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 August 2020
Reference numberFOI/2020/153
FOI request

From 25 March 2020 to 4 June 2020: we seek any meeting notes, meeting minutes, submissions or similar documents that were prepared, presented or commissioned by or for any members of the National COVID-19 Coordination Commission regarding the Narrabri, Beetaloo or Perth Basin gas projects, or a West to East gas pipeline.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2020/153
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication28 August 2020
Date of access25 August 2020
Reference numberFOI/2020/122
FOI request

Copies of all emails, memos, diary notes, meeting transcripts, telephone conversation transcripts or other written records of communications between the Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet and/or the Morrison Prime Minister’s Office and:

  1. The Executive Council of Australian Jewry; and/or
  2. The Zionist Federation of Australia; and/or
  3. The Australia-Israel & Jewish Affairs Council

that pertain to:

  • Australian Government recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital; and/or
  • The transfer of the Australian Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2020/122
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication01 September 2020
Date of access17 August 2020
Reference numberFOI/2020/166
FOI request

A list of all entities which received work from the Department under the National Indigenous Procurement Policy in the 2019-20 financial year.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2020/166
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication18 August 2020
Date of access17 August 2020
Reference numberFOI/2020/150
FOI request

Documents that relate to the appointment of Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin AC (Retd) as head of the Bushfire Royal Commission.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2020/150
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication21 August 2020
Date of access14 August 2020
Reference numberFOI/2020/147
FOI request

I am seeking access to any documents or records held by PMC relating to the declarations of conflicts of interest made by commissioners of the National COVID-19 Coordination Commission. I request any such declarations made since 25 March 2020, the date of the NCCC’s creation.

I would like to limit my request to a specific document type, that being the declaration document only.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2020/147
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication19 August 2020
Date of access14 August 2020
Reference numberFOI/2020/134
FOI request

Formal briefs and ministerial correspondence for the period 23 July 2019 to 13 July 2020 that relate to the recommendations of the Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal re Ordinary Seaman Edward 'Teddy' Sheean being posthumously awarded a Victoria Cross for Australia.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2020/134
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication21 August 2020
Date of access13 August 2020
Reference numberFOI/2019/207IC
FOI request

Results of a trust survey of approximately 5,000 Australians conducted in the last 12 months for the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. *Note: Data in the report was generated in 2019.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2019/207IC
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication18 August 2020
Date of access11 August 2020
Reference numberFOI/2020/121
FOI request

Documents in relation to the job of the First National Careers Ambassador and the person currently in that position:

  • Job terms of reference;
  • Cost of the position (including salary and bonuses);
  • Achievements (if any).
Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2020/121
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication18 August 2020
Date of access10 August 2020
Reference numberFOI/2020/165
FOI request
  1. Any documents (including correspondence) that provide the formal notification to the Governor-General that the National Cabinet was/was being formed in March 2020.
  2. The documents that outline/describe the rules that the National Cabinet is bound by. To clarify further, the documents might include rules or guidance on the following issues:
    1. How decisions of the National Cabinet are arrived at (e.g. majority, consensus etc.)
    2. Whether any jurisdiction has a right of veto over decisions of the National Cabinet.
    3. Whether decisions of the National Cabinet are binding on the Commonwealth and the States/Territories.
    4. Whether the National Cabinet operates within the conventions, policies and guidance set out in the Cabinet Handbook.
    5. Whether Premiers and Chief Ministers are bound by conventions of Cabinet solidarity and confidentiality.
    6. Who is to serve as the Secretary of the National Cabinet and how the National Cabinet’s decisions are recorded and disseminated.
    7. What Federal, State and Territory officials are permitted to listen to and participate in National Cabinet discussions.
    8. Whether Cabinet note-takers take note of National Cabinet deliberations.

Whether deliberations of the National Cabinet (including via teleconference and videoconference) are recorded and/or transcribed, and if not, what measures are in place to ensure that National Cabinet discussions are not recorded and/or transcribed.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2020/165
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication01 September 2020
Date of access03 August 2020
Reference numberFOI/2020/102
FOI request

The following documents held by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet related to the Department’s contract with James Alan Reed, trading as Resolve Strategic, published on AusTender on 15 May 2020 with the contract notice number CN3681646:

  • Documents pertaining to the contract itself
  • Final versions of research outputs
  • Email correspondence between:
    • The consultant and the Department
    • The Department and the Prime Minister’s Office
    • The consultant and the Prime Minister’s Office
Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2020/102
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication10 August 2020
  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.

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