FOI disclosure logs

Our freedom of information (FOI) disclosure log provides access to information released in response to a request for an FOI access to documents.

PM&C publishes information released under section 11A of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act). Information on how to make a FOI request is available.

The disclosure log requirement does not apply to:

  • personal information about any person if publication of that information would be ‘unreasonable’
  • information about the business, commercial, financial or professional affairs of any person if publication of that information would be ‘unreasonable’
  • other information covered by a determination made by the Australian Information Commissioner if publication of that information would be ‘unreasonable’
  • any information if it is not reasonably practicable to publish the information because of the extent of modifications that would need to be made to delete the information listed in the above dot points.

Deletions have been made to the documents in accordance with the exemptions available under the FOI Act.

Date of access26 June 2017
Reference numberFOI/2017/079
FOI request

Expenses incurred by the Australian Government as a result of the visit in April 2017 by the Honorable Michael R Pence, Vice President of the United States of America.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2017/079
Other informationReleased in full.
Date of publication10 July 2017
Date of access23 June 2017
Reference numberFOI/2017/065
FOI request

From 15 September 2015 to the date of this request (30 March 2017),

(1) details of the dinners or functions hosted by the Prime Minister, PMC or PMO which were for a religious group, stating in each instance:

  1. the date of the event;
  2. the advertised or circulated title of the event;
  3. the religious affiliation (but not the names) of the group or groups invited or in attendance (for instance, Catholic, Christian, Judaism, Hindu, Muslim);
  4. the estimated number of attendees; and
  5. a cost breakdown of the dinners or functions.

(2) a cost breakdown of the dinners or functions.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2017/065
Other informationReleased in full.
Date of publication10 July 2017
Date of access16 June 2017
Reference numberFOI/2017/062
FOI request

Expenses incurred by the Australian Government as a result of the visit of His Excellency Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of the State of Israel, in February 2017.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2017/062
Other informationReleased in full.
Date of publication29 June 2017
Date of access30 May 2017
Reference numberFOI/2016/121
FOI request

Advice provided to the Prime Minister and/or other portfolio Ministers, or if not them, to the Secretary or his senior executives, by PM&C, providing a response to the letter the applicant wrote to the Prime Minister on 25 May 2015, concerning the acquisition of the Ayers Rock Resort by the Indigenous Land Corporation (ILC).

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2016/121
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication09 June 2017
Date of access17 May 2017
Reference numberFOI/2017/024
FOI request

I request access to all correspondence dated 1 June 2016 to 2 February 2017 that mentions low-emission coal fired power station technology and/or ultra-super-critical technology and/or supercritical technology. I also request access to any correspondence that mentions the cost of retrofitting or building new coal fired power stations with improved technology between the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and the office of the Prime Minister.

Specifically, correspondence includes emails, briefings and minutes between the Department and the Minister's office. I also request access to internal departmental briefing documents and research that mentions the cost and/or process to upgrade or retrofit low-emission coal fired power station technology and/or ultra-super-critical technology and/or supercritical technology for the same period.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2017/024
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication30 May 2017
Date of access16 May 2017
Reference numberFOI/2016/161IR
FOI request

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (“the Act”) I request the documents relating to the detention of four-member ICC delegation which traveled to the Libyan city of Zintan in June 2012.

Specifically, I request:

  • Any memoranda or other documents drawn up about the detention for the [attention] of then-Prime Minister [Julia Gillard].
  • Any emails, text messages or other communications exchanged between [Julia Gillard], then-Foreign Minister Bob Carr, or then-ambassador designate David Ritchie and their respective offices about the case.
  • Any communications between the International Criminal Court and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet about the case.

The timeframe of this FOI request is between June 7, 2012 and July 7, 2012.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2016/161IR
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication30 May 2017
Date of access11 May 2017
Reference numberFOI/2017/082
FOI request

Copies of any correspondence, file notes or other material related to the meeting held between Mr Peter Rush (Assistant Secretary, Honours, Symbols and Territories Branch) and Mr David White (Somerset Herald) on or about 13 November 2014, other than the document supplied as Document 1 in Attachment A to FOI/2017/003.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2017/082
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication25 May 2017
Date of access26 April 2017
Reference numberFOI/2017/020
FOI request

documents such as ministerial briefings and attachments, reports and internal correspondence, relating to organ donations.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2017/020
Other informationReleased in full.
Date of publication03 May 2017
Date of access26 April 2017
Reference numberFOI/2017/056
FOI request

Every single Department policy and procedure concerning messaging apps used by Cabinet ministers and the Prime Minister, like WhatsApp, iMessage and Wickr, including policies and procedures on how the Department handles FOI requests for ministers’ communications through these apps.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2017/056
Other informationReleased in full.
Date of publication03 May 2017
Date of access18 April 2017
Reference numberFOI/2017/061
FOI request

All communications between officers of the Department relating to my previous FOI requests FOI/PMO/2016/041 and FOI/PMO/2017/005.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2017/061
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication03 May 2017
  1. This column provides the date that the FOI applicant was given access to a document under s 11A.
  2. This column provides a short summary of the FOI access request.
  3. This column provides a short summary of the information provided under s 11A.

In accordance with the IPS requirements, agencies are required to publish details of material released under the FOI Act within 10 working days of an applicant being given access to the documents.

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