Freedom of Information Disclosures
Amendments to the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), which commenced on 1 November 2010, will require agencies to publish copies of material released under the FOI Act within 10 days of the decision. This change comes into effect from 1 May 2011.
On 30 April 2009, the then-Special Minister of State Senator John Faulkner wrote to all secretaries and agency heads asking them to take 'a lead role in facilitating the government's policy objective of enhancing a culture of disclosure across agencies'.
In the spirit of promoting greater openness in government, the department maintains a list of documents released under the FOI Act since 30 April 2009 on this website.
The department's list is not exhaustive – it does not include the following:
- documents of a personal or commercially valuable nature released under FOI
- documents to which access has been refused or which are exempt from release under FOI
- documents which have been released to the media or members of the public outside the FOI framework.
It is hoped that this measure will enable members of the public and the media to quickly and easily obtain access to material which has already been disclosed under the FOI Act.
The list below provide a general description of documents disclosed (with redactions) under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 since 30 April 2009.
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Obtaining copies of the documents
Members of the media can request copies of the above documents by telephoning or emailing the media team.
Telephone: 02 6264 2244
Email: natcomms@immi.gov.au
Members of the public can request copies of the above documents by email.
Email: foi@immi.gov.au
Publications, research and statistics
In addition to the department's requirements under the FOI Act, we have a range of publications, research projects and statistics relating to various aspects of the department and services that we provide on this website.
See: Publications, Research & Statistics