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DISR
Industry
Released
25/026/76463
47 pages
PDF
The Department of Industry, Science and Resources engaged with the Top End Aboriginal Coastal Alliance regarding consultation requirements for offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage regulatory approvals. In February 2024, the department invited the alliance to a virtual…
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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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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
79572
3 pages
PDF
The disclosed documents comprise draft and final inspection reports for Claravale Station and Claravale Farm in Katherine, prepared by DCCEEW between April and July 2023. The documents include site inspection reports with transect maps and address departmental comments on…
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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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INFR
Infrastructure
Released
Document FOI 25-288 (13.62 MB)
562 pages
PDF
This Senate Estimates brief details the geographic distribution of Department of Infrastructure staff as of 31 December 2024. The department employs 2,421 staff total, with 78.6% (1,904 employees) based in Canberra and 21.4% distributed across regional and capital city…
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SA
Services Australia
Released
LEX 83814
5 pages
PDF
Services Australia's Litigation Branch engaged seven external law firms in 2024 to handle Administrative Appeals Tribunal and Administrative Review Tribunal (AAT/ART) disputes at a total cost of $2,116,018.07, with HWL Ebsworth, Sparke Helmore, Mills Oakley, MinterEllison, Hunt…
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DISR
Industry
Released
25/028/76491
45 pages
PDF
This FOI disclosure contains an application form from the Capertee and District Progress Association Incorporated (ABN 91355411067) submitted on 9 September 2021 to the Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Grants Program. The incorporated association, registered as a not-for-profit…
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ATO
ATO
Released
1-166NIB2D
1 page
PDF
The ATO released links to three foundational international tax agreements governing Australia-US taxation relations: the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters (enabling cross-border tax information exchange), the 1983 Double Tax Agreement (addressing…
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TSY
Treasury
Released
3869
2 pages
PDF
Treasury analysis from February 2025 assessed the consumer price index impact of bulk billing rebate changes. The Department of Health estimated the proposals would cost government $2.4 billion annually, reducing patient out-of-pocket costs by $800 million ($350 million from…
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TSY
Treasury
Released
3865
3 pages
PDF
This FOI release contains email correspondence from February 2025 between Treasury officials and Meta representatives regarding the News Bargaining Incentive (NBI) policy. Treasury's Assistant Secretary Tony McDonald and officer Aidan Storer agreed to meet with Meta's Head of…
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AGD
Attorney-General's Department
Released
FOI24/407
No document available
A document examining entities covered under the Australian Criminal Code was released in part on 10 April 2025. The disclosure involved redactions, indicating that portions were withheld, likely under legal professional privilege or other exemptions. The document appears to be…
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AGD
Attorney-General's Department
Released
FOI25/138
22 pages
PDF
The Federal Court of Australia's Legal Services Expenditure Report for 2020-21 is a template-based compliance document submitted to the Attorney-General's Department's Office of Legal Services Coordination. The report requires the Court (ABN 49 110 847 399) to disclose its…
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DEF
Defence
Released
772/24/25
16 pages
PDF
Defence released a Senate Estimates brief on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), prepared for Air Marshal Stephen Chappell and Chief Defence Scientist Professor Tanya Monro. The brief confirms Defence has no dedicated UAP reporting policy and ceased handling UFO reports in…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
79698
3 pages
PDF
The Narrabri Lateral Pipeline (EPBC 2024/10050) was referred to DCCEEW on 4 December 2024 for assessment under the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. The proposed action involves vegetation clearing for a gas pipeline approximately 20 km southwest…
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DEF
Defence
Released
575/24/25
33 pages
PDF
This ministerial briefing pack supported Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles' visit to Kiribati from 16-18 January 2025. The package includes delegation details, bilateral meeting briefs, background information, and event schedules. Key content covers a meeting with Vice…
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DEF
Defence
Released
616/24/25
64 pages
PDF
This disclosure contains correspondence between NSW Rural Fire Service and RAAF Base Richmond regarding firefighting aircraft operations. In February 2019, the RFS requested approval for three firefighting aircraft (a Hercules transport, an RJ regional jet, and an Aero…
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DISR
Industry
Released
25/024/76667
36 pages
PDF
These are departmental briefs prepared for the Minister for Resources' appearance at the February 2025 Senate Estimates hearing. The documents provide an index and hearing schedule for the Economics Legislation Committee's Additional Budget Estimates 2024–25 session (26–27…
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TSY
Treasury
Released
3746
1 page
PDF
Treasury spent $100,123.82 on Government advertising campaigns via Twitter/X between 1 November 2022 and 24 September 2024. The disclosure provides a single factual statement regarding expenditure on the social media platform during this period. No breakdown of specific…
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ASIC
ASIC
Released
FOI 058-2025
2 pages
ZIP archive
ASIC disclosed an internal email from May 2024 documenting a meeting between ASIC and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) regarding PwC Australia's tax advice scandal. The communication, between ASIC enforcement leadership, summarizes discussions with ATO officials about PwC's…
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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…