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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 14/10/01539
15 pages
PDF
The Department of Home Affairs released communications logs documenting the government's response to the CrowdStrike outage on 19 July 2024. The records show a coordinated emergency response initiated at 3:47 PM, with the National Cyber Security Coordinator conducting rapid…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 24/09/00623
145 pages
PDF
This disclosure contains briefing material prepared for Minister O'Neil ahead of the Australia-PNG Ministerial Forum held 19-20 June 2024. The documents consist of inter-agency correspondence from June 2024 coordinating briefing pack preparation, with contributions from…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 25/01/00152
86 pages
PDF
This procedural instruction document (PPN BC-687) governs detention and search powers under Divisions 1B and 1BA of the Customs Act 1901, administered by the Australian Border Force (ABF). The instruction outlines protocols for four categories of search: frisk search, external…
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HA
Home Affairs
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FA 24/12/00563
3 pages
PDF
This ministerial submission seeks endorsement to table the 2024 Report on Unauthorised Maritime Arrivals (UMA) in Parliament, as mandated by Section 198AJ of the Migration Act 1958. The report covers the 2023-24 financial year and must be tabled within 15 sitting days after the…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 24/10/01924
3 pages
PDF
This FOI disclosure provides a list of 19 ministerial briefs prepared by the Department of Home Affairs for Assistant Minister Matt Thistlethwaite between September and October 2024. The briefs cover meeting preparations and event briefings across diverse stakeholder…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 24/12/00156
8 pages
PDF
A ministerial submission dated 11 September 2024 sought the Minister for Home Affairs' approval to request policy authority from the Prime Minister to reintroduce the Migration Amendment (Prohibiting Items in Immigration Detention) Bill. The submission outlines existing search…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 24/12/00016
8 pages
PDF
The Migration Amendment Bill 2024, introduced November 7, 2024, streamlines administration of the Bridging (Removal Pending) visa scheme targeting the NZYQ cohort—non-citizens whose visas were cancelled. Key provisions include: establishing a ceasing event allowing Bridging…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 24/09/00365
1 page
PDF
This ministerial submission from February 2024 addresses funding arrangements related to NZYQ (likely a program or operation identifier) and was prepared for the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs to inform correspondence with the Prime Minister. The…
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HA
Home Affairs
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FA 24/12/00209
2 pages
PDF
The Visa Applicant Character Consideration Unit (VACCU) held between 3,228 and 4,034 section 501 character refusals on hand during January to November 2024, with caseload peaking at 4,034 cases in September before declining to 3,979 by November. Of 438 visa applications refused…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 24/08/00903
70 pages
PDF
Minister Clare O'Neil was briefed for an ad-hoc Five Country Ministerial (FCM) teleconference on 18 October 2023 to discuss social cohesion impacts from the Hamas-Israel conflict across Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The meeting was…
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HA
Home Affairs
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FA 24/10/01917
5 pages
PDF
Between September and October 2024, the Department of Home Affairs provided ministerial briefs to Hon Julian Hill MP covering 20 documented events and meetings. The briefs comprised event attendance notifications for community engagement activities including cultural and…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA/24/11/01627
1 page
PDF
The Department of Home Affairs released annual expenditure figures for paragraph 2.6 procurement (likely relating to contracted services or goods) across the 2014-24 financial years. The data shows no recorded expenditure from 2014-15 through 2016-17, with spending commencing in…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 24/10/017772
3 pages
PDF
The Department of Home Affairs issued network guidance to Detention Review Managers and Status Resolution Officers regarding compliance with the NZYQ High Court judgment, which established that immigration detention under section 189 of the Migration Act is invalid where section…
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HA
Home Affairs
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FA 24/12/00157
1 page
PDF
A ministerial submission to the Home Affairs, Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, and Cyber Security Ministers dated 11 September 2024 addresses the composition and policy settings for the 2024-25 Humanitarian Program. The document was prepared for ministerial decision-making…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 24/12/01317
42 pages
PDF
The Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP) Snapshot Report 4 evaluates refugee settlement outcomes 10-12 months after arrival for participants who entered Australia between December 2022 and August 2023. Conducted by the Australian Institute of Family…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 24/11/00383
33 pages
PDF
On 7 November 2024, the Department of Home Affairs conducted a bespoke SkillSelect invitation round for Subclass 189 (Skilled Independent visa) applicants targeting 27 occupation groups across healthcare, education, engineering, and construction sectors. The round prioritised…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 24/11/00357
9 pages
PDF
This Department of Home Affairs training and processing guide outlines criteria for Partner visa (Subclass 820) applications involving dependent children. The document specifies that when applicants under 18 years are included as secondary applicants, additional Public Interest…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 24/08/00747
7 pages
PDF
A January 2024 ministerial submission recommends enhanced Status Resolution Support Services for approximately 150 individuals released under the High Court's NZYQ decision and those on Bridging (Removal Pending) visas (BVR). The cohort comprises individuals with serious violent…
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HA
Home Affairs
Released
FA 24/09/00789
1 page
PDF
The Department of Home Affairs released import declaration data for entities listed on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act Entity List between 2020-2024. The table identifies 12 Chinese suppliers and tracks annual import counts…
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HA
Home Affairs
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FA 24/11/01087
7 pages
PDF
This FOI disclosure provides statutory definitions and legislative references for key Australian citizenship documentation terms under the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 and predecessor legislation. The document defines three categories: Citizenship Certificates, issued to new…