDF
The Department of Home Affairs released a ministerial submission dated June 28, 2024, regarding the Trans-Tasman Seamless Travel Working Group's report for consideration by the Prime Minister ahead of the August 2024 Australia-New Zealand leaders meeting. The submission…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/03/00311
6 pages
PDF
In November 2024, Home Affairs provided a ministerial brief on approximately 60 Australian men and women remaining offshore linked to ISIL, primarily in northeast Syria detention facilities and internally displaced persons camps. The brief noted the Federal Court (June 2024)…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/02/00495
19 pages
PDF
The Department of Home Affairs submission to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs from January 2023 concerns the management of Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) set aside cases under the Minister's personal powers under sections 133A, 133C…
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HA
Home Affairs
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FA 25/02/013093
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The Department of Home Affairs disclosed that no ministerial interventions were made under section 501J of the Migration Act 1958 during the period from 1 January 2014 to 30 June 2024. Section 501J allows the Minister for Immigration to set aside decisions to cancel visas on…