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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Prohibitions in making an application to Tribunal
Request to Attorney-General's Department by knav2013. Annotated by knav2013 on .

Information not held.

Dear Locutus, What I was highlighting there by attaching the link to the Law Reform Comittee document, point 24 in particular was that "the Model Vex...
Applications to VCAT seeking (interim) restraining order/injunction against a landlord(s)
Request to Attorney-General's Department by knav2013. Annotated by knav2013 on .

Information not held.

Dear Annotator, You seem to have worked out my gender now. But then you also seem to have missed working out the founder of RTK before you left an an...
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...
Advice Provided by AGD regarding the release of Techincal Information
Follow up sent to Attorney-General's Department by Ben Fairless on .

Withdrawn by the requester.

At this stage, I would like to withdraw this request. Yours sincerely, Ben Fairless
List of attendees and documents from official briefing on May 27th 2014
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Anthony Dunbar on .

Long overdue.

Thank you for your email. This is an automated response to advise you that your email has been received by the Attorney-General's Department's FOI Co...
Internet Filter, Anti-Piracy, Lobby groups, etc.
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Megalfar on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear 'Megalfar' As noted in the email below, you have failed to respond to this Department's notice of intention to refuse your request b...
Copyright Infringement Roundtable
Request to Attorney-General's Department by Geordie Guy. Annotated by Daniel O'Connor on .

Information not held.

As per the other annotation, answers to Sen. Ludlam in the senate show that there have since been meetings with Telstra - if the documents didn't exist...
Village Roadshow and Copyright Reform
Request to Attorney-General's Department by Geordie Guy. Annotated by Daniel O'Connor on .

Awaiting internal review.

A few things of broad interest: 1) http://scott-ludlam.greensmps.org.au/content/media-releases/estimates-who-advising-george-brandis-copyright-policy...
KAFTA Copyright Amendment Justification Documents (AGD)
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Brendan Molloy on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Molloy,   I refer to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) for access to documents relating to t...
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 pertaining to the repeal of s18C Racial Discrimination Act 1975
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Robert Candelori on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Candelori,   I refer to your FOI Request for documents related to the proposed repeal of section 18C of the Racial Discrimi...
PCI Compliance
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Ben Fairless on .

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Mr Fairless Please find attached the Departments Statement of Reason regarding your internal review of FOI 14/052. Kind r...
Privacy Impact Assessment of the Document Verification Service
Clarification sent to Attorney-General's Department by Mark Walkom on .

Withdrawn by the requester.

Thank you for your response with the updated PIA. Please consider this request withdrawn. Yours sincerely, Mark Walkom
Australia's Declaration of Independence
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Ben Garrett on .

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Garrett,   Please find attached the Department’s decision with regard to your request for documents under the Freedom of In...
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 .

Successful.

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

Successful.

Dear FOI Contact Officer Thank you. Yours sincerely, JS
Any internal communications related to the proposed 'three strikes' rulings for copyright infringement
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Daniel Nolan on .

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Mr Nolan Please find attached the Departments Statement of Reasons regarding your FOI request 14/023. Kind regards Case...
Accessibility of AGD Websites
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Brendan Molloy on .

Successful.

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...
Incoming ministerial briefs
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Marcus Priest on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Priest Please find attached a decision letter of the Department in response to your FOI application. Yours sincerely FOI Ca...
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...
IC plans by carriers
Response by Attorney-General's Department to G King on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr G King,   I refer to your below request for an internal review of the Department’s decision in relation to your FOI request...
ALRC Copyright Review documents in context of Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (AG)
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Brendan Molloy on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Molloy Re: AGD FOI matter no. 13/194 Referring to your FOI request of 31 October 2013 with the Attorney-General's Department, th...
List of carriers submitting IC plans
Response by Attorney-General's Department to G King on .

Refused.

For Official Use Only Dear Mr G King,   I refer to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 for: “a list of all carriers and nomi...

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