Attorney-General's Department

Part of the Attorney-General portfolio and a Federal authority, also called AGD

The Attorney-General's Department was one of the original departments established at Federation in 1901. It serves the Attorney-General's and the Minister for Home Affairs and provides policy advice and services to the Commonwealth in the following main areas: administrative, constitutional, civil, family and international law, international crime cooperation, Indigenous legal justice, law reform, bankruptcy estate administration and regulation, Commonwealth courts and tribunals, legal aid, native title, national and international human rights issues, censorship, criminal law and law enforcement, national security, emergency management, some aspects of customs and border control.

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Data retention documents
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Ben Grubb on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Mr Grubb Please find attached Documents released in response to FOI13/220. Kind Regards FOI Contact Officer Freedom of...
Privacy Impact Statement relating to the AGD website
Request to Attorney-General's Department by Mark R. Diamond. Annotated by Mark R. Diamond on .

Successful.

There were some redactions in the material that was provided but for two reasons I have marked this request as having been met in full. The first reaso...
Documents relating to the appointment of Tim Wilson as a Human Rights Commissioner
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Jason Wilson on .

Partially successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Mr Wilson Please find attached the Department Statement of Reason together with relevant documentation. Kind regards Ca...
Records of inter agency meetings held on 17 July 2013, 29 October 2013 and 5 November 2013 on the Open Government Partnership.
Follow up sent to Attorney-General's Department by Peter Timmins on .

Partially successful.

Thanks for the response. as you will appreciate, it's puzzling that you turn out not to have a copy of the record of two of the three inter agency me...
Data Retention
Follow up sent to Attorney-General's Department by JS on .

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Thank you for the documents Yours sincerely, JS
communications about FOI requests
Follow up sent to Attorney-General's Department by JS on .

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Dear FOI Contact Officer Thank you. Yours sincerely, JS
Accessibility of AGD Websites
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Brendan Molloy on .

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UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Molloy, I refer to your below request under the FOI Act for: "a) Documents pertaining to the most recent WCAG 2 compliance audi...
The correct name please: 'The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia' or 'Parliament of Australia'?
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Damien Trinne on .

Partially successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Trinne   I refer to your request for access to information, received on 28 October 2013.  In your email you state:   "O...
National Security Hotline Correspondence
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Phil Patterson on .

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UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Patterson Please find attached a decision letter of the Department in response to your FOI application. Kind Regards FOI Conta...
Cost estimate calculation and process documentation
Follow up sent to Attorney-General's Department by Brendan Molloy on .

Partially successful.

To whom it may concern, I note that Part B of this request has not been fulfilled, and instead I have been linked to the Freedom of Information Act a...
The Australian and United States Governments joint statements on intelligence sharing
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Matthew Watt on .

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UNCLASSIFIED Mr Watt I refer to your FOI request of 22 June 2013 with this Department. The FOI decision maker's determination is attached, along with...
TPP and Related Documents (AG)
Follow up sent to Attorney-General's Department by Brendan Molloy on .

Partially successful.

It seems that all the documents are present and downloadable. I will get back to you on the attachment size limit. -- Regards, Brendan Molloy S...
Documents relating to data retention proposals
Request to Attorney-General's Department by Brendan Molloy. Annotated by Henare Degan on .

Partially successful.

More write ups: "'The elephant in the room': Data retention's controversial origins" http://www.zdnet.com/au/the-elephant-in-the-room-data-retentions...
FOI request handling and training materials
Response by Attorney-General's Department to G King on .

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UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr King   I refer to your request of 29 January 2013 for an internal review of Mr Logan Tudor’s decision made in response to y...
The Open Government Partnership
Request to Attorney-General's Department by Peter Timmins. Annotated by Henare Degan on .

Successful.

This request is mentioned in this blog post: http://foi-privacy.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/attorney-general-said-lets-join-ogp-but.html An mentioned by...

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