Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Part of the Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio and a Federal authority, also called DFAT

External Affairs, including: relations and communications with overseas governments; treaties, including trade agreements; bilateral, regional and multilateral trade policy; international trade and commodity negotiations; trade promotion; international development co-operation; diplomatic and consular missions; international security issues, including disarmament, arms control and nuclear non-proliferation; public diplomacy, including information and cultural programs; international expositions; provision of secure travel identification to Australian citizens ; provision of consular services to Australian citizens abroad; overseas property management, including acquisition, ownership and disposal of real property.

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General Ledger (Last 5 Financial Years)
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Trent Morrison-Francis on .

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OFFICIAL   Dear Melissa   Thank you for your request to the department.    The department’s financial statements can be found its [1]Annual...
Memorandum of Understanding with Sri Lanka
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Elias Ross on .

Partially successful.

OFFICIAL Dear Mr Ross   FOI request FA 20/09/00552   I refer to your FOI request received on 3 September 2020, seeking access to the followi...
DFAT Country Information Report Turkey 9 October 2018
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Alim Jiwa on .

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OFFICIAL Dear Mr Jiwa Thank you for your email. I am sorry you have had problems opening the PDF that I sent. I have checked it at my end and do not...
New R Series Passports Release Date
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to MT on .

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OFFICIAL Good afternoon Mohsen   Thank you for your recent enquiry regarding the release of the R series passports.   Progress to deliver th...
Signed Australian - Israeli Tax Treaty
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Chris H on .

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UNCLASSIFIED   Dear Chris H   We refer to your email of 17 December 2019 (included below), seeking access to the following under the Freedom o...
Properties rented in Tandai, Honiara, Solomon Islands
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Edward Kerrigan on .

Partially successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Kerrigan Please find attached correspondence regarding your DFAT FOI request. Yours sincerely DFAT FOI Team Freedom of Informa...
Precise salaries paid to the Department’s SES officers for FY14/15, FY15/16 and FY16/17
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Name withheld on .

Partially successful.

UNCLASSIFIED   Dear Name Withheld,   Thank you for your below e-mail rescoping your request to:   DFAT's SES Band 3 staff salaries for FY14...
FOI Delegations
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Ben Fairless on .

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UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Fairless Thank you for your email dated 14 November 2018 in which you seek access under administrative release to: " Under sect...
Communications with Nauruan authorities about visa applications
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Dan West on .

Partially successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr West Thank you for your proposal to narrow the scope of your request to: "I would like to request all communications between (r...
Previous editions: DFAT COUNTRY INFORMATION REPORT SRI LANKA
Request to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Aathavan. Annotated by Aathavan on .

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It's not clear whether or not there are earlier versions for this report which haven't provided by DFAT, however I have marked the request as completed...
Foreign aid to Papua New Guinea - break down
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Kate Bettes on .

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Funding of Study Tour by Yassmin Abdel-Magied
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Phillip Sweeney on .

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UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Sweeney, Thank you for your email dated 16 February 2017, requesting documents that would disclose the cost of sending Yassmin A...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Ben Fairless on .

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UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Fairless As requested, please find attached. Yours sincerely DFAT FOI TEAM [DFAT request email] This email and any attachm...
The completed text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Stuart Hume on .

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Dear Mr Hume,   The text of the TPP is publicly available at:  http://dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements/tpp/official-documents/Pages/official-documents...
Completed Trans-Pacific Partnership Text
Request to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Brendan Molloy. Annotated by Brendan Molloy on .

Successful.

They made it public one day before this request was due, lol.
Industry Representatives and the TPP Negotiations
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Evelyn Doyle on .

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Dear Ms Doyle, Please find attached the decision related to your current FOI request for: "A list of the names of businesses or industry associations...
Documents regarding correspondence between Minsiter Bob Carr and UK Foreign Secretary William Hague in January 2013
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to James Maletsas on .

Partially successful.

Dear Mr Maletsas, The Department has not received a response to request for clarification on the 23 June 2015 and the 7 July 2015. As a result your req...
Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders
Follow up sent to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Jeremy Cooper-Stout on .

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Dear Dr Cheung My apologies, I thought I had hit send on my response. Yours sincerely, Jeremy Cooper-Stout
Australians killed in Yemen by US Drones
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Culley Palmer on .

Partially successful.

FOI Ref: 1501-F1060 File No: 15/1775     Dear Mr Palmer   With reference to your FOI request (FOI reference above refers), attached please...
Administrative Circular 0044 - Hutt River Province
Request to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Ben Fairless. Annotated by Vera Lystich on .

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You be the 'Lindy Judge'!
How much aid have we given to Egypt this year and how much planned for next year
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Howard Cairns on .

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Dear Mr Cairns, As you have also sound this information in ministerial correspondence, the Department will respond to your request outside FOI. Yours...
Trade Minister's correspondence on TPP progress
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Brendan Molloy on .

Partially successful.

Thank you Mr Molloy. I will notify you once this has been processed. Sincerely DFAT FOI Team
ALRC Copyright Review documents in context of Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (DFAT)
Request to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Brendan Molloy. Annotated by Brendan Molloy on .

Successful.

Seems they capitulated and realised I was not going to fill out their services procurement form. :)
Australian support for Civil Society
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Peter Timmins on .

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Dear Mr Timmins Please find the FOI decision and documents attached. I confirm that we received full payment of the charges on 31 January. I also c...
Principality of Hutt River Province
Request to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Ben Garrett. Annotated by Ben Garrett on .

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Dear Gaz, Thank you for your kind words, I found this exercise an interesting experience and just a small sample of the bureaucracy involved in simpl...

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