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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Negotiations with Indonesia about our Live Cattle Exports
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Rebecca Varney on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Ms Varney, Thank you for your email advising that you wish to withdraw your FOI request. We will proceed to close the case file....
Australian Jews in the Israel Defence Force
Request to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Gareth William Smith. Annotated by Gareth William Smith on .

Information not held.

I have been advised by D F A T that my request should be addressed instead to the Attorney General and this is what I propose to do next.
Social media policy
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to James Smith on .

Refused.

Sensitive:Legal   Dear Mr Smith,   Please find attached the Department’s internal review of the decision to impose charges on your request for acc...
Trade Agreements
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Red on .

Refused.

Dear Mr Williams In response to your query concerning the status of an FOI request you submitted to the Department in June 2014, I can confirm that yo...
Information Held by DFAT on the Iran Hostage Crisis
Request to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade by W SHIH. Annotated by W SHIH on .

Information not held.

From: reftracker@naa.gov.au Subject: NAA1000160112 Response to your reference inquiry [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 16:46:17 +1000 X-Pri...
documents relating to Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Ministerial meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, USA on Sep.-Oct. 2015
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Ramin Skibba on .

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED   FOI Ref: FOI 1604-1437L File No: 15/54045   Dear Mr Skibba,   Please see attached letter regarding the outcome of your FOI...
International aid and development expended from 2010-2015
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Samantha Besgrove on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED     Our Ref: 1602-FOIR1393L File: 16/7266   Dear Ms Besgrove   Re: Freedom of Information (FOI) Request – Notice of deemed...
declasified intelligence prior to 2006 Fiji Coup
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to James Lukac on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Lukac, Thank you for your below e-mail. As only the originating agencies have the authority to declassify intelligence reports o...
Firearm Possession by ASIS Staff
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Winston Smith on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED   Dear Mr Smith   Thank you for your email below. Please note that section 7 of the FOI Act stipulates that intelligence agencies, in...
Correspondence between PM John Howard and Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Downer in regards to the 9/11 terrorist attack.
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Shri Rajen on .

Refused.

Dear Mr Rajen,   As you have not responded to the Department’s letter of 23 October advising you of the processing charges applicable to this FOI...
Staffing of the australian high commission in london
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to alan cole on .

Refused.

Dear Mr Cole,   Please find attached a charges letter in relation to this FOI request.   Yours sincerely,   +------------------------------...
Chris Kenny on Nauru - DFAT
Follow up sent to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Jason Wilson on .

Information not held.

Thank you for your prompt attention to this request, and the information you provided in response to it. Yours sincerely, Jason Wilson
Australia- Russia relation within 1950.
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to James Maletsas on .

Refused.

Dear Mr Maletsas, As the documents which you request are within the open access period as defined in the Archives Act 1983, they are outside the scope...
Documents in relation to the representations/efforts of the current and former Foreign Ministers in seeking clemency or alternative sentencing for Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan before Jan 1 2014.
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Mark Napier on .

Refused.

Dear Mr Napier, Please find attached a letter relating to your current Freedom of Information request. Regards, DFAT FOI Team [DFAT request email]...
Industry Representatives and TPP
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Evelyn Doyle on .

Refused.

Dear Ms Doyle   Please find attached the decision-maker’s response to your internal review application.   Regards   Freedom of Information and P...
I would like information on a business
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Chloe Ross on .

Refused.

Dear Ms Ross,   Thank you for your e-mail.  However, this does not provide sufficient information to allow DFAT to identify the documents which yo...
Correspondence between the Foreign Minister and the Prime Minister regarding the Charlie Hebdo Shooting
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Scott H on .

Information not held.

Dear Scott H, Please find attached a decision on your recent FOI request . Regards, DFAT FOI Team
Correspondence between the
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Scott H on .

Information not held.

Dear Scott H, Please find attached the decision for your recent FOI request. Regards, DFAT FOI Team
MOU or SOFA re ongoing Australian military actions in Iraq
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Culley Palmer on .

Refused.

FOI Ref: 1502-F1092     Dear Mr Palmer   With reference to your FOI request, attached please find the decision letter.     Kind Regards Eliza...
Gamma International's FinFisher
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Culley Palmer on .

Information not held.

Dear Mr Palmer, Please find attached a decision letter for your recent FOI request . Regards, DFAT FOI Team
December 2005 incursion by protesters into Joint Defence Facility Pine Gap
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Culley Palmer on .

Information not held.

FOI Ref: 1501-F1062 File No: 15/2033     Dear Mr Palmer   Attached please find a letter advising you of the outcome of your FOI request (r...
IT Network Documentation - IPv4/v6 Public Facing addresses
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Ben Fairless on .

Refused.

Our Ref: 1407F887   Dear Mr Fairless,   Thank you for your email dated 16 July 2014 in which you seek access under the Freedom of Information Act...
KAFTA Copyright Amendment Justification Documents (DFAT)
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Brendan Molloy on .

Information not held.

Dear Mr Molloy, Please find attached the decision letter for your FOI request dated 11 June 2014. Regards, Lindy Assistant Director– FOI and Privacy...
Security Audit of www.passports.gov.au
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Brendan Molloy on .

Refused.

Hi! Please find attached all emails between myself and Senator Whish-Wilson's office following up Mr Molloy's request regarding www.passports.gov.au[...
Directions from the Minister in relation to FOI requests
Response by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Ben Fairless on .

Information not held.

Dear Mr Fairless, Please find attached the outcome letter regarding your FOI request. Yours sincerely, Ada Cheung Executive Officer Freedom of Infor...

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