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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/02/01746
15 pages
PDF
The Department of Home Affairs released a supplementary estimates hearing brief from November 2024 detailing progress on the Migration Strategy released in December 2023. The Government allocated $22.2 million over four years from 2024–25 for implementation. Key initiatives…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/03/00505
41 pages
PDF
In September 2023, the Department of Home Affairs initiated an organisational restructuring to transfer System Owner Functions for digital systems from the IT Service Management Branch to the Corporate Case Systems Branch. The transition involved completing formal due diligence…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/03/01490
30 pages
PDF
This Standard Operating Procedure from the Department of Home Affairs' Citizenship Operations Section (approved September 2024) outlines processes for assessing Australian citizenship acquisition and loss by operation of law under the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 and 1948…
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HA
Home Affairs
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FA 25/01/01486
15 pages
PDF
Minister Andrew Giles signed an instrument on 26 February 2024 approving designated places of immigration detention across all Australian states and territories, plus Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands, under the Migration Act 1958. The instrument consolidated and…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/02/00197
301 pages
PDF
Between January 2018 and April 2024, Australian exporters declared 5,686 export consignments to Israel across diverse product categories. The largest category was unspecified "OTHER" goods (781 consignments), followed by multiple shipments of Sunwhite Shukha Camolin products in…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/01/01326
6 pages
PDF
This disclosure contains inter-agency correspondence from December 2022 between the Attorney-General's Department (AGD), Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), and Home Affairs regarding Criminal Code listings of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The emails…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/01/00019
29 pages
PDF
The Department of Home Affairs executed a contract on 17 November 2024 with Secure Journeys Pty Ltd (a joint venture between MTC Australia and Spotless Facilities Services) to deliver Facilities and Detainee Services across the Immigration Detention Network. The contract has an…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/01/01103
12 pages
PDF
Home Affairs internal correspondence from January 2025 regarding Australian delegation attendance at the 80th Anniversary Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau commemoration on January 27, 2025. The delegation was headed by Senator Susan Lines, President of the Senate, and included…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 21/03/00826-OR1
9 pages
PDF
A 2014 ministerial submission to Immigration Minister Scott Morrison sought approval to transfer a pregnant asylum seeker detained on Nauru to Melbourne for termination of pregnancy services due to genetic abnormality. The submission noted Morrison had previously directed (20…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 21/01/01245-OR1
20 pages
PDF
This December 2020 process guide establishes decision-making procedures for Australian Border Force (ABF) officers handling outward travel exemption requests during COVID-19 restrictions. The document defines role hierarchies: Assessment Officers (APS3-6 level staff) can…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/01/00067
1 page
PDF
The Department of Home Affairs released a Person Alert List (PAL) table under FOI, which tracks individuals flagged in departmental systems by Alert Reason Code (ARC). The document notes that individuals may appear multiple times if associated with multiple alert codes, and the…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/02/01086
15 pages
PDF
This procedural instruction (BE-6749) issued by the Department of Home Affairs on 30 September 2024 establishes operational guidelines for Australian Border Force employer compliance activities under the Migration Act 1958. The document outlines the scope, training requirements…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 24/12/00506
9 pages
PDF
Following an alleged terrorist incident at Adass Israel Synagogue in Ripponlea, Victoria in December 2024, the Department of Home Affairs coordinated an urgent response involving senior officials including the Deputy Secretary for National Security & Resilience and the Associate…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/02/00127
8 pages
PDF
This ministerial submission from October 2024 addresses the management of Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) set-aside cases under the Minister's personal non-delegable powers. The document outlines the current framework for referring AAT set-aside decisions to the Minister…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 21/12/00537-OR1
61 pages
PDF
Documents released show ministerial submissions and briefings from 2012-2015 concerning allegations of sexual violence against refugees and asylum seekers in Nauru's Regional Processing Centre. A July 2015 submission to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 24/10/01866
7 pages
PDF
This ministerial submission from August 2024 proposes longer-term visa pathways for Palestinians, Israelis, and Ukrainians affected by recent crises. For Palestinians and Israelis in Australia, the submission recommends offering temporary stays on a case-by-case basis…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 24/12/00300
8 pages
PDF
Two ministerial client briefs from November 2024 concerning Israeli politician Ayelet Shaked document her political background and controversial public statements. Shaked served in the Israeli Knesset (2013-2020) representing right-wing parties, as Minister of Interior…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/02/00729
2 pages
PDF
From July 2022 to January 2025, the Department of Home Affairs made 11 decisions under section 501A (character test cancellations requiring ministerial suspicion), 0 under section 501B, and 100 under section 501BA (character test cancellations requiring ministerial…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 21/01/01242-OR1
171 pages
PDF
This disclosure contains written determinations for outward travel exemptions granted under the Commissioner's Outward Travel Restrictions Operation Directive, Category G ("other compelling reasons for travel where travel is for less than three months"), covering all approved…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 24/12/00259
68 pages
PDF
This ministerial submission from September 2024 concerns the appointment of a relevant expert to conduct a pre-assessment under Division 395 of the Criminal Code for an individual (anonymized as s. 47F(1)) who was released from immigration detention following the High Court's…