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 access23 September 2025
Reference numberFOI/2025/111
FOI request

I request access to documents from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024 concerning:

  1. Briefings or reports prepared for the Prime Minister or Cabinet members on atmospheric intervention or geoengineering research.
  2. Correspondence with international organizations or research institutions on these topics.
Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2025/111
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication24 September 2025
Date of access17 September 2025
Reference numberFOI/2025/104
FOI request

Under the Freedom of Information Act 1982, I wish to apply for access to the following documents.

Any letters from the first ministers of New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory to the Prime Minister following the federal election on 3 May, 2025.

Under subsection 29(5) of the FOI Act, I ask that the department waive any processing fee associated with this request on the grounds that the giving up of access to this information is in the interests of a substantial section of the public.

Please exclude duplicate documents.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2025/104
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication24 September 2025
Date of access16 September 2025
Reference numberFOI/2025/134; FOI/2025/165
FOI request

This is a request for both the Department and also the Prime Minister's office. I would like to request, under freedom of information or administrative release:

All documents related to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's attempts to meet with US president Donald Trump at the G7 conference. Please include documents related to attempts (from the department or the prime minister's office) to schedule a meeting with President Trump, as well as any documents related to President Trump's cancellation or non-attendance of that meeting.

I would seek documents including (but not limited to) any outreach from the department or PMO to President Trump's office or intermediaries, as well as any correspondence between the department, PMO and President Trump's office or intermediaries advising that the meeting would not be proceeding.

Please limit searches for this information to the period 10 June to 18 June, 2025. Please exclude duplicate documents. Please exclude publicly available information such as news clippings. I agree to the redaction of personal details and signatures of employees below executive level; I do not require the names of staffers in particular political offices, and would agree for any such individuals to be identified simply by their position or reference to the politician they work for.

Thank you

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2025/134; FOI/2025/165
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication25 September 2025
Date of access15 September 2025
Reference numberFOI/2025/166
FOI request

(a) Any briefing notes provided to the Prime Minister, or anyone on his delegation, for his trip to the G7 Summit in Canada in June 2025, from the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Ambassador to the United States His Excellency the Hon Dr Kevin Rudd AC, the Australian Embassy in the United States, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, or any other Government agencies, that relate to the Prime Minister’s discussions on critical minerals for the proposed meeting with President Trump.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2025/166
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication25 September 2025
Date of access15 September 2025
Reference numberFOI/2025/135
FOI request

I'm making a request under the FOI Act for access to the following:

  • The Ministerial brief MC21-00563 held by the Department, including attachments, relating to the exchange of correspondence between the then Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition in relation to AUKUS.
  • The originating letter from then Leader of Opposition, Anthony Albanese, dated 16 September 2021, to then Prime Minister, Scott Morrison in relation to AUKUS.
Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2025/135
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication25 September 2025
Date of access04 September 2025
Reference numberFOI/2025/123IR
FOI request
  1. Briefing materials prepared for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in relation to his meeting with Mr. Bill Gates on 21 January 2023, including any talking points or background notes.
  2. Meeting records, such as minutes or summaries, that detail the discussions held during the meeting at Kirribilli House.
  3. Correspondence between the Department and representatives of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation or Breakthrough Energy concerning the planning or outcomes of the meeting.

Please limit the scope of this request to documents created or received between 1 December 2022 and 28 February 2023. I am not seeking access to drafts, duplicate documents, or any material that is publicly available.

If any parts of the documents are exempt from release, please consider providing the remaining non-exempt information.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2025/123IR
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication08 September 2025
Date of access29 August 2025
Reference numberFOI/2025/136
FOI request

Copies of correspondence between PM Julia Gillard & Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus referencing the Sex Discrimination Act in 2011, 2012, 2013.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2025/136
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication01 September 2025
Date of access27 August 2025
Reference numberFOI/2025/068
FOI request

Documents which discuss representations relating to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 by salmon farm operators.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2025/068
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication03 September 2025
Date of access26 August 2025
Reference numberFOI/2025/133
FOI request

Independent review of the Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General

The document can be accessed on our website at Independent review of the Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General

Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication27 August 2025
Date of access25 August 2025
Reference numberFOI/2025/122
FOI request

Documents related to the Behavioural Economics Team of the Australian Government's (BETA) work on COVID-19.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2025/122
Other informationReleased in full.
Date of publication01 September 2025