FOI Weekly
Every Australian Federal Government Department FOI release: reviewed. The handful that matter: surfaced. One weekly read.
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The new FOI releases from Federal government departments and key agencies this week are summarised below. Notable this week: the Prime Minister exempted the inaugural Cyber Incident Review Board from the merit and transparency policy, with some appointees lacking a security clea
We have a lot of new subscribers this week, so welcome everyone. The new FOI releases from Federal government departments and key agencies this week are summarised below.
The new FOI releases from Federal government departments and key agencies from 23 to 30 August 2026 are summarised below. Notable this week: Australia declined to respond to a UN call for input on violence against women, AEC disclosure surge and ASIC whistleblower stats.
The new FOI releases from Federal government departments and key agencies from 16 to 23 August 2026 are summarised below. Notable this week: the AFP is trialling AI policing tools, including a data-enrichment prototype called DEEP overseen by a new "Responsible Technology Commit
The 22 new FOI releases from Federal government departments and key agencies from 9-16 August 2026 are summarised below.
The 57 new FOI releases from Federal government departments and key agencies from 2-9 August 2026 are summarised below.
The 33 new FOI releases from Federal government departments and eight key agencies from 27 July - 2 August 2026 are summarised below. Notable this week: The industry department told the minister Australia will miss its 1.2 million tech jobs by 2030 target by about 71,000; the In
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The 28 new FOI releases from Federal government departments and eight key agencies from 19 - 26 July 2026 are summarised below. Notable this week: The ATO uses a dark-web intelligence platform rated high privacy risk to scan for tax and super risks; Australia was negotiating a n
The 34 new FOI releases from Federal government departments and eight key agencies from 12 - 19 July 2026 are summarised below.
The 36 new FOI releases from Federal government departments and eight key agencies from 28 June to 5 July 2026 are summarised below.