Department of Home Affairs

Part of the Immigration & Border Protection portfolio and a Federal authority

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responsible for immigration and customs border policy, as well as:

  • National security and law enforcement policy
  • Emergency management, including crisis management and disaster recovery
  • Counter terrorism policy and coordination
  • Cyber security policy and coordination
  • Countering foreign interference
  • Critical infrastructure protection
  • Multicultural affairs
  • Countering violent extremism programs
  • Transport Security

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Documents relating to Protection of the Environment - Christmas Island Immigration Detention Centre
Follow up sent to Department of Home Affairs by Richard Smith on .

Information not held.

RE: FOI request number FA 17/03/00899 Thank you for taking the time to clarify the work behind the scenes that the Department has undertaken in re...
Enterprise Agreement ballots - were employees informed of what data about them was used in the ballot?
Response by Department of Home Affairs to James Smith on .

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 17/04/00249; ADF2017/37844   Dear Mr Smith   I refer to your FOI request received on 4 April 2017, seeking ac...
Justification of Enterprise Bargaining ballot decisions
Response by Department of Home Affairs to James Smith on .

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 17/05/01168; ADF2017/54377   Dear Mr Smith,   I refer to your FOI request received on 20 May 2017, seeking ac...
Communications with (representatives of) the Nauruan government about visa applications to Nauru
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Dan West on .

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 17/04/00501; ADF2017/40087   Dear Mr West,   I refer to your FOI request received on 17 April 2017, seeking a...
Retention period of online meta data held by the department
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Rodney Malone on .

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 17/02/00156; ADF2017/18276   Dear Mr Malone,   I refer to your FOI request received on 30 December 2016, seek...
Rules relating to who can fill in citizenship by descent forms in 1981
Response by Department of Home Affairs to tony magrathea on .

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 17/03/00191; ADF2017/25794   Dear Mr Magrathea   I refer to your FOI request received on 5 March 2017, seekin...
Conditions for a Russian citizen to visit Australia
Response by Department of Home Affairs to john rawson on .

Refused.

Good afternoon Your email below is not a valid request for the purposes of the FOI Act. Some information regarding Visiting Australia can be found on...
Communication with UNHCR regarding US refugee resettlement deal
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Asher Hirsch on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 16/11/01170; ADF2016/70137   Dear Mr Hirsch,   Thank you for your FOI request received on 14 November 2016 fo...
Processing of FOI requests
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Ben Fairless on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 16/11/00182; ADF2016/65888   Dear Mr Fairless,   Thank you for your FOI request received on 2 November 2016 f...
Impact of protracted bargaining on Department of Immigration and Border Protection employee morale
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Ato Nduvho on .

Refused.

For-Official-Use-Only Our references: FA 16/08/01361; ADF2016/44104   Dear Ato Nduvho,   I am writing to you about the s.24AB notice that I s...
FOI Request for Detail Incident Report 1-2S9SAJ
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Naomi on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 16/08/00885; ADF2016/41972   Dear Naomi   Thank you for your FOI request received on 14 August 2016 for:  ...
Records and communications between the Immigration Minister, Lady Cliento Children's Hospital and lawyers/advocates for the family of asylum seeker baby Asha
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Fern McNulty on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 16/03/00104; ADF2016/9672   Dear Ms McNulty,   Thank you for your FOI request received on 2 March 2016 for:...
Misconduct by Immigration and Border Protection Staff
Response by Department of Home Affairs to James Smith on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 16/04/01465; ADF2016/16830   Dear Mr Smith,   Thank you for your FOI request received on 13 April 2016 for:...
All-staff emails
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Keith Wolverton on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FOI Request: FA 16/05/00333 File Number: ADF2016/19100     Dear Mr Wolverton name)   Thank you for your FO...
All documented communication with production company "Put It Out There Pictures" relating to the production of the film "The Journey"
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Joshua Drummond on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 16/04/01760; ADF2016/17278   Dear Mr Drummond   Thank you for your FOI request received on 20 April 2016 for:...
Offshore detention centres medical services demand and facility capabilities
Response by Department of Home Affairs to brie cooney on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 16/03/00141; ADF2016/9746   Dear Ms Cooney,   Thank you for your FOI request received on 29 February 2016 for...
FOI Request for Detail Incident Report 1-7B76MX
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Miroslav Schlossberg on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 16/04/00668; ADF2016/15285   Dear Mr Schlossberg   Thank you for your FOI request received on 26 March 2016,...
Transcript of "Journey the Movie"
Response by Department of Home Affairs to James Smith on .

Information not held.

Good afternoon Mr Smith I refer to your request dated 27 March 2016, for access to "an English-language transcript of the film "Journey: The Movie". (...
Treatment of Mohammad Albederee - DIBP
Response by Department of Home Affairs to James Smith on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 15/10/01646; ADF2015/59639   Dear Mr Smith   Thank you for your FOI request received on 25 October 2015 for:...
Importation of petroleum into Australia from 1st February 2000 to the current day
Request to Department of Home Affairs by Jade Loiterton. Annotated by Maureen Henninger on .

Refused.

I'm not entirely sure about 'documents' but statistics concerning petroleum imports (January 1988 - February 2016) are available at the Australian Bure...
Records of Deportation of Criminally Insane New Zealand Citizens from 1.6.15 to 1.2.16
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Ariana Norton on .

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 16/03/00125; ADF2016/9716   Dear Ms Norton,   I refer to your FOI request received on 28 February 2016, seeki...
Documents relating to the Twitter account @Republic_Nauru
Response by Department of Home Affairs to AB on .

Refused.

Dear AB, Freedom of Information Request I refer to your email dated 29 February 2016 in which you requested access to documents held by Department of...
The Border Force Act (2015)
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Nicole Iliagoueva on .

Refused.

Good morning    Thank you for your email dated 26 February 2016 in which you have submitted an application for access to documents under the Freed...
All information on the detainment of New Zealanders in Australia
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Luke Chandler on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 15/11/00818; ADF2015/62112   Dear Mr Chandler   I refer to your FOI request received on 12 November 2015.  ...
Documents or emails referring to asylum seeker transferred to Brisbane after alleged rape
Request to Department of Home Affairs by Daniel O'Connor. Annotated by Daniel O'Connor on .

Refused.

Annoyingly, I should have responded to this in more detail. It was clear that "match the keywords" in the original request immediately makes the refusa...

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