Routinely requested information and disclosure log

The Australian Federal Police is required by the Freedom of Information Act 1982 s 11C to publish a disclosure log on its website. The disclosure log lists information which has been released in response to an FOI access request. This requirement has applied since 1 May 2011.

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.

The information described in this register has been released by the Australian Federal Police under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 and is available for public access.

A link is provided if the information can be downloaded from this website or another website.

Information that is not available on a website may be obtained by writing to the Freedom of Information Contact Officer:

Freedom of Information
Australian Federal Police
GPO Box 401
Canberra City ACT 2601
Email: foi@afp.gov.au

A charge may be imposed to reimburse the Australian Federal Police for the cost incurred in copying or reproducing the information or sending it to you. There will be no charge for the time spent by the Australian Federal Police in processing the FOI request that led to this information being made available. You will be notified if any charge is payable and required to pay the charge before the information is provided.

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Section 11C requires the Australian Federal Police to publish certain information released in response to an FOI access request within 10 working days of the decision to release. The Australian Federal Police will publish the information within this legislative timeframe.

The Australian Federal Police will generally publish this information for a 12 month period from the date the information is released in response to an FOI access request. The disclosure log will list only those FOI access requests where information has been released and a decision to publish the information has been made (ie the information is not otherwise exempt from publication under s11C provisions outlined above).

The attached link contains reference to the FOI exemptions provisions.

AFP disclosure log

2023

Disclosure Log ref no. FOI request ref no Date access granted to applicant Scope of request (summary) Link to document(s) or link to another web-site Date to be removed from web-site
100-2023 LEX1154 05/01/2023 … a break down of the band level (including whether executive) and employment status (sworn /professional) of employees for each of the categories (I, 2, 3, and 4) under each of the headings Established, Not established, Withdrawn, Discretion not to proceed for the years 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20. Documents released (PDF, 4MB) 05/02/2024 
101-2023 LEX1130 16/01/2023

A list of all ACT policing officers who have been subject to code of conduct matters described as "Criminal misconduct" in the conduct issue reference guide, where the matters have been established. Include matters from the timeframe 2017 to the present.

Please include the following fields of data in the list:

  • Name of officer
  • AFP member number
  • Summary of misconduct matter
  • Date complaint submitted
  • Date complaint finalised
Documents released (PDF, 165KB) 16/01/2024
102-2023 LEX1324 03/03/2023
  1. The number of officers and staff that are off work due to violence, and a possible trend data for the last five years
  2. The number of officers and staff that have left the service due to violence in the last five years
Documents released (PDF, 355KB) 03/03/2024
103-2023 LEX1142 04/04/2023

Crime reports around Kippax shops between 01 January 2022 – present for:

  • Crimestoppers logs of people calling in to report crimes, suspected criminal behaviour and other anti-social behaviour at Kippax shops
  • Documents relating to:
    • crimes reported around the Kippax shops
    • number of crimes reported in the area of the Kippax shops
    • police response to the reported crime
    • crimes that resulted in an immediate deployment of police to Kippax shops

LEX 1142 documents released (PDF, 900KB)

05/04/2024
104-2023 LEX1338 31/03/2023

All current documentation including legislative, regulatory instruments, ministerial or other government directives that authorise the AFP / ACT Policing to operate a "Next Off Roster" (NOR) towing roster for towing operators in the A.C.T.

The AFP (including its members and ACT Policing) exercises functions and powers under the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 and the Australian Federal Police Regulations 2018, which are publicly available on the Federal Register of Legislation.

The selection of towing providers on the next off roster is otherwise not subject to any legislation.

LEX1338 documents released (PDF, 2MB) 31/03/2024
105-2023 LEX1330 03/04/2023

In relation to applications by members of the AFP in 2022 for secondary work/volunteering:

  1. How many applications were made in relation to work/volunteering for political parties/organisations.
  2. How many of these were approved broken down by the party/organisation.
  3. How many were rejected broken down by the party/organisation.
  4. For those that were rejected, what were the reasons for the rejection.
LEX1330 documents released (PDF, 1MB) 03/04/2024
104-2023 LEX1279 18/04/2023
  • "Number of incidents where Police were involved and/or targeted;
  • Dates and times of offences;
  • Whether the offending driver was identified or not;
  • Case outcomes/status (ie., NFPAR, Offender not identified, caution, referred for diversion, referred to court), including charges put before the court and their court case numbers (if known);
  • Extent of injuries sustained to offending vehicle occupant/s and Police (basic status – ie., any case officer notes indicating minor, moderate or significant injuries); and
  • Extent of damage to AFP vehicles (basic status – ie., any case officer notes indicating if it was minor, moderate or significant damage)."

LEX1279 documents released (PDF, 705KB)

18/04/2024
105-2023 LEX1249 05/04/2023

Any documents, communications and emails about the acquisition of two watercraft vessels/boats to be used in NSW.

I request the date of the acquisitions, the cost of the boats, and the cost of the painting of the boats to reflect the AFP logo.

I also request any information relating to whether any AFP staff were trained or accredited to skipper those boats, and any information about special constables being sworn in to skipper the boats.

I also require details of a marine training course that was to be run to train staff to skipper the boats and act as crew - and the number of course participants.

The dates for this request are from January 1 2020, until January 11 2023.

LEX1249 documents released (PDF, 20MB) 05/04/2024
106-2023 LEX1371 17/04/2023

The AFP resources per day that have been required to provide security at or outside the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Canberra for all of 2022.

  • The total cost to the AFP of providing security at or outside the Embassy of the Russian Federation in 2022.
  • The AFP resources per day that were required to provide security at or outside the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Canberra for all of 2021.
  • The total cost to the AFP of providing security at or outside the Embassy of the Russian Federation in 2021.
LEX1371 documents released (PDF, 1MB) 17/04/2024

107-2023

LEX550

11/10/2022

  1. Any document, including any Schedule of amendment, or explanatory note, outlining or explaining the purpose or meaning of the Composite Overseas Allowance in Determination 20 of 2005.
  2. Copies of Enterprise Agreements and/or Certified Agreements applicable between 2000 and 2015 for Band 1-8 members, or equivalent; 2002 and 2015; referred to as the Transnational Crime Coordinator-PNG from 2012-2015

Please contact the AFP Freedom Of Information team to seek a copy of the relevant documents.

18/05/2024

108-2023

LEX558

12/10/2022

  1. Copies of Enterprise Agreements and/or Certified Agreements applicable between 2010 and 2019 for Band 1-8 members, or equivalent.
  2. Copies of the original, and any updated version, of the Guide to Long Term International Deployments issued by the International Deployment Group between 2010 and 2019.
  3. Copies of and Determinations issued by the International Deployment Group pertaining to International Deployment Group deployments

LEX558 documents released (PDF, 14MB)

18/05/2024

109-2023

LEX953

26/10/2022

Attached position description for the role of Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission ('ACIC') Investigator ('the Role') and request a copy of the following:

  • Position descriptions and advertisements for the Role from 2017 to current date (August 2022), including any amendments to the description, selection criteria, and qualifications (essential and desirable).
  • Record of the salary paid for the Role during each secondment from 2017 to current date (August 2022), including the Band and Increment point for each period the Role was performed.
  • Record of each secondment for the Role from 2017 to current date (August 2022), including the start and end time for each secondment.

LEX953 documents released (PDF, 640KB)

18/05/2024

110-2023

LEX1168

08/05/2023

  1. Details of the expert practitioners that were consulted.
  2. Any records of the advice that was provided.
  3. Minutes or records of the meetings in which the changes to the National Guideline on Covid were approved.
  4. Any medical or industrial relations advice in relation to the requirement for AFP members to have two primary does of the covid vaccine.

Please contact the AFP Freedom Of Information team to seek a copy of the relevant documents.

18/05/2024

111-2023

LEX1191

05/05/2023

Documents detailing the number of AFP officers sent to Qatar to protect/guard the Socceroos team, the length of the trip, and the cost of the trip.

Documents showing who authorised the trip, how officers were selected to go, and any "user pays" arrangement under which the Socceroos paid for the officers time and expenses.

Documents that shows the number of sporting teams the AFP has sent officers to protect during events overseas for the past three years.

The time period is from January 1 2019 until December 9, 2022.

LEX1191 documents released (PDF, 9MB)

18/05/2024

112-2023

LEX1199

24/03/2023

A copy of the letter sent from Shane Drumgold SC to ACT Chief Police Officer Neil Gaughan on 1 November 2022

LEX1199 documents released (PDF, 4MB)

18/05/2024

113-2023

LEX1228

12/05/2023

Question Time Briefs prepared between 1 July and 1 December 2022 for the Attorney-General and/or other Ministers

LEX1228 documents released (PDF, 975KB)

18/05/2024

114-2023 LEX1211 26/05/2023 Documents showing the cost of the following operations: Operation Middleham, Operation Kastelholm 1, Operation Kastelholm 2, Operation Donabate. LEX1211 documents released (PDF, 1MB) 26/05/2024

2022

Disclosure Log ref no. FOI request ref no Date access granted to applicant Scope of request (summary) Link to document(s) or link to another web-site Date to be removed from web-site
80-2022 2022/1181 06/06/2022
  1. Final version of emails for the period 1 July 2019 and 30 June 2021 inclusive between AFP Payroll inbox and Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) regarding, directly or indirectly:
    1. PSSap; and,
    2. the requirement, or lack of requirement, for the AFP to tell PSSap members how much superannuation they have been paid as a percentage of their salary.
  2. Final version of letters for the period 1 July 2019 and 30 June 2021 inclusive between AFP People & Culture Command (and relevant Deputy Commissioner) or the AFP Commissioner's Office and CSC regarding, directly or indirectly:
    1. PSSap; and,
    2. the requirement, or lack of requirement, for the AFP to tell PSSap members how much superannuation they have been paid as a percentage of their salary.
Documents released (PDF, 1.3MB) 23/06/2023
84-2022 2022/1003 28/02/2022 Any documented operational instructions of the AFP current during the period 20 August 2020 to 21 September 2020 in respect of COVID19 and persons in custody and arrangements to bring such persons before a magistrate in the state of  Queensland. Documents released (PDF, 12MB) 28/06/2023
85-2022 2022/1078 14/04/2022 I request a copy of the Extradition Handbook (Functional Governance) to replace National Guidelines on Overseas Extradition as referred to in the attached document schedule at items 8 and 9.  I request a copy of any instrument approving that document as a Better Practice Guide within the AFP Governance Framework. Documents released (PDF, 2MB) 28/06/2023
86-2022 2022/1133 31/05/2022 The reports generated by PRS to be presented to the AFP Operational Safety Committee (OSC) regarding the use of force by AFP appointees in the course of AFP duties. I am requesting a copy of this type of report for the years 2016 - 2020 (including 2020) Documents released (PDF, 11MB) 28/06/2023
91-2022 LEX 887 (CRM 2022/1176) 09/08/2022 Documents relating to the AFP Women's Network (whatever it might be called) for the financial year 2020-2021, and from 1 July 2021 until the date of this request. Documents released (PDF, 13MB) 09/08/2023
92-2022 CRM 2020/32 01/08/2022 Request for access to written correspondence from the AFP to Peter Dutton – Minister for Home Affairs – on 25 June 2018.  Documents released (PDF, 850KB) 01/08/2023
93-2022 LEX 888 05/09/2022 PowerPoint slides, notes and any materials relating to the AFP graduate program's orientation sessions given to new staff from the beginning of this year's graduate program to date. Documents released (PDF, 20MB) 05/09/2023
94-2022 LEX 882 02/09/2022

In relation to a joint investigation by the AFP/ADF around 2004, which looked into allegations aired in an SBS Dateline episode aired on 5 November 2003, about mistreatment of detainees in East Timor in September 1999:

  • Case Finalisation Case Note Entry (CNE 148733267)
  • Post Operational Assessment (Doc ID 4526734)
  • Executive Brief –  Investigation Report (Doc ID 4264578)
Documents released (PDF, 6MB) 02/09/2023
95-2022 LEX 960 12/09/2022 The case categorisation and prioritisation model (CCPM) for the AFP's evaluation of allegations involving a federal MP's travel and activities in the Philippines. Documents released (PDF, 970KB) 12/09/2023
96-2022 LEX 978 17/10/2022

... Any governance, policy, Better Practice Guide or other formal AFP document that defines the term 'transfer' or 'transfer to a vacant position'.

Any governance, policy, Better Practice Guide or other formal AFP document that defines the term 'relocation' or 'relocation and the employee's request'.

Documents released (PDF, 4MB) 17/10/2023
97-2022 LEX 932 21/10/2022 ... documents containing the annual licence for ...VMware Documents released (PDF, 9MB) 21/10/2023
98-2022 LEX 1049 10/11/2022

... and I request the following documents:

  • containing the agency's internal information management training
  • training materials, including questions and answer options in the assessment and the correct answers.
Documents released (PDF, 18MB) 10/11/2023
99-2022 LEX1095 22/11/2022

… relating to Table A4 – Finalised conduct breaches by category, 2020-21, Appendix A, p124, AFP Annual Report 2020-21

… a break down of the band level (including whether executive) and employment status (sworn /professional) of employees for each of the categories (I, 2, 3, and 4) under each of the headings (Established, Not established, Withdrawn, Discretion not to proceed).

Documents released (PDF, 1MB) 22/11/2023

2021

Disclosure Log ref no. FOI request ref no Date access granted to applicant Scope of request (summary) Link to document(s) or link to another web-site Date to be removed from web-site
83-2022 2021/346 09/09/2021

Time period: 01 December, 2019 until 10 December, 2020.

Background: Refers to an attached article (see file scope).

Requesting: Any internal reports or memos, emails to and from the ABF and briefings to the Minister regarding issues, problems and complaints about the search warrant powers of ABF officers, and complaints from the ABF regarding poor support from the AFP in relation to the ABF conducting search warrants.

Documents released (PDF, 4MB) 28/06/2023
87/2022 2021/845 15/11/2021 Copy of the 10 Briefing notes sent by the Australian Federal Police Commissioner Andrew Colvin to the government on the Balibo 5 murder investigation.  Senate Standing Committee on legal and Constitutional Affairs and Attorney General Portfolio  Hearing on 20th November 2014 Documents released (PDF, 2MB) 28/06/2023
88/2022 2022/858 14/12/2021
  1. Documents or guidelines that are provided to ACT Policing Officers relating to their conduct and how to present themselves, possible reference might be AFP code of conduct or any documents or guidelines directly relevant to sworn in members;
  2. Documents or guidelines for attending and assessing priority 1 and 2 incidents, namely involving assault and the use of weapons ie knife or a gun; and
  3. Any general documents provided to ACT Policing members on what checks and balances to be done during the initial attendances of a crime scene and any KPI's for entering notes into PROMISE.
Documents released (PDF, 2MB) 28/06/2023
89/2022 2022/869 19/11/2021
  • any reports produced by a member of ACT Policing's 'Evidence Based Policing Project' (also known as the 'Education, Diversion and Evidence Based Policing Team') that includes at least one of the following terms: 'traffic stop', 'traffic stops', 'random breath test', 'random breath tests', 'random roadside drug test', 'random roadside drug tests', 'Aboriginal', or 'Indigenous Australian'.
  • any training documents (i.e., booklets, pamphlets, worksheets or other documents like this) provided to AFP members as part of the 'Cultural Connections' training module;
  • any PowerPoint or other presentation used by the organisers of the 'Cultural Connections' training module to teach AFP members completing the course.
  • Documents handed out as part of the Development Training Program concerning cultural awareness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples;
  • Any PowerPoint or other presentation used by the organisers of the 'Cultural Connections' training module to teach AFP members completing the course"
  • any AFP or ACT Policing policies or procedures that include any of the following terms: 'unconscious bias', 'field contact', 'field contacts', 'racial profiling', 'racial-profiling', or 'racism'.
  • according to the ACT Ombudsman's report 'ACT Policing's administrative framework for engagement with the ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community', ACT Policing's 'Evidence Based Policing Project' (named in the report as the "Education, Diversion and Evidence Based Policing Team") had plans to conduct "a review of current procedures and policies relating to engagement with vulnerable groups and updating them where appropriate".
    I seek that review."
Documents released (PDF, 11MB) 28/06/2023
45-2020 2021/520 4/3/2021 A copy of the Commissioner's determination pursuant to Clause 28(1) of the Enterprise Agreement regarding the Critical Event declaration dated approximately 6 January 2021 for the deployments to Christmas Island as part of Operation Bellona in January 2021. Documents released (PDF, 1.1MB) 4/3/2024

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