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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DFAT communications
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to A. Anwar on .

Partially successful.

OFFICIAL   FOI ref: LEX6026   Dear Mr Anwar   Please find attached correspondence regarding the outcome of your FOI internal review reques...
R Series Passport
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Jay on .

Partially successful.

Thank you for contacting the Australian Passport Office (APO), we have received your email and will respond as soon as we are able.  Thank you for yo...
Full text of AUKUS pact agreement
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Julie Marlow on .

Successful.

Dear Applicant and FOI Contact Officer, My apologies, please note the decision attached in the prior email is in relation to the Department of Forei...
Resolution of frozen UK State Pensions issue
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Paul Swain on .

Partially successful.

FOI Reference: LEX 5441   Dear Mr Swain   Please find attached correspondence advising of the outcome of your request for internal review.  ...
R-Series Passport production timeline - December 2021
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Lachlan on .

Successful.

OFFICIAL   Dear Lachlan,   Thank you for your email, received by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on 12 December 2021.   You ma...
Website statistics
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Cole Big on .

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OFFICIAL   Dear Mr Big,   Please find attached correspondence relating to your FOI request.   Kind regards,   DFAT FOI Team Freedom o...
New R Series Passports Release Date - June 2021
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Lachlan on .

Successful.

OFFICIAL Dear Lachlan Thank you for your enquiry dated 16 June 2021 to the Freedom of Information section in DFAT, which has been forwarded to the Aus...
Current and historical country information on Afghanistan
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Jay Doe on .

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OFFICIAL Dear Jay Doe I understand you're seeking copies of previous DFAT Country Information Reports (CIRs) and Thematic Reports relating to Afghanis...
New 'R' series of passports
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Simon Thomas on .

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OFFICIAL Dear Mr Thomas Thank you for your email requesting information on the new 'R' series passports. Your enquiry has been forwarded to this sect...
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 .

Successful.

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 .

Successful.

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 .

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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...

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