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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. Notable this week: the number of NDIS participants who suffered a critical incident (deaths, serious injury, abuse, attempted self-harm) while waiting for their review rose to 874 in 11 months, up from 490 two years earlier; Treasury weighed which fossil fuel subsidies to keep off Australia's G20 list in 2010, while the government publicly reported having none; and a UN inspection of detention sites collapsed after NSW refused access, leaving three of nine jurisdictions without an independent torture monitor. Key companies mentioned: Commonwealth Bank, NAB, Xero, Wollemi Capital, ForHealth, Babcock Integrated Technology, Naval Group, Jacobs. If you've been forwarded this email, you can subscribe here. To find out more about lodging FOI requests, head over to Right to Know. The initial summaries of the documents are produced by AI, but reviewed by humans.
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NDIS
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1 found · 1 recommended-read
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NDIS
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NDIS participants harmed while waiting review of decisions
The number of NDIS participants who experienced a critical incident while awaiting an internal review of an agency decision rose to 874 in the 11 months to May 2026, up from 490 two years earlier. Critical incidents cover deaths, serious injury, abuse and attempted self-harm. Total incidents reached 19,639. Redactions: none.
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TREASURY
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6 found · 2 recommended-read · 2 look
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TREASURY
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Treasury's 2010 view on which fossil fuel subsidies to hide from G20
Internal Treasury papers from 2010 show officials weighing which Australian fossil fuel subsidies to disclose under the G20 pledge to phase out inefficient support, and building arguments to keep several off the list. A "traffic light" report and detailed assessments cover measures worth billions, including the FBT car concession ($1.12b), fuel tax credits ($5.1b) and accelerated depreciation for oil and gas assets, with an executive minute seeking the Treasurer's sign-off on three contested items. Redactions: s.22 irrelevant material.
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TREASURY
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Treasury briefing on suspected $1 billion CBA mortgage fraud
A Treasury ministerial brief on systemic mortgage application fraud, after the Commonwealth Bank identified around $1 billion in suspect home loans and referred the matter to police and regulators. AUSTRAC is coordinating information-sharing with the 10 largest lenders through its Fintel Alliance. The brief links the case to an earlier fraud that allegedly cost NAB about $150 million. Redactions: s.22 irrelevant material, s.37 law enforcement, s.45 breach of confidence, s.47C deliberative processes, s.47E agency operations, s.47G business affairs.
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TREASURY
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Treasury modelled visa fee rises worth up to $1.4 billion
Treasury costings for raising visa application charges, including student visas and doubling the Temporary Graduate Visa charge from $2,300 to $4,600. One student visa option is costed at $1.4 billion over the forward estimates and the graduate visa uplift at $980 million. The costings assume international students are largely insensitive to fee rises, with price elasticity varying by education sector. Redactions: s.22 irrelevant material.
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TREASURY
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Treasury weighs national coordinator to fast-track major projects
Treasury is examining a federal Coordinator-General function within its Investor Front Door to speed approvals for large "nation-changing" projects, following the Treasurer's August 2025 announcement and the Economic Reform Roundtable. Consultation slides benchmark seven state and territory models, including South Australia's power to compel regulators to decide within set timeframes. Most policy detail and stakeholder feedback is withheld. Redactions: s.47C deliberative processes.
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TREASURY
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Treasury's quarterly small business snapshots for the minister
Roughly a dozen recurring "Small Business Update" ministerial submissions prepared for the Minister for Small Business between 2021 and 2025, tracking the health of the sector each quarter. The infographic-style briefs draw on ABS, ATO, Xero, NAB and insolvency data to chart business numbers, employment, confidence, payment times and insolvencies, with state-by-state breakdowns by business size. Redactions: minimal; content is largely published statistics.
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TREASURY
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Small business cyber help service passes 3,400 cases
Ministerial estimates briefs on federal small business cyber programs, chiefly the $11.1 million Small Business Cyber Resilience Service run by identity support body IDCARE, which handled more than 3,400 cases by June 2026, up from 500 a year earlier. One email sets out government talking points on "ghost store" websites that impersonate local businesses. Redactions: s.22 irrelevant material.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
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3 found · 2 recommended-read · 1 look
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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
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UN torture inspectors' Australia visit collapsed over NSW access refusal
The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture suspended and then terminated its 2022 inspection of Australian detention sites after NSW refused access to all facilities. Departmental briefings show NSW and one redacted jurisdiction still have not nominated an independent monitor, leaving six of nine jurisdictions covered. In December 2025 the Subcommittee accepted Australia's monitoring network as compliant. Redactions: s.22 irrelevant material, s.33 international relations, s.47B Commonwealth-State relations, s.47E agency operations, s.47F personal privacy.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
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Tony Abbott's foreign influence register dealings over three years
Emails trace former Prime Minister Tony Abbott's registrations under the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme from 2023 to 2026, covering the UK Board of Trade, the Global Warming Policy Foundation and Hungary's government-funded Danube Institute. Abbott repeatedly disputed the scheme, calling it intrusive and questioning why his roles were "any business of the register". One 2023 email rejected any suggestion he was a Taiwanese agent. Redactions: s.22 irrelevant material, s.47C deliberative processes, s.47F personal privacy.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
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Attorney-General's Department paid $3,400 for custom promotional coins
The department commissioned custom "challenge coins" as promotional merchandise, releasing invoices and quotes. A 2023 order of 250 coins in acrylic cases cost $2,601.50 and a 2025 reprint of 50 coins cost $838.75. Designs include CERT Australia and the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor. Staff advise these are no longer produced.
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NDIS COMMISSION
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2 found · 2 recommended-read
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NDIS COMMISSION
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NDIS Commission restructure draws union concern over staff exhaustion
The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission restructured teams across complaints, practice quality and communications, merging functions and renaming divisions to support its regulatory reform agenda. Consultation drew 70 responses, most anonymous; in union briefings, staff described exhaustion from the pace of change. Implementation was pushed to 11 May 2026 after feedback. Redactions: s22 irrelevant material, s47C deliberative process, s47E agency operations, s47F personal privacy.
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NDIS COMMISSION
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Commission tightens recruitment under budget and staffing limits
The NDIS Commission tightened recruitment across the agency from March 2026, requiring Deputy Commissioner sign-off and favouring internal transfers over external hiring to stay within its staffing cap and budget. Weekly meetings vetted individual requests for IT, communications and content roles. Tina Daisley and Laura Sham approved the decisions. Redactions: s22 irrelevant material, s47C deliberative processes, s47D financial interests, s47E agency operations, s47F personal privacy.
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HEALTH
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1 found · 1 recommended-read
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Private clinic chain helped shape bulk billing messaging with Minister's office
ForHealth, a large private operator of GP and urgent care clinics, worked closely with Health Minister Mark Butler's office across two years, co-drafting media releases carrying quotes attributed to the Minister and coordinating clinic bulk-billing "conversion" launch events tied to named MPs and electorates. Redactions: s.22 irrelevant material, s.47E agency operations, s.47F personal privacy, s.47G business affairs.
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PM&C
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National Cabinet met solely on Bondi terror attack
The 15 December 2025 National Cabinet meeting had a single agenda item: the Bondi terror attack, discussed verbally by the Prime Minister, NSW Premier, NSW Police Commissioner and the heads of ASIO and the AFP. Only two versions of the one-page agenda were released; no briefs, notes or minutes were published. Redactions: s.22.
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DEWR
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3 found · 1 recommended-read · 1 look
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DEWR
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Fair Work tribunal turns to AI as caseload jumps 70%
The Fair Work Commission's total workload is likely to rise more than 70% over three years, prompting a suite of GenAI tools including an enterprise-agreement checker, a helpline voice agent and staff conference reforms. Internal emails and a data placemat forecast almost 19,512 unfair dismissal matters this year and note early research showing many applicants now use AI to lodge. Redactions: s.22 irrelevant material, s.47C deliberative processes.
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DEWR
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How the department sets FOI charges, and its charging record
The department released internal guidance on imposing Freedom of Information processing charges alongside five years of charging data. The figures show charges are often notified but reduced, waived or never collected: in 2022/23, 18 matters were billed $5,973 yet only $1,485 was recovered across 11. Most of the procedures manual was withheld. Redactions: s.22 irrelevant material.
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DEWR
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Staff leave patterns across three matching winter fortnights
The department published daily counts of staff leave instances by type across three comparable late-June to early-July fortnights in 2024, 2025 and 2026, allowing year-on-year comparison. Categories run from annual, personal and carers leave through to jury duty and NAIDOC leave, with daily totals near 800. Redactions: none, though daily counts under five were suppressed for privacy.
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DFAT
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3 found · 1 recommended-read · 1 look
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DFAT
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Passport fee hikes to raise $349m, not widely publicised
Briefs to Foreign Minister Penny Wong show passport fees, imposed by law as taxes unrelated to issuing costs, rose 15 per cent from July 2024 alongside a new $100 fast-track fee, together forecast to raise $349 million over three years. A Senate committee queried whether the fee was a tax introduced by instrument. Officials repeatedly noted the rises would not be actively publicised. Redactions: s.22, s.47E(d).
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DFAT
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DFAT lists work it wants kept from contractors
Under the Australian Public Service push to reduce reliance on contractors and consultants, DFAT catalogued the work it deems "core" and to be done in-house except in limited cases. Listed roles span passport and consular services, foreign and trade policy, intelligence and security, legal work, and aid program delivery. The list also flags cabinet submissions and drafting legislation as core APS-wide. Redactions: s.22.
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DFAT
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Government's internal account of China's 2020 rock lobster trade freeze
Australia's live rock lobster trade with China, worth over $711 million in 2019 and 96 per cent of the country's global exports, collapsed in late 2020 after China's customs authority lifted testing to 50 per cent of consignments, detained shipments and cited cadmium above allowable levels. By late 2022, trade had near-ceased, with only frozen product still clearing.
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INDUSTRY, SCIENCE, RESEARCH
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Australia rejects $580m European telescope membership
Australia decided not to join the European Southern Observatory, despite full membership being the astronomy sector's top decadal-plan priority, with Industry and Science Minister Tim Ayres signing off in February 2026. Officials judged the $580m ten-year cost a poorer return than alternatives such as Horizon Europe. Australian astronomers lose direct access to ESO facilities, including the Extremely Large Telescope, when the current partnership ends in mid-2027. Redactions: s.47C deliberative processes, s.22 irrelevant material.
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INFRASTRUCTURE ETC
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2 found · 1 recommended-read
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Audit found federal Indigenous art centre funding poorly targeted
A government audit of the main federal program funding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art centres found money flowed disproportionately to already-successful centres, with no clear priorities, targets or means to measure results. About 65 per cent of grants covered coordinator salaries, and auditors warned the program leaned too heavily on those hard-to-retain staff. The department agreed to the findings with qualifications. Redactions: none.
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INFRASTRUCTURE ETC
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Infrastructure withholds records on refused-classification material
Documents concern the classification of an eSafety referral (reference INV-2024-24244) as refused classification. No document was published to the disclosure log; the department invites requests to obtain a copy. A copy has been requested and details will follow in a later newsletter.
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CLIMAGE CHANGE, ENERGY ETC
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10 found · 2 recommended-read · 6 look
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Records detail climate authority chair's clean-energy conflict of interest
The documents show how Climate Change Authority chair Matt Kean's role at clean-energy investment firm Wollemi Capital was handled as a conflict of interest. Authority members decided in August 2025 that Kean would be excluded from final decisions on the review of Australia's carbon credit scheme and would not receive draft reports. The file includes media responses to press questions about the conflict. Redactions: s.22 irrelevant material, s.47F personal privacy, s.47G business affairs.
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CLIMAGE CHANGE, ENERGY ETC
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Free midday power window under new Solar Sharer scheme
The Solar Sharer Offer, a new regulated electricity deal, will give households in NSW, South East Qld and SA a daily free-power window at midday to use cheap solar generation. The amendment regulations took effect on 1 July 2026. Records include ministerial briefings, the outcomes paper and a brief for a meeting with the Australian Energy Council. Redactions: s.22 irrelevant material, s.34 Cabinet, s.47C deliberative, s.42 legal privilege.
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CLIMAGE CHANGE, ENERGY ETC
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Climate and energy talking points prepared for Senate hearings
Fourteen ministerial briefing notes prepared for Senate Estimates set out the department's lines on carbon credit supply, the Safeguard Mechanism review, COP31, coal closures, the Cheaper Home Batteries program, Rewiring the Nation and the Tomago smelter. Each brief lists key points and anticipated questions with approved responses. Redactions: s.22 irrelevant material, s.47G business affairs.
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CLIMAGE CHANGE, ENERGY ETC
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Heritage signage program covering the Melbourne Cricket Ground
National Heritage List signage records show the Melbourne Cricket Ground, listed in 2005, falls within a national program of branded plaques, plinths and posts rather than carrying dedicated signage. The ground is managed under the Yarra Park plan, not the EPBC Act. Documents include the heritage branding style guide and site-by-site interpretive material tallies. Redactions: s.22 irrelevant material.
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CLIMAGE CHANGE, ENERGY ETC
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Public appeals to minister over wildlife culling permits
Two items of correspondence to Environment Minister Murray Watt urge federal action against the shooting of flying foxes and other native wildlife. One writer cites an NT permit allowing Newcastle Waters Station to cull up to 20,000 corellas and galahs, and asks whether Canberra can override state and territory kill permits. Redactions: s.22 irrelevant material, s.47F personal privacy.
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How the government handled a suspected mainland bird flu case
A suspected case of H5 bird flu in a wild bird in south-west WA prompted the environment department and Minister Watt's office to draft holding statements for a confirmed mainland detection in June 2026. Records also detail the government's announcement of H5 in seals and birds on Heard Island, with draft talking points citing average 76% mortality in elephant seal pups. Redactions: s.22 irrelevant material, s.47F personal privacy.
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Fishing vessels in no-take marine park mostly escape penalty
Compliance records detail commercial fishing vessels detected by aerial surveillance inside the no-take National Park Zone of the Oceanic Shoals Marine Park, off the NT coast, between 2020 and 2022. Officers assessed each as a possible breach of the environment act's ban on commercial fishing in the zone; most were closed with no action for no breach or insufficient evidence, with one warning notice issued. Redactions: s.22 irrelevant material, s.37 law enforcement.
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CLIMAGE CHANGE, ENERGY ETC
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Department urged a smaller Hunter offshore wind zone
The department recommended the minister declare only part of the proposed offshore wind area off the Hunter region in NSW, having cut it back to reduce impacts on commercial fishing and vessel traffic. The suitability assessment draws on public submissions and consultation with Defence, which had indicated the infrastructure could be developed without harming its activities. Redactions: s.22 irrelevant material, s.47C deliberative processes.
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CLIMAGE CHANGE, ENERGY ETC
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Whale and dolphin sighting logs from marine surveys
Marine surveyors and seismic operators logged whale, dolphin and other cetacean sightings in Commonwealth waters, in field and observer reports required under research permits. The set includes marine mammal encounter reports from Solitary Islands and multibeam surveys and a research voyage off the Qld coast. Redactions: s.47F personal privacy, s.22 irrelevant material.
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CLIMAGE CHANGE, ENERGY ETC
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Who controls Norfolk Island's marine waters and parks
Statutory instruments and management plans set out who controls the waters around Norfolk Island, including the marine park within the island's exclusive economic zone. The material covers the proclamation creating the Norfolk Marine Park, the Temperate East marine parks plan and the Norfolk Island national park and botanic garden plan, naming the Director of National Parks and the environment minister as the responsible authorities. Redactions: none.
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AGRICULTURE ETC
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1 found · 1 recommended-read
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48 marmosets exported to US labs for research
An Australian exporter arranged to send 48 common marmosets, a small monkey, to the United States for scientific research. Emails with the Department of Agriculture cover the pre-export appointment and certification, and a single-use wildlife trade permit was issued for the consignment. Redactions: s.22 irrelevant material, s.47G business affairs.
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FINANCE
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2 found · 1 recommended-read · 1 look
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FINANCE
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Office spending by four One Nation senators revealed
Itemised invoices show what taxpayers paid for office services used by Senators Pauline Hanson, Malcolm Roberts, Warwick Stacey and Sean Bell between July 2025 and March 2026. The 91 entries cover printing, software, residential internet, phones and stationery, with individual bills ranging from about $110 to more than $22,000, including large media and video production payments. Redactions: s.47F personal privacy, plus supplier details withheld under third party objection.
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FINANCE
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Finance tightens controls on above-agreement pay rises
The Department of Finance is clamping down on pay offers and accelerated pay point advancements above its enterprise agreement, after senior HR staff flagged "a few recent examples" warranting scrutiny. Chief People Officer Catherine McLachlan introduced mandatory CPO sign-off and new request forms, seeking a behaviour change to stop managers and business areas agreeing higher pay with candidates before approvals. Redactions: s.22 irrelevant material.
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SOCIAL SERVICES
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SOCIAL SERVICES
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Carer Allowance backdating rules from 2016 social security guide
The Department released a single 2016 chapter of its Social Security Guide setting out when Carer Allowance and Carer Allowance (child) payments can be backdated, including rules for combined care of two children and cases where a carer dies before lodging a claim. The material is publicly available through the National Library web archive. Redactions: none.
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AFP
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Reporters queried whether federal police mugshot was AI-generated
Reporters from three news outlets asked the Australian Federal Police whether a mugshot it released of alleged drug-syndicate figure Kazem Hamad was AI-generated, after noting a garbled height chart and apparent extra fingers. Police said the images were supplied by Iraqi authorities holding Hamad in a secret location and declined further comment. Redactions: s.22 irrelevant material, s.33 international relations, s.47E agency operations.
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SERVICES AUSTRALIA
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Screen and keystroke monitoring of Services Australia staff
Three cyber security policies set out when staff computer use is watched. One protocol lets Internal Fraud Directors switch on screen and keystroke capture where they suspect fraudulent or highly inappropriate conduct, subject to privacy considerations. Using agency IT is treated as consent to monitoring at all times, with logs retained for at least seven years. Redactions: s.47E(d) agency operations.
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IP AUSTRALIA
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IP AUSTRALIA
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Work IP Australia plans to keep in-house
IP Australia's return under the Strategic Commissioning Framework, the reform cutting public service reliance on outsourcing, identifies the work it treats as core and intends to keep in-house. Almost all detail is withheld. Visible entries cover patent and trade mark examination, legal services and IP rights administration, mapped to public service job families. Redactions: s.22 irrelevant material.
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OAIC
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2 found · 1 recommended-read · 1 look
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OAIC
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Data breach figures from the national privacy regulator
Raw notifiable data breach data from the national privacy regulator, covering November 2024 to July 2026. The 121-page release breaks breaches down by number of Australians affected, breach source and sector, and time taken to identify and notify. Finance, health and government are among the sectors reporting breaches. Redactions: s.22 irrelevant material.
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OAIC
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Where the FOI Act stops: courts and Governor-General
Internal case summaries and tribunal decisions on section 5(1) of the FOI Act, which limits access to documents of an administrative nature held by courts and bodies such as the Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General. A 2025 decision holds that correspondence to and from judges and their associates sits outside the Act. Redactions: s.22 irrelevant material.
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DEFENCE
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DEFENCE
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Defence details cuts to senior military officer numbers
A ministerial brief prepared for Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles responds to a Senate order from Senator Fatima Payman seeking records on plans to cut Australian Defence Force senior officers. Defence states star-rank positions fell by 22, from 248 to 226, between 2023 and February 2026 through two structural reviews. Redactions: s.22 irrelevant material, s.47E agency operations.
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DEFENCE
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Subcontractor deed from cancelled French submarine program released
A 2019 deed binds British firm Babcock Integrated Technology as an approved subcontractor supplying the weapon discharge system for the Future Submarine Program, Australia's cancelled French-designed submarine project. The deed sets Commonwealth rights over intellectual property, escrow, pricing transparency and confidentiality across Naval Group's work. Redactions: s.22 irrelevant material, s.33 national security, s.47E agency operations, s.47F personal privacy, s.47G business affairs.
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DEFENCE
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Defence moves to reject records request on air cadet commander pick
Internal emails show Defence proposing to refuse an anonymous request for correspondence between two air commodores, Tony Bull and Craig Heap, about choosing the next commander of the Australian Air Force Cadets. Officials found no documents in scope and flagged the appointment as an active, sensitive selection process. Redactions: s.22 irrelevant material, s.47E agency operations.
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DEFENCE
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Records on how an earlier FOI request was processed
Documents relating to the processing of Freedom of Information request 1853/25/26. A copy has been requested and details will follow
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DEFENCE
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Safety and risk registers for Russell HQ refurbishment
The project risk register and safety-in-design register for refurbishing Level 6 of Russell Offices R2 in Canberra rate construction hazards including working at height, live electrical work and asbestos exposure. A November 2024 workshop identified 17 safety risks. Many hazard descriptions and control measures are withheld. Redactions: s47E(d) agency operations, s47F personal privacy.
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DEFENCE
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Army approves optional khaki peaked cap for senior ranks
The Chief of Army signed off amendments to the Army Dress Manual introducing the khaki peaked cap as an optional item for warrant officers class two and above, bought at members' own expense. The brief notes the slouch hat remains the Army's primary headdress and the cap cannot be worn on parade or overseas. Redactions: s22 irrelevant material, s47E(d) agency operations.
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DEFENCE
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Cover sheets for retired Orion aircraft flight manuals
A reissued AP-3C aircrew checklist records changes to Fumes of Unknown Origin emergency procedures on the retired Orion maritime patrol aircraft, an area tied to long-running aircrew health concerns. The release otherwise contains only cover sheets and facesheets for the flight manuals and checklists, not the manuals themselves. Redactions: s22 irrelevant material, s47E(d) agency operations, s47F personal privacy.
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DEFENCE
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Design review for Russell defence headquarters office refurbishment
Consultant Jacobs' review confirms the 50% schematic design for refurbishing Level 6 of Russell Offices building R2 in Canberra meets contract requirements. Key risks flagged include inadequate as-built documentation, security accreditation delays and long-lead ICT procurement. The budget and program section is withheld entirely. Redactions: s47E(d) agency operations, s47F personal privacy.
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DEFENCE
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Army warning order for Cyclone Debbie disaster response
A 3rd Brigade warning order sets out how Army would support North Queensland communities ahead of Tropical Cyclone Debbie's landfall between Townsville and Cardwell in March 2017. Tasks named include a medical treatment team, an evacuation team and vehicles for the joint task force. Most operational detail is withheld. Redactions: s22 irrelevant material, s47E(d) agency operations.
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