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

Date of access29 March 2021
Reference numberFOI/2021/006
FOI request

Official gift declarations and any photographs, for each of the gifts provided by the Trump administration to the Australian Prime Ministers (Turnbull and Morrison) during their time in office - January 20, 2017 to present.

These documents should include:

  • gifts paid for and retained by the prime ministers, and those that were surrendered; and
  • any valuation material and the listing of amount paid for the prime ministers to personally retain each item.

I am not interested in duplicate copies of documents or documents that have already been publicly released, or media releases, media articles or media statements.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2021/006
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication31 March 2021
Date of access29 March 2021
Reference numberFOI/2021/029
FOI request

HOSM – release of material found exempt under section 47F (except for persons names) from a brief released under FOI/2020/231.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2021/029
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication31 March 2021
Date of access26 March 2021
Reference numberFOI/2021/009
FOI request

[Item 2] Any records of meetings or correspondence between the Prime Minister and representative of Santos Ltd dated 1 August 2017 to 4 October 2017. 

[Item 3] The most recent ministerial briefing prepared for the Prime Minister regarding the supply, availability or price of gas in the east coast market dated 1 January 2017 to 16 October 2017 (FYI – 16 Oct 2017 is the date when the original request was made), excluding emails and redacting material if it would require consultation with foreign governments. 

[Item 4] The most recent ministerial briefing prepared for the Prime Minister regarding the Narrabri Gas Project dated 1 January 2017 to 16 October 2017 (FYI – 16 Oct 2017 is the date when the original request was made), excluding emails and redacting material if it would require consultation with foreign governments. 

Publicly available material is excluded from the scope of the FOI request.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2021/009
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication31 March 2021
Date of access24 March 2021
Reference numberFOI/2019/001IC
FOI request

Briefings sent to the Department’s Secretary during the relevant time period (1.1.18 to 2.1.19), which convey or discuss the actual results of surveys carried out on the Department’s behalf.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2019/001IC
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication25 March 2021
Date of access24 March 2021
Reference numberFOI/2021/019
FOI request

All documents and correspondence that relate to or mention Peter Dutton's administration of the Safer Communities fund, or the awarding of a one off grant to the National Retail Association since Friday 5 February to the present.

Where documents and correspondence relate to this, I request they be released in full.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2021/019
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication26 March 2021
Date of access18 March 2021
Reference numberFOI/2021/017
FOI request

1. The Parliament of Australia

I request the instrument, or otherwise information, that defines the meaning of the word 'Australia' within the term 'The Parliament of Australia', that appeared in 1973, in contradistinction to the term 'The Parliament of the Commonwealth' that appears in section 1 of the Commonwealth Constitution.

(b) I request the information that defines the term 'The Parliament of Australia' to be an entity, or otherwise a description of an entity.

(c) I request the instrument, or otherwise information, that provides for recognition of the term 'Parliament of Australia' within the Commonwealth Constitution.

 

2. The Government of Australia

(a) I request the instrument or otherwise information that defines the meaning of the word 'Australia' within the term 'the Government of Australia', that appeared in 1973, in contradistinction to the term 'the Government of the Commonwealth' that appears in section 2 of, and elsewhere within, the Commonwealth Constitution.

(b) I request the information that defines the term 'the Government of Australia' to be an entity, or otherwise description of an entity.

(c) I request the instrument, or otherwise information, that provides for recognition of the term 'Government of Australia' within the Commonwealth Constitution

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2021/017
Other informationReleased in full.
Date of publication23 March 2021
Date of access15 March 2021
Reference numberFOI/2021/015
FOI request

Ministerial submissions (excluding drafts) concerning the modelling of the schooling resource standard commissioned by the Gonski review.

Ministerial submissions and emails (excluding drafts) concerning reporting … on August 19, 2012 that research “by the states and non-government schools”, “based on data provided by the Department of Education” found that “3000 public and private schools could emerge as losers.”

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2021/015
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication23 March 2021
Date of access12 March 2021
Reference numberFOI/2020/173
FOI request

I request the information, documents and instruments held by the department that detail and establish in law or convention, any of the following:

  1. The name of the Crown(s) that the Sovereign of Australia possesses.
  2. The creation date of the Crown(s) that the Sovereign of Australia possesses.
  3. The name of the Crown(s) required by the Commonwealth Constitution to be possessed by the Sovereign of Australia.
  4. The list of all capacities in which the Crown can have in the Succession to the Crown Act 2015.
  5. An explanation of exactly what is being succeeded to the Succession to the Crown Act 2015 by the Sovereign of Australia (eg is it a physical Crown, if not what is the Crown being succeeded to).
  6. The relationship between the Queen of Australia and the Sovereign of Australia (eg where is it established that the Queen of Australia is the Sovereign of Australia.
Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2020/173
Other informationReleased in full.
Date of publication16 March 2021
Date of access12 March 2021
Reference numberFOI/2021/001
FOI request
  1. Please refer to the attached email correspondence between PM&C and DLO Morton, attached. Regarding that correspondence:
    1. We ask that the s22 exemptions are be removed for public review
    2. We ask that the attachments exempted via s22 be released
  2. Please refer to the Hon Ben Morton MP’s decision letter Reference: MC20-082779, attached. We would like to ask for a copy of the documents/correspondence evidencing that the following documents were provided to and/or considered by Senator Morton and his staff.
    1. Support letter from Senator the Hon Bob Carr, the Minister for Foreign Affairs
    2. Support letter from the Hon Alexander Downer, former Minister for Foreign Affairs
    3. Support letter from Mr Peter Baxter, AusAID Director General
    4. Support letter from Mr Richard Moore, deputy AusAID Director General
    5. My personal letter to Senator the Hon Marise Payne, the Minister for Foreign Affairs
    6. [redacted]
    7. PM&C brief to Cabinet Secretary Ref: B09/1640 titled Humanitarian Overseas Medal: Assessment of Australian contingent to GE Infrastructure for Indian Ocean
Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2021/001
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication24 March 2021
Date of access01 March 2021
Reference numberFOI/2020/292
FOI request

HOSM – release of material found exempt under section 47G from a brief released under FOI/2020/231.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2020/292
Other informationReleased in full.
Date of publication03 March 2021
  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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