On 19 October 2011, the Governor-General approved an amendment to the Administrative Arrangements Order transferring responsibilities for privacy and freedom of information policy from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to the Attorney-General’s Department.  The Privacy and Freedom of Information Policy Branch within the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet has transferred to the Attorney-General’s Department as the Information Law and Policy Branch.  Relevant parts of this webpage and its contents will shortly be updated and relocated to the website of the Attorney-General’s Department (www.ag.gov.au). 

Freedom of Information Contacts

For any updates or corrections, you can email Privacy & FOI Policy Branch

Australian Government FOI Contact Officers

(last updated 13 September 2011)

Agencies and Ministers

Phone Number

5 Central Committees established under Tradesmen's Rights Regulation Act 1946

(02) 6121 6000

Aboriginal Benefit Account Advisory Committee

(02) 6121 4888

Aboriginal Hostels Limited

(02) 6212 2009

Accreditation Decisions Review Committee

(02) 6121 6000

Administrative Appeals Tribunal

(02) 9391 2474

Administrative Review Council

(02) 6250 5800

Admiralty Rules Committee

(02) 6141 3390

Advisory Panel on the Marketing in Australia of Infant Formula

(02) 6289 1666

Aged Care Commissioner

1800 500 294

Aged Care Funding Instrument Reference Group

(02) 6289 1666

Ageing Consultative Committee

(02) 6289 1666

Airservices Australia

(02) 6268 5108

Albury-Wodonga Corporation

(02) 6023 8000

Assistant Treasurer

(02) 6263 2976

Attorney-General

(02) 6141 3071

Attorney-General's Department

(02) 6141 3071

Auditing and Assurance Standards Board

(03) 8080 7445

AusAID

(02) 6206 4945

Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council

(02) 6289 1666

Australia Council for the Arts

(02) 9215 9157

Australian Accounting Standards Board

(03) 9617 7633

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

(02) 8333 5316

Australian Bureau of Statistics

(02) 6252 6449

Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research

(02) 6261 3499

Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity

(02) 6229 9314

Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

(02) 6289 1666

Australian Communications and Media Authority

(03) 9963 6705

Australian Community Pharmacy Authority

(02) 6289 1666

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

(02) 6243 1244

Australian Competition Tribunal

(03) 8600 3643

Australian Crime Commission

(03) 8636 7325

Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority

(02) 8098 3116

Australian Customs and Border Protection Service

(02) 6275 5621

Australian Defence Force Academy Consultative Council

(02) 6266 2526

Australian Defence Human Research Ethics Committee

(02) 6266 2526

Australian Drug Evaluation Committee

(02) 6289 1666

Australian Electoral Commission

(02) 6271 4511

Australian Federal Police

(02) 6131 6131

Australian Film, Television and Radio School

(02) 9805 6673

Australian Fisheries Management Authority

(02) 6225 5364

Australian Hearing

(02) 9412 6890

Australian Heritage Council

(02) 6274 2616

Australian Human Rights Commission

(02) 9284 9600

Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

(02) 6246 1138

Australian Institute of Criminology

(02) 6260 9274

Australian Institute of Family Studies

(03) 9214 7823

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

(02) 6249 5035

Australian Institute of Marine Science

(07) 4753 4444

Australian Landcare Council

(02) 6272 5155

Australian Law Reform Commission

(02) 8238 6366

Australian Maritime Safety Authority

(02) 6279 5689

Australian Military Forces Relief Trust Fund

(02) 6266 2526

Australian National Council on Drugs

(02) 6289 1666

Australian National Maritime Museum

(02) 9298 3619

Australian National University

(02) 6125 4237

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation

(02) 9717 3517

Australian Office of Financial Management

(02) 6263 2976

Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority

(02) 6198 9800

Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority

(02) 6210 4785

Australian Political Exchange Council

(02) 6215 1783

Australian Population Health Development Principal Committee

(02) 6289 1666

Australian Postal Corporation

(03) 9106 9976

Australian Procurement and Construction Ministerial Council

(02) 6215 1783

Australian Prudential Regulation Authority

(03) 9246 7524

Australian Public Service Commission

(02) 6202 3571

Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency

(02) 9541 8315

Australian Research Council

(02) 6287 6622

Australian Reward Investment Alliance (ARIA)

(02) 6263 6923

Australian Securities and Investments Commission

(02) 9911 2646

Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority

(02) 6222 4269

Australian Sports Commission

(02) 6214 1431

Australian Statistics Advisory Council

(02) 6252 7809

Australian Taxation Office

(03) 9285 1810

Australian Trade Commission (Austrade)

(02) 6201 7462

Australian Transport Safety Bureau

(02) 6274 8136

Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC)

(02) 6120 2631

Australian War Memorial

(02) 6243 4290

Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation

(08) 8228 2000

Bundanon Trust

(02) 4422 2100

Bureau of Meteorology

(03) 9669 4669

Cabinet Secretary

(02) 6271 5849

Cancer Australia

(02) 6217 9819

Centrelink

(02) 4985 8757

Civil Aviation Safety Authority

(02) 6217 1131

Classification Board

(02) 9289 7139

Classification Review Board

(02) 9289 7139

Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Corporation

(02) 6121 6000

Comcare

(02) 6276 0327

Commonwealth Grants Commission

(02) 6229 8874

Commonwealth Ombudsman

1300 362 072

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

(02) 6276 6123

Companies Auditors and Liquidators Disciplinary Board

(02) 6263 2976

Complaints Resolution Panel

(02) 6289 1666

Complementary Medicines Evaluation Committee

(02) 6289 1666

ComSuper

(02) 6272 9080

Copyright Tribunal of Australia

(02) 9230 8557

Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee

(02) 9911 2950

Cotton Research and Development Corporation

(02) 6792 4088

Criminology Research Council

(02) 6260 9219

CrimTrac

(02) 6268 7826

Defence Families of Australia

(02) 6266 2526

Defence Force Discipline Appeal Tribunal

(03) 8600 3505

Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal

(02) 6257 3855

Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Authority

(02) 6272 9215

Defence Housing Australia

(02) 6217 8401

Defence Reserves Support Council

(02) 6266 2526

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

(02) 6272 5155

Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy

(02) 6271 1741

Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency

(02) 6159 7258

Department of Defence

(02) 6266 2200

Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

(02) 6121 6000

Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

(02) 6244 7421

Department of Finance and Deregulation

(02) 6215 1783

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

(02) 6261 2948

Department of Health and Ageing

(02) 6289 1666

Department of Human Services

1300 559 365

Department of Immigration and Citizenship

131 881

Department of Infrastructure and Transport

(02) 6274 7531

Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research

(02) 6213 7742

Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government

(02) 6274 6166

Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism

(02) 6243 7026

Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities

(02) 6275 9207

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

(02) 6271 5849

Department of the Treasury

(02) 6263 2976

Department of Veterans' Affairs

(02) 6289 6573

Designs Office

1300 65 1010

Director of National Parks

(02) 6275 9207

Director of Public Prosecutions

(02) 6206 5701

Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency

(02) 9448 8530 

Export Finance and Insurance Corporation

(02) 9201 2149

Fair Work Australia

(03) 8661 7007

Fair Work Ombudsman

(02) 8293 4917

Family Court of Australia

(02) 6243 8719

Family Law Council

(02) 6141 6666

Federal Court of Australia

(02) 9230 8336

Federal Magistrates Court

(03) 8600 4470

Film Certification Advisory Board

(02) 6289 5849

Financial Reporting Council

(02) 6263 2976

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation

(02) 6285 0418

Food Standards Australia New Zealand

(02) 6271 2222

Frontline Defence Services

(07) 3511 5600

Future Fund Management Agency

(03) 8656 6400

Gene Technology Ministerial Council

(02) 6289 1666

Gene Technology Regulator

(02) 6289 1666

General Practice Recognition Appeal Committee

(02) 6289 1666

General Practice Recognition Eligibility Committee

(02) 6289 1666

Geoscience Australia

(02) 6243 7026

Grains Research and Development Corporation

(02) 6166 4500

Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation

(08) 8273 0500

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

(07) 4750 0899

Hearing Services Consultative Committee

(02) 6289 1666

High Court of Australia

(02) 6270 6998

Indigenous Business Australia

(02) 6121 2704

Indigenous Land Corporation

(08) 8100 7110

Infrastructure Australia

(02) 6274 7531

Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia

(02) 6198 3504

Inspector-General of Taxation

(02) 8239 2111

Intergovernmental Committee on Drugs

(02) 6289 1666

Medical Device Evaluation Committee

(02) 6289 1666

Medical Services Advisory Committee

(02) 6289 1666

Medicare Australia

(02) 6124 7277

Medicare Participation Review Committee

(02) 6289 1666

Medicines Evaluation Committee

(02) 6289 1666

Merit Protection Commissioner

(02) 6202 3570

Migration Review Tribunal

(02) 9276 5437

Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission

(02) 6289 6573

Military Superannuation and Benefits Board of Trustees No. 1

(02) 6272 9215

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

(02) 6272 5155

Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy

(02) 6271 1741

Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency

(02) 6274 7271

Minister for Defence

(02) 6266 2526

Minister for Defence Materiel

(02) 6266 2526

Minister for Defence Science and Personnel

(02) 6266 2526

Minister for Employment Participation and Childcare

(02) 6121 6000

Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts

(02) 6275 9207

Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

(02) 6244 7421

Minister for Finance and Deregulation

(02) 6215 1783

Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation

(02) 6263 2976

Minister for Foreign Affairs

(02) 6261 2948

Minister for Health and Ageing

(02) 6289 1666

Minister for Home Affairs

(02) 6141 3071

Minister for Human Services

1300 559 365

Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

131 881

Minister for Indigenous Employment and Economic Development

(02) 6121 6000

Minister for Indigenous Health

(02) 6289 1666

Minister for Infrastructure and Transport

(02) 6274 7531

Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research

(02) 6213 7742 

Minister for Justice

(02) 6141 3071

Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research

(02) 6213 7742 

Minister for Mental Health and Ageing

(02) 6289 1666

Minister for Privacy and Freedom of Information

(02) 6271 5849

Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government

(02) 6274 6166

Minister for Resources and Energy

(02) 6243 7026

Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth

(02) 6121 6000

Minister for Small Business

(02) 6213 7742

Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness

(02) 6244 7421

Minister for Social Inclusion

(02) 6271 5849

Minister for Sport

(02) 6271 5849

Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities

(02) 6275 9207

Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations

(02) 6121 6000

Minister for the Arts

(02) 6271 5849

Minister for the Status of Women

(02) 6244 7421

Minister for Tourism

(02) 6243 7026

Minister for Trade

(02) 6261 2948

Minister for Veterans' Affairs

133 254

Ministerial Advisory Committee on AIDS, Sexual Health and Hepatitis

(02) 6289 1666

Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy

(02) 6289 1666

Murray-Darling Basin Authority

(02) 6279 0670

National Archives of Australia

(02) 6212 6252

National Blood Authority

(02) 6211 8307

National Capital Authority

(02) 6271 2854

National Competition Council

(03) 9285 7485

National Drugs and Poisons Schedule Committee

(02) 6289 1666

National Environment Protection Council

(08) 8419 1203

National Environment Protection Council Service Corporation

(08) 8419 1203

National Film and Sound Archive

(02) 6248 2142

National Gallery of Australia

(02) 6240 6634

National Health and Medical Research Council

(02) 6217 9350

National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme

(02) 6289 1666

National Library of Australia

(02) 6262 1798

National Museum of Australia

(02) 6208 5131

National Native Title Tribunal

(08) 9268 7379

National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority

(08) 6461 7026

National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council

(02) 6289 1666

National Rural Advisory Council

(02) 6272 4991

National Water Commission

(02) 6102 6016

NBN Co

(02) 8918 8596

Nuclear Safety Committee

(02) 6289 1666

Office of Parliamentary Counsel

(02) 6270 1452

Office of the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner

(03) 8509 3012

Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

1300 363 992

Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General

(02) 6283 3508

Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations

(02) 6219 7659

Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator

(02) 6159 7700

Offshore Minerals Joint Authority

(02) 6213 7202

Old Parliament House

(02) 6270 8245

Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Trust

(02) 6215 1783

Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

(02) 6272 5155

Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency

(02) 6274 7271

Parliamentary Secretary for Community Services

(02) 6244 7421

Parliamentary Secretary for Defence

(02) 6266 2526

Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers

(02) 6244 7421

Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing

(02) 6289 1666

Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration and Citizenship

131 881

Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure and Transport

(02) 6274 7531

Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance

(02) 6261 2948

Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs

(02) 6261 2948

Parliamentary Secretary for School Education and Workplace Relations

(02) 6121 6000

Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability and Urban Water

(02) 6275 9207

Parliamentary Secretary for Trade

(02) 6261 2948

Parliamentary Secretary for Water

(02) 6275 9207

Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister

(02) 6271 5849

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer

(02) 6263 2976

Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys Disciplinary Tribunal

1300 65 1010

Patent Office

1300 65 1010

Pathology Consultative Committee

(02) 6289 1666

Pathology Services Table Committee

(02) 6289 1666

Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee

(02) 6289 1666

Pharmaceutical Benefits Pricing Authority

(02) 6289 1666

Pharmaceutical Benefits Remuneration Tribunal

(02) 6289 1666

Plant Breeder's Rights Advisory Committee

1300 65 1010

Prime Minister

(02) 6271 5849

Private Health Insurance Administration Council

(02) 6215 7907

Private Health Insurance Ombudsman

(02) 8235 8777

Productivity Commission

(03) 9653 2107

Professional Services Review

(02) 6289 1666

Professional Standards Board for Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys

1300 65 1010

Prostheses and Devices Committee

(02) 6289 1666

Public Lending Right Committee

(02) 6271 5849

Quality Use of Pathology Committee

(02) 6289 1666

Radiation Oncology Reform Implementation Committee

(02) 6289 1666

Refugee Review Tribunal

(02) 9276 5437

Remuneration Tribunal

(02) 6202 3571

Repatriation Commission

(02) 6289 6573

Repatriation Medical Authority

(07) 3815 9403

Reserve Bank of Australia

(02) 9551 9710

Royal Australian Air Force Veterans' Residences Trust Fund

(03) 9256 0002

Royal Australian Air Force Welfare Trust Fund

(02) 6266 3650

Royal Australian Navy Central Canteens Fund

(02) 6266 2526

Royal Australian Navy Relief Trust Fund

(02) 6266 2526

Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation

(02) 6271 4100

Safe Work Australia

(02) 6240 9675

Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission

(02) 6276 0327

Screen Australia

(02) 8113 1056

Seafarers Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Authority

(02) 6276 0327

Secretaries' Committee on ICT

(02) 6215 1783

Social Security Appeals Tribunal

(03) 8626 4915

Solicitor-General

(02) 6141 3071

Special Broadcasting Service Corporation

(02) 9430 3309

Special Minister of State

(02) 6215 1783

Special Minister of State for the Public Service and Integrity

(02) 6271 5849

Specialist Medical Review Council

(08) 8290 0230

Sport and Recreation Ministers' Council

(02) 6271 5849

Statutory Fishing Rights Allocation Review Panel

(02) 6272 3036

Sugar Research and Development Corporation

(07) 3210 0495

Superannuation Complaints Tribunal

(03) 8635 5500

Sydney Harbour Federation Trust

(02) 8969 2137 

Tax Practitioners Board

(07) 3149 5683

Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code Council

(02) 6289 1666

Therapeutic Goods Committee

(02) 6289 1666

Torres Strait Regional Authority

(07) 4069 0700

Tourism Australia

(02) 9361 1242

Trade Marks Office

(02) 6283 2709

Treasurer

(02) 6263 2976

Veterans' Review Board

(02) 9213 8618

Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Regulator

(02) 6275 9207

Wheat Exports Australia

(02) 6202 3411

Workplace Relations Ministerial Council

(02) 6121 6000

 

State and Territory FOI Contact Officers

For access to information held by a State or Territory agency, please first contact the relevant FOI Contact Officer in that State or Territory. 
General inquiries can be made to:

  • New South Wales:
    Office of the Information Commissioner
    GPO Box 7011
    SYDNEY NSW 2001
    Ph: 1800 463 626
  • Victoria:
    Department of Justice
    121 Exhibition St
    MELBOURNE VIC 3000
    Ph: 03 8684 0063
  • Queensland:
    Office of the Information Commissioner
    PO Box 10143
    Adelaide Street
    BRISANE QLD 4000
    Ph: 07 3234 7373
  • Western Australia:
    Office of the Information Commissioner
    PO Box Z5386
    St George's Terrace
    PERTH  WA  6831
    Ph: 08 9220 7888
  • South Australia:
    State Records of SA
    Department of the Premier and Cabinet
    GPO Box 2343
    ADELAIDE SA 5001
    Phone: 08 8204 8786
  • Tasmania:
    Ombudsman Tasmania
    GPO Box 960
    HOBART TAS 7000
    Ph: 1300 766 725
  • Australian Capital Territory:
    Department of Justice and Community Safety
    PO Box 921
    GPO Box 158
    CANBERRA ACT 2601
    Ph: 02 6207 0520
  • Northern Territory:
    Office of the Information Commissioner
    GPO Box 3750
    DARWIN  NT  0801
    Ph: 08 8999 1500
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Last Updated: 1 November 2011