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.
There may be documents in the disclosure log that are currently not available in html format. If you are unable to read the format provided please contact the Freedom of Information Contact officer as above. We will try to meet all reasonable requests for an alternate format of the document in a timely manner and at the lowest reasonable cost to you.
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 |
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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:
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Documents released (PDF, 165KB) | 16/01/2024 |
102-2023 | LEX1324 | 03/03/2023 |
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Documents released (PDF, 355KB) | 03/03/2024 |
103-2023 | LEX1142 | 04/04/2023 |
Crime reports around Kippax shops between 01 January 2022 – present for:
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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:
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LEX1330 documents released (PDF, 1MB) | 03/04/2024 |
104-2023 | LEX1279 | 18/04/2023 |
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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.
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LEX1371 documents released (PDF, 1MB) | 17/04/2024 |
107-2023 |
LEX550 |
11/10/2022 |
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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 |
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18/05/2024 |
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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:
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18/05/2024 |
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110-2023 |
LEX1168 |
08/05/2023 |
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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. |
18/05/2024 |
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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 |
18/05/2024 |
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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 |
18/05/2024 |
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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 |
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80-2022 | 2022/1181 | 06/06/2022 |
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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:
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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:
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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 |
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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 |
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Documents released (PDF, 2MB) | 28/06/2023 |
89/2022 | 2022/869 | 19/11/2021 |
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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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