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Disclosure log

Under section 11C of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), we must publish documents we release in response to FOI requests, except in the case of any of the following:

  • personal information about any person, if it would be unreasonable to publish the information;
  • information about the business, commercial, financial or professional affairs of any person, if it would be unreasonable to publish the information;
  • other information of a kind determined by the Information Commissioner under subsection (2), if it would be unreasonable to publish the information;
  • any information, if it is not reasonably practicable to publish the information under this section because of the extent of any modifications to a document (or documents) necessary to delete information mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c).

Below are descriptions of documents we have released in response to FOI requests.

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OSI reference Date of access Request/Description Documents published
FOI24/20 16 December 2024 Style Guides/Brand Guides/Writing Guides currently used for the Office of the Special Investigator. 1 document released in part.
FOI24/13 19 September 2024
  • An audit report into the establishment of the OSI as an executive agency dated December 2021. 
  • A paper titled: “The investigation into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan - Some legal issues” by The Hon Mark Weinberg AO QC.
2 documents released in part.
FOI24/07 3 July 2024

Copies of all OSI produced materials regarding:

  • the principle of complementarity.
  • the differences in the required mental standard for command responsibility in s 268.115 of the Criminal Code compared to Article 28 of the Rome Statute.
32 documents released in part.
FOI24/06 3 July 2024 All correspondence between the OSI and a specified individual. 1 document released in full and 36 documents released in part.
FOI24/05 3 July 2024 Specified documents relating to interagency information management and sharing frameworks, policies, procedures, rules, guidelines, or processes insofar as they relate to investigations into allegations of war crimes by Australian Defence Force personnel in Afghanistan. 15 documents released in part.
FOI24/09 3 June 2024 OSI file AFOL23/222 - Home Affairs and DFAT 2023 - Afghanistan engagement. 3 documents released in part.
FOI24/02 29 February 2024 For the time period 1 July 2023 to 31 December 2023, various documents relating to the Royal Commission on the Robo-debt Scheme (‘the Royal Commission’), or the government response to the Royal Commission, and how the OSI was responding to the matters concerned. 8 documents released in part.
FOI23/02 7 February 2024
  • Documents relating to establishment of the OSI’s vulnerability disclosure program (date range: 1 January 2021 – 7 December 2023).
  • Documents arising from interactions with other Commonwealth agencies and departments which relate to cyber threats generally and incidents affecting the OSI’s scope of work. (date range: 1 April 2022 – 7 December 2023).
32 documents released in part.
FOI23/01 28 September 2023

For the period 1 January 2021 to 1 July 2023:

  • Correspondence between the OSI and the International Criminal Court (ICC) in relation to specified matters
  • Notes arising from and any emails related to meetings between the OSI and specified ICC officials.
50 documents released in part.