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 access01 March 2017
Reference numberFOI/2016/191
FOI request

Seek documents relating to any review of IAC since its formation – ‘we understand there was only one review, and that is the document we are most interested in’.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2016/191
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication08 March 2017
Date of access24 February 2017
Reference numberFOI/2016/158
FOI request

Departments contact with Adelaide Bragg

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2016/158
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication08 March 2017
Date of access17 February 2017
Reference numberFOI/2016/128IR
FOI request

Documents relating to the National Australia Day Council and the Australian of the Year Award

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2016/128IR
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication09 June 2017
Date of access27 January 2017
Reference numberFOI/2016/176
FOI request

All documents, notes and directions from the Honourable Prime Minister

Mr Malcolm Turnbull, and their delegates and any Commonwealth Officer made or in respect of concerning investigations into Clive Fredrick Palmer or any companies to which he is a shareholder or director between the period 1st July 2015 to 30th September 2016

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2016/176
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication01 February 2017
Date of access24 January 2017
Reference numberFOI/2016/178
FOI request

All correspondence created by the Department (including briefings, reports and advice) sent from the Department to any Minister or Minister’s office between 18 September and 18 October 2016 which relate to:

  • the blackout event in South Australia on 28 September 2016;
  • state level renewable energy targets;
  • the impact of renewable electricity generation on
    • electricity prices,
    • ‘energy security,’ ‘reliability,’ ‘grid stability,’
    • frequency,
    • or the South Australian blackout event on 28 September.
Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2016/178
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication07 February 2017
Date of access22 January 2017
Reference numberFOI/2017/186
FOI request

Department of Defence submission to the review of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2017/186
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication04 January 2018
Date of access04 January 2017
Reference numberFOI/2016/186
FOI request

File Number: ED14/000054

File Name: SCHOOL EDUCATION - Program Management - IYLP - CAPE YORK INSTITUTE – 2014

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2016/186
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication10 January 2017
Date of access23 December 2016
Reference numberFOI/2016/147
FOI request

Copies of all documents to and/or from PMC to any third party that relates to the 2016 findings of the UN working group on arbitrary detention in relation to Julian Assange.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2016/147
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication10 January 2017
Date of access22 December 2016
Reference numberFOI/2016/161
FOI request

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 the [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/2016/161
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication10 January 2017
Date of access16 December 2016
Reference numberFOI/2016/195
FOI request
  1. Analysis of the number and quantum of breaches applied to participants under the CDP scheme prepared by PMC and referred to by the Minister for Indigenous Affairs in media reports on 5th December 2016. 
  2. Briefings prepared by PM&C in 2016 for the Minister for Indigenous Affairs in relation to the costs for which PM&C is liable which arise from the administration, by DHS, of the jobseeker compliance framework (including comprehensive Compliance Assessments) as it applies to CDP scheme participants, over the 2015/16 financial year, including any comparisons with previous years. 

Note: Release in part regarding 1st  part of the request; Refuse access regarding 2nd part of the request.

Information published in the disclosure log FOI/2016/195
Other informationReleased in part.
Date of publication10 January 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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