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 access09 May 2018
Reference numberFOI/2017/251
FOI request

Can you please provide the document(s) with reference U17-3930, based on the “Files created January - June 2017” available at: [see below]

[Update (23 January 2023): The document referred to in this request is no longer available at pmc.gov.au but is available through the National Library of Australia’s Trove web archive: Files created January - June 2017 (PDF).]

Revised request:

The latest document in the file U17-3930.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2017/251
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication09 May 2018
Date of access09 May 2018
Reference numberFOI/2017/297
FOI request

Can you please provide the document(s) with reference 17-18297, based on the “Files created January - June 2017” available at: [see below]

[Update (23 January 2023): The document referred to in this request is no longer available at pmc.gov.au but is available through the National Library of Australia’s Trove web archive: Files created January - June 2017 (PDF).]

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2017/297
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication09 May 2018
Date of access01 May 2018
Reference numberFOI/2017/262
FOI request

Can you please provide the document(s) with reference 17-23854, based on the “Files created January - June 2017” available at: [see below]

[Update (23 January 2023): The document referred to in this request is no longer available at pmc.gov.au but is available through the National Library of Australia’s Trove web archive: Files created January - June 2017 (PDF).]

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2017/262
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication01 May 2018
Date of access27 April 2018
Reference numberFOI/2018/015
FOI request

I refer the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PMC) to the following media coverage:

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/public-service/john-lloyd-pinup-boy-of-impartiality-20171102-gzdade.html

https://www.crikey.com.au/2017/10/24/libertarians-get-a-helping-hand-from-government/

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/public-service/aps-commission-refuses-to-release-records-of-john-lloyds-contacts-with-ipa-20180107-h0evs7.html

which intimates that the Public Service Commissioner, Mr John Lloyd, has acted corruptly, unlawfully and/or otherwise improperly.

One would expect, and the public interest would require, that in the normal course of an ethical and apolitical public service, that the Secretary of PMC, being the head of the public service, would take an interest in such allegations.

Accordingly, I seek access to documents held by the Secretary of PMC that concern the matters alluded to in the articles mentioned above.

Appreciating the volume of documents held by the Secretary, the scope of my request is limited to:

  • documents that exist as emails (including any attachments);
  • documents that fall within the date range 23 October 2017 to the date of this application; and
  • documents that contain the words: a)"John Lloyd" and/or "Lloyd"; as well as b) "IPA" and/or "Institute of Public Affairs".

Further, I'm happy for the personal information of anyone who's not a public servant/MP/Minister to be redacted from relevant documents.

On the basis of the tightly defined scope set out above, the Department need only conduct a handful of searches (using the key terms referred to above) of *ALL* items (my emphasis) in the Secretary's email client (likely Microsoft Outlook) to quickly determine whether the Secretary holds any documents the subject of my request (and whether the Secretary has, in the general public interest, considered and/or inquired into the misconduct described).

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2018/015
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication27 April 2018
Date of access19 April 2018
Reference numberFOI/2018/042
FOI request

“... current policies and procedures that constitute PMC’s Information Governance Framework. Documents that are published by the Government (such as the Protective Security Policy Framework) are excluded”.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2018/042
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication20 April 2018
Date of access18 April 2018
Reference numberFOI/2017/264
FOI request

Can you please provide the document(s) with reference 17-9028, based on the “Files created January - June 2017” available at: [see below]

[Update (23 January 2023): The document referred to in this request is no longer available at pmc.gov.au but is available through the National Library of Australia’s Trove web archive: Files created January - June 2017 (PDF).]

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2017/264
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication20 April 2018
Date of access18 April 2018
Reference numberFOI/2017/209
FOI request

I am writing to request, under the FOI Act, the following documents listed in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet’s indexed list of files (January to June 2017) ...

  • 17-9028 – Reporting – Wikileaks WOG TPs
Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2017/209
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication20 April 2018
Date of access11 April 2018
Reference numberFOI/2017/215
FOI request

Can you please provide the document(s) with reference 17-20700, based on the “Files created January - June 2017” available at: [see below]

[Update (23 January 2023): The document referred to in this request is no longer available at pmc.gov.au but is available through the National Library of Australia’s Trove web archive: Files created January - June 2017 (PDF).]

Revised request: Can you please limit this request to the first page of the identified document.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2017/215
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication24 April 2018
Date of access06 April 2018
Reference numberFOI/2017/249
FOI request

Can you please provide the document(s) with reference U17-15837, based on the “Files created January - June 2017” available at: [see below]

[Update (23 January 2023): The document referred to in this request is no longer available at pmc.gov.au but is available through the National Library of Australia’s Trove web archive: Files created January - June 2017 (PDF).]

Information published in the disclosure log FOI-2017-249
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication06 April 2018
Date of access04 April 2018
Reference numberFOI/2017/168
FOI request

Information (final reports or final briefings) provided by Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to the Minister for Indigenous Affairs relating to overall Remote Jobs and Communities Program or the Community Development Programme  performance for the following months

October 2013 (RJCP), April 2014 (RJCP), April 2015, (RJCP), October 2014 (RJCP), October 2015 (CDP), April 2016 (CDP), October 2016 (CDP), April 2017 (CDP), October 2017 (CDP).

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2017/168
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication04 April 2018
  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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